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Why Gold Plated Connectors?
Many people wonder if they need Gold Plated connectors. Golf Plated connectors resist corrosion 100 times better then non-plated connectors. Many home theater applications require that cables are installed inside walls, fireplace chases or other moisture rich areas. Using Gold Plated connectors assures that you will not have any future corrosion issues that may result in signal loss.

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Do I need a super thick or fancy looking cable?
As you may noticed, some cables sold at electronic retail stores possess a cable that is twice as thick as a standard DVI or HDMI cable. This is done to make the cable appear to be more “high quality”. Because the cable jacket is much thicker, buyers often think that the signal may be better and spend up to three times as much money. The truth is however that a thicker cable or thicker cable jacket cannot produce a better signal. In fact, professional installers shy away from these types of cables. These fancy retail store purchased cables are much more difficult to install, fish through walls and hide behind hanging Plasma and LCD monitors. Many of these retail style cables also have snake style or soft fancy covers that look really expensive, but do not fair well inside moisture rich wall chases in homes. The best cable you can purchase is one that is totally incased in a PVC style jacket that keeps the cable completely protected from moisture and cold. This style of cable will last the longest and provide the best signal for the long haul. The last thing you want to be doing is ripping open your walls to replace a corroded cable a few years down the line.

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What does a splitter do?
A splitter takes one RF or television signal and multiplies it to your desired number. We have highest quality RF splitters available. Please note: each time a coax cable is split the signal strength decreases. Additionally, the larger the splitter the more signal loss you will experience. Signal loss must be accounted for when designing an RF system.

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My picture looks bad, do I need an amplifier?
Not necessarily. Remember ... garbage in - garbage out. If you put a poor signal into an amplifier it will only amplify the poor signal and in many cases make it worse. If your television picture looks "grainy" you may have too many splits in the signal or because the signal is traveling too far of a distance, an amplifier is the answer. Now you simply need to decide how much amplification is required for proper signal distribution. Please check our RF System Design Chart to calculate signal loss in a system.

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What is the difference between your TV cable spitters and other brands?
Unlike the majority of inexpensive "off the shelf" splitters commonly found at various electronics retailers, Wired's Steren branded splitters are PCB based. That is, there is a sophisticated printed circuit board in every splitter to provide a very high level of isolation between signals. Better isolation means less chance for interference and distortion such as "ghosting" which is often caused by substandard splitters. Also, the units are water-tight, soldered on the back thus, insuring that no moisture will get inside.

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What is an F Connector?
An "F" connector is the most common connector used to link coax cables to electronic devices. The F connector is threaded for easy connection to antennas, televisions, VCRs and CATV/RF splitters.

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What is a BNC Connector?

A BNC connector is weather-proof twist lock coax connector commonly found on commercial video and surveillance equipment. With a simple twist, the BNC locks into place and provides the most secure way for connecting components and coax cables together. Short form for British Naval Connector or Bayonet Nut Connector or Bayonet Neill Concelman. It is a type of connector used with coaxial cables such as the RG-58 A/U cable used with the 10Base-2 Ethernet system. The basic BNC connector is a male type mounted at each end of a cable. This connector has a center pin connected to the center cable conductor and a metal tube connected to the outer cable shield. A rotating ring outside the tube locks the cable to any female connector.

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What is an RCA Connector?
RCA connectors are most commonly used for connecting home theater components together, including: televisions, VCRs, satellite receivers, CD players and audio receivers. You can easily identify an RCA type connector as it is usually color-coded: Yellow (video), Red (audio left) and White (audio right).

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