CHANNEL PLUS 2532 2-Way Splitter/Combiner CHANNEL PLUS 2532

This two way splitter does the job it was intended to do. It came well packaged and on time and appears to be of high quality. I used it in reverse as a combiner to connect two antennas to my TV system. I used it to connect two beam type antenna's to the same cable so that I could get stations from two different directions (South and West) and it works perfectly. This is not a magic device however and if you don't know how to properly set up dual antenna's or you live in one of those areas where high signal reflection will cause multiple antenna's to fight with each other, it is probably not going to work for you but for the price, it was worth trying and worked out fine for me. You do have to take into account that any splitter will have some signal loss and that needs to be taken into account when using it. Both of my antennas are amplified and the amps are prior to the splitter which makes up for any signal loss. If they were not, I would have put the splitter (combiner) as close to the antenna's as possible (which I did anyway) and put an amp just after the splitter to bring the signal level back up prior to a long coax run (mine is 40 feet). All of the TV.s are picking up all of the channels as well as or better than they did prior to the addition of the combiner and second antenna. The truth will be how well everything works on the next bad weather day.

Combining two antennas is extremely hard because if the same channel is received on both antennas then the chances are the combined signal will be worse, not better. In my case, I had a station I wanted to pick up that was north of my location, while all the others were south of my location.The first attempt failed, with a new directional UHF antenna (Antenna's Direct C4 ClearStream 4) and an old legacy VHF/UHF antenna in the attic. The result was a drop of about 20 channels as the signal degraded because the old legacy antenna was picking up many of the same channels. I found the actual UHF frequency of the stations to the north I wanted, and found plans to build an antenna for that particular frequency that would be directional as well.That worked like a champ! The home built directional antenna tuned for specific UHF channel bought in that channel (plus a couple of extras in that area) without picking up any of the stations to the south, and I ended up with several more channels than before.I don't have real test equipment that would measure the signal loss through the combiner, but I didn't notice any drop on the TV's built in signal meter (or the quality score it gave the transmissions). So I would have to say the combiner works with the right antenna set up, without introducing enough loss that would be noticed by the TV's tuner. I'm sure the more technical would not be satisfied with that, but for my purposes it makes this the perfect product for my needs.

Cheap made but works better than expected

These are great units to mix VHF and digital signals. I split my cable signal running one leg into their digital decoder box and then move its the analog output VIA (component RGB) video to an RF modulator that converts it to composite NTSC on an unused analog channel (118 in my case). This feeds into one of the subject units that is used as a combiner to mix the signal with the digital cable coming into the house. The combined signal runs through the cabling wire plan throughout my house.The cable decoder box is used to tune the premium channel, HBO, STARS, etc. that cannot be decoded by cable "adapter" boxes. At remote TVs this combined signal is split again. One leg goes to the cable "adapter" that does not decode premium channels and outputs basic cable to channel 3 or 4. This channel 3 or 4 output is combined with the other leg of the house cabling that was split. It contains the digital signal and my channel 118 NTSC signal.At remote sets which have cable "adapter" boxes the resulting output is channel 3 (or 4). Channels can be tuned by the adapter remote, and channel 118 is tuned by the TV set. Thus, the remote TVs can tune all the channels accessible by the adapter box and also the premium channel via 118. At each remote TV the house (combined digital and 118 NTSC) signal is split again with one leg going to the cable adapter box and the other leg to a combiner where it is mixed with the Channel 3 or 4 output of the box and then sent to the TV.The result is that I have one decoder box provided by the cable company and multiple cable "adapter" boxes that they provide at no extra cost. Getting multiple decoder boxes would raise the cable billing considerably. The signal on the split signal is excellent; premium channels (or whatever channel is tuned by the decoder box) are of equal quality and are available at each remote TV. Did I mention that I HATE my cable company? I also take my PBS feeds off the air (OTA), as well as commercial channels in HD. With only a little encouragement I plan to dump the cable entirely and move to satellite. If you have a long wire run in your house then you may need distribution amplifiers. Be certain that these will pass the UHF as well as the VHF signals in order for the cable provider to talk to the adapter boxes.

This combiner works well. At the TV, I attached two coax cables from two different home-made 4-bay antennas; each cable length from each antenna is about 80 feet to the Channel Plus 2532. Without any signal booster the Channel Plus outputted clear TV signals, even for channels where both antennas were picking up the same stations.

I received a non working piece, tested with multimeter too. No signal going through. The return is a pain as need to be sent back to the USA. No replacement was offered, only the option to send it back and wait for weeks for refund. And order again of course...

Excelente producto para dividir señales de tv

Bought it to have the signals from 2 different antennas channelled into one incoming input to my new Smart TV. Signal strength very strong from both antennas, and my reception is great. Great little splitter at a very good price. Will be buying another one for another TV set.

splitter/combinador de señal de antena area y/o señal de Cable, el producto tiene una construcion y material durable, pero no me manda la señal bien del cable, pero si de la señal de TV abierta.