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  1. RobertCharlotte

    Coax CATV A/B switch question

    One side actually did work, but when I switched it to the other side, there was no signal there. It was weird. At any rate, there's not really any point trying again, Allan. I went on out and bought a splitter to use, since that's what I needed anyway. Like Tom and Ray always say, it's the...
  2. RobertCharlotte

    Coax CATV A/B switch question

    Sorry, I didn't explain my question clearly. Why would it matter which direction the data was flowing through the switch, even one leg at a time? If I have the switch on the "A" side, why would it care whether the data was coming in the "A" terminal and going out the "TV" terminal or coming in...
  3. RobertCharlotte

    Coax CATV A/B switch question

    Very plain, similar to the Radio Shack model 15-1232. No push buttons, but a slide switch instead. I guess my questions remain: why would it matter, and how does it know? For the record, I thought it would work just like a splitter, too. In fact, I knew that what I needed was a splitter, but...
  4. RobertCharlotte

    Coax CATV A/B switch question

    Coax CATV A/B switches, you know, the kind you use to switch one TV (output) between two CATV sources (input)? This weekend, I learned that they cannot be used to switch one input between two outputs. Why not? How could it possibly know which direction the signal is flowing, and why would it...
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