On Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at 5:57:09 AM UTC+2, Char Jackson wrote:
On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 13:49:21 -0400, Paul wrote:

My guess is, your line needs to be verified by a cable person
coming out in a truck and checking the line. And checking
that the filters are set properly for the service you're
paying for. If an analog cable TV package is part of the
"bundle" you're paying for each month, they should make it work for
you, or, explain what additional equipment is needed.

A new splitter should not make the situation worse.

Connecting it incorrectly would make the situation worse, as one example
(mixing up the input versus the outputs). Or connecting coax cables that
haven't been properly prepared. Check for proper stripping, with no
'stingers' (where a stray shield wire touches the center conductor).
Check that the connectors have been installed properly, and make sure
they're compression fittings and not screw-on, push-on, or crimp
connectors. Make sure the coax is at least RG6 Quad Shield and not RG59.
RG11 would be nice, but overkill.

Other than that, pictures of the splitter appear to indicate that it
uses a form of "push on" connections, rather than threaded connections,
and if that's true, I'd toss it directly into the trash, even if I had
to pay out of pocket for a proper unit.

Yes this splitter has "push on" connectors that surprised me too.

When I saw that I kinda new it's not going to work well, cause it looks totally inferior.

The green cable that comes into the appartment is hanging against the wall sort of... inside of this white box. Hope that is not a problem.

This white box/wall socket thing is also a push in.

I pulled it right out when trying to pull out the coax cable leading to the splitter.

This kinda surprised me and maybe the network engineer long ago that installed these units.

The wall socket is kept in place with some metal push in pins instead of screws.

Kinda weird. Doesn't seem to fit properly currently.

I will mess with it some more. I will also ask network engineer if it's possible to replace this wall socket with one that has screws.

There are some holes for screws... but he would have to happen to have a wall socket that matches the screw holes/pins or he would have to drill new screws.

This was kinda underestimated by the guy on the phone.

Curious if this new network engineer will be able of installing a better wall socket.

And if this touching of green cable to wall is a problem. Might this will create a little bit more noise.

However this green cable is probably already touching walls and such. Perhaps the green's cable to wall socket is shady, not yet sure about that.

Let me know if you think that this could be a problem if green cable is touching walls/wall socket and so forth ?

I could even make some pictures with digital camera and post them online...

Bye,
Skybuck.