SLx TV Signal Booster Aerial Amplifier, 8 Way Signal Distribution Amplifier with F-Type Connections, 4G & 5G Filtering, Indoor TV Aerial, HD TV/FM/DAB, Improved Energy Efficiency

This is a straight replacement for the old Booster which gave up after 8 years, very easy to swap over, connecting 6 TVs and picture quality is excellent on all of them.

I have 4 TVs with the terrestrial signal fed from one aerial (R of I), so the reception was very hit and miss until I invested in this booster. I now have perfect, clear reception on all TVs. F-type connectors probably help with the signal transmission. Delivery was efficient and price was reasonable. Easy set-up in the attic. Connected the cables and plugged in the booster. Instant success. Well worth the investment.

This appears to be a very well made unit, with professional F-connectors on inputs and outputs. Unfortunately SLx make distribution amplifiers with and without Magic Eye IR passthrough, and this one (model 28134PI/14) doesn't support it. If you need IR passthrough, models 27820BMR (4 way), 27823BMR (6 way), 27824BMR (8 way) do it, although these use standard (Belling Lee) aerial connectors rather than F connectors. Similar-looking models with numbers ending HSR do not support it though. SLx Gold multi-output models are another option to look at.

Quick delivery, we'll made, easy to fit, and works extremely well.

All received safely including the “cap” that fits on the Full channel if it isn’t being used. I find that the F connector inputs are far superior to the co-ax aerial inputs. Installation is quick and when switched on I have found that all of the tvs connected had much superior picture quality. Good price from Amazon and excellent picture quality.

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Has made a difference to the signal to all our tv's. Worth the money.

I have a loft aerial system and my amplifier system, consisting of multiple boosters piggy backed off each other and installed before the conversion to digital television occurred, had developed a fault. As the technology was quite old it pulled a lot more power than a new single modern booster would, so it was time to upgrade. The SLx 8 +1 way booster ticked all the boxes and was cheaper than the SLx 6 +1 way equivalent so it was the option that I ordered. When the unit arrived, I examined the box and the factory seals were still in place so the package was new as expected. When I opened the box and examined the contents I found that a component, the 75ohm terminator was missing. I wasn't completely surprised by this as other reviewers have already commented on this problem. I have therefore withheld two stars because a) this is a quality control failure at the manufacturing plant, b) this is a known problem and the affected stock is knowingly being shipped to the customers. This shortage was however not a problem for me as I intended to use the full channel. The unit is mains powered and comes with a fitted mains lead and plug. The sockets on the unit are not the traditional ones (RF coax) you find on the back of television sets but the same as you will typically find on satellite equipment (F type). As I was upgrading an old installation and didn't want to change the wiring, I purchased 10 adapters (F type male to RF Female) to on amazon. The unit provides one input socket for the TV aerial a second input socket for an FM radio or DAB aerial. This means if you have both an FM and DAB aerial you also need an external combiner for these. Acording to the instructions the TV input socked will detect and provide a 12V supply to an aerial head amp automatically if connected directly to it. I did not test this function. There are 8 standard output sockets and one Full (Boosted) output socket. Mounting of the unit is provided by two slots on the back which mount on two panhead screws (not provided) previously screwed into a surface. I tested the unit against my worst case run which is to my lounge and connects my TV, PVR and Onkyo FM receiver. When connected to a standard output my television gave readings (out of 10) of Power = 6 and Quality 10 on all channels. When connected to the Full output the readings for power were between 7 and 8 between the channels and the Quality was 10. The real benefit for me of the Full output was in the improvement in performance of my FM receiver. Radio 3 and Classic FM sound absolutely fabulous (analogue far better than DAB imo) and a number of weaker stations became usable. These figures are a good improvement on my previous system which managed between 5 and 7 for the power and 7 to 9 on the quality. Overall, I'm very pleased with the unit. Would have been 5 stars but for the quality assurance issue.

It sounded great just what I needed but unfortunately it didn’t work at all

Nicht für den deutschen Gebrauch geeignet aufgrund falschen Stecker.