Thread: whats in the omnibox?
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Old 26-02-2011, 12:06   #7
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Re: whats in the omnibox?
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Originally Posted by craigj2k11 View Post
curiosity took the better of me this morning, i opened the omnibox, despite what i have read about special screws, it just had a normal positive screw driver screw.

inside it was the coax and phone wire coming through my garden, the coax cable connected to another coax cable about 10cm long, which goes through the wall and into this:
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this white coax cable then goes to the attenuators, then into the modem.

The phone cabling just goes straight into the phone socket

that box that the coax goes through.... errr.... what is it? it says 0.4db on it?

can i change this for another one with a different value to get rid of the attenuators, or can I get rid of this thing all together?
dont remove it..that is an isolator (as has been said previous) to stop any surges blowing your devices up! its an electrical safety requirement for EVERY piece of equipment VM install in your house.the only time 1 x isolator will suffice for 2 or more devices is when they are plugged into the same socket or gang of sockets
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