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FREQUENCY-AGILE TUNING TO CHANNELS ;14 64 UHF OR CATV CHANNELS ;65 125 (EXCLUDING 95 99) EASY-TOUCH PUSH-BUTTON PROGRAMMING FULL POWER 25 DB OUTPUT 12V- & 5V-COMPATIBLE IR EMITTER PORTS SOURCE LOOP THROUGH WITH THE USE OF THE ;MPT2743 CABLE SET 5-YEAR WARRANTYQUAD-SOURCEUPC : 782644008283Shipping Dimensions : 16.25in X 9.00in X 3.50inEstimated Shipping Weight : 3.95
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Digital Circuitry, Quad Analog Channel Modulator - The Channel Plus 5545 Is Still Better Than Most
By alexanderaku
I've had my Channel Plus 5545 in service for 4-years now. I live in a deep fringe "Over-The-Air" area with severe local electrical pollution and have a security camera system. Solutions for decent channel distribution in my home were few. Channel Plus had what I needed to get digital Off-Air and to have four added channels of my own choosing. The 5545 is also drift free and stable (frequency agile and reliable), and gives Blonder Tongue modulator models a run for the money.It wasn't just a simple addition of the 5545 though. I had to install a stacked array of Winegard high gain highly directional UHF antennas with proper cable termination lengths before I could get reliable digital channels of sufficient strength over the air in the UHF band. The UHF antennas were the 9095P, and I had to use a high gain low noise Channel Master CM-7775 to keep signal levels high over the UHF cable run for just one TV. Since I had one UHF station 3-miles away in one direction and the majority over 40-miles in other directions in the distance, I had to install a Winegard channel filter to lower the output from the close by station. I also had to install a VHF only high gain highly directional Winegard antenna and a Winegard AP 3770 "VHF only" low noise pre-amp. With this in place, I finally had perfect reception at one TV.The security system, a DVD/VCR recorder player, and two digital satellite systems also needed to be added - and the Channel Plus 5545 took care of adding them to analog channels 56, 58, 62, and 64 (added channels must be separated by one channel from others, and shouldn't be shared with off-air channels broadcast on or directly adjacent channels to selected modulated channel outputs on the 5545). If you do place a modulated channel on an analog channel used to broadcast off-air digital channel/s, you will lose the digital channels broadcast from the analog channel. Now, this is a lot of reception source equipment, and I was able to put it all away in a closet with the 5545 modulator - and happily out of sight using a Channel Plus 2100A wall plate, a Xantech 291 IR receiver, and IR emitters added to the 5545 modulator. This is the main reason the Channel Plus 5545 is so well liked by owners - you can use IR targets to control everything from each room. The Channel Plus 5545 is also equally at home with CATV systems.Now, as I said, this is everything set up for proper reception in ONE ROOM. To add the TVs in the rest of my home, and continue having great reception with no loss from connecting all of them, I used the Channel Plus DA-550HHR - and powered it using the coax from the 5545 modulator. This gave great signals throughout my entire home to each TV set. Using added 2100A IR wall plates and Xantech 291 IR receivers, I can also control everything using the IR emitters on the 5545 modulator.The 5545 modulator provides boost to modulated channels, but the DA-550HHR outputs 3.5 dB from each coax output, and allows for proper insertion of my off-air antenna system.The Channel Plus 5545 has few drawbacks, but it does have some. The modulated channels can appear grainy or have interference patterns if they are too near a strong analog off-air or CATV channel. The grainy appearance shows up a bit worse using an HD TV set - very similar to tuning in an old analog off-air channel or viewing old analog movies over a digital channel. There is no upscaling of the signal. Even grainy, the channels are superior to clear but old school analog off-air channels. The 5545 would be perfect if it created digital channels instead of analog.Sound using the 5545 is decent, but it isn't stereo despite the need for connecting both right and left channels of the audio source - it requires both as it combines them to a mono audio signal. If you only connect one to one input, sound volume will be reduced. To prevent this, you can use a splitter to input a single audio output to both of the audio inputs per 5545 modulated channel. Channel Plus once sold a decoder that was used to convert the mono output back to stereo, but it's no longer offered. If you want stereo now, you have to purchase the Channel Plus SVM-24 modulator. While the SVM-24 reproduces full MTX, and offers Dolby, video is S-video. In other words - no HDMI or High-Def video beyond 480i will be output from the SVM-24.For the price, the Channel Plus 5545 is a good solution for adding up to four channels to a coaxial viewing system - excellent for security system cameras. While I would like to have better picture definition, I can't complain about the Channel Plus 5445 modulator. It has been a rock solid system that runs 24/7 and has proven itself to be totally reliable.*Note* Be sure to protect your coax system with blocking capacitors where needed (where IR wallplates aren't used), and to use coax surge arrestors on off-air antennas connected to the coax system. I also use a blocking capacitor at each coaxial connected end-components served by my coax distribution system. My distribution system has never given a problem - and the 5545 is the heart of it.Should you need to have only one modulated channel added, there is the 5415HD that does up to 720P with full stereo. This unit outputs using true digital channels - perfect for HD TVs. But, the 5415HD has no IR features.Update 7/2/2012:Curious about the price of this product in 2008? $189.99 was the price for this product direct from SolidSignal in August of 2008. SolidSignal is also an Amazon storefront seller.***Note***If you own a Channel Plus IR passing distribution amplifier that is connected properly and isn't passing IR, the CHANNEL PLUS 2181 I/R Expander can restore the IR passing feature - if the distribution amplifier is still passing IR to its connection panel for power and IR. This can eliminate the need for a new distribution amplifier if IR distribution is wanted.Made in China
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Modulator + IR repeator
By Frederick Burt
To get the full use of the modulator and IR repeaters, it should be used with the Chanel Plus amplifiers. But as a stand alone 4 channel modulator is works great.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful.Modulator
By Jackson
Purchased to replace a failing Channel Vision E4200( 10 years old). The quality is wonderful. Works great and easy to program.
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