RG6 Quad connections to a panel?

I plan to re-cable my house by taking out all the loops and splitters and having one cable to each room (4 for TV and 1 for Internet). The longest length is roughly 110 ft. I will buy from Monoprice the RG6 Quad and crimp connectors for quad. All 5 cables will meet near the single input line coming from the cable company. What panel do I connect them to where the power can be adjusted by the cable company to each room? Clearly the 110 foot cable needs more power than the 50 foot cable. Any suggestions? I can't find anything at Monoprice.

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I want to make several comments here.

#1 Why not have the cable company do the cabling for you?

#2 If that is not feasible, I would recommend having the cable company come to your home and ask them where they would put the master control box/distribution center or whatever they call it. That way you will know where to terminate the cables. You can ask them if they would prefer to put the connector ends on and if not and you do it yourself. In this case you should use watertight compression fittings. Crimp on's have a tendency to come apart...


Hope this helps...:)

What panel do I connect them to where the power can be adjusted by the cable company to each room? Clearly the 110 foot cable needs more power than the 50 foot cable.
1) Just bring them all to the main location, leaving a few feet of slack in each cable.

2) The cable company (or you) will install a 6-port splitter; 4 ports for TV; one port for internet; and the unused port terminated with 75 Ohms.

2) In most cases, the cable company will not need to adjust the signal levels for each room.* In your case, with the max run being only 50' greater than the others, the power loss difference is only about 3 dB which is well within the guardband of system signal levels.

*In rare cases where one of the runs may be extraordinarily long (>150-200') they may install a booster amp on that line.

Thanks for the replies. My cable company doesn't install lines but maybe they can do the crimping. I will check (Astound.net). I will also call them to ask about the end connection and if they can connect it so I don't have to provide the exact length.

Thanks again for the great info!

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