Wireless Extenders YX-510 zBoost Dual Band Cell Phone Signal Booster up to 2500 Square Feet of Coverage for Home or Office (800 MHz and 1900 MHz Phones)

January 14th, 2010

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Manufacturer: Wireless Extenders
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List Price: $399.00
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Product Description

Satisfy all your cellular phone needs with the Wireless Extenders YX510-PCS/CEL zBoost zP Wireless Booster, which works with both cellular frequencies (800 and 1900 MHz) and can extend cellular coverage up to 2500 square feet. This unit can handle signals from all the major cellular carriers, including AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Alltel. The package includes everything you need: amplifier base unit, power supply, base unit antenna, low-loss SATV coaxial cable (RG6), signal antenna and mounting hardware. The omni-directional signal antenna receives signals from multiple cell towers.

Improve your cell signal with the dual-band YX510-PCS/CEL--perfect for boosting the signal of AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon frequencies up to 2500 square feet.

Using a revolutionary, patent pending technology that protects the carrier network, the YX510 improves indoor cell phone coverage by capturing and repeating the outside signal, bringing it into the building and enhancing it. This process creates a "Cell Zone" in your home or office.

Click here to see a PDF overview of setting up the Wireless Booster.

The Wireless Extenders zBoost system includes:

Outdoor antenna (repeats the signal) can be installed outdoors above the roofline or indoors in the attic or near a window
Coax cable (RG6- ultra low-loss, DBS satellite) connects from the outdoor antenna to the base unit
Base unit: Sleekly designed, it amplifies the signal and provides oscillation detection/correction which protects the carrier network using patent-pending technology.
Indoor antenna connects to the base unit to repeat the signal and create "Cell Zone"--no physical connection to the phone is needed.

Installation
Choosing the best location for installation of the Signal Antenna provides the best performance and the largest area of improved signal. Determine the location that provides the strongest signal using the signal strength indicator on your cell phone. For the best reception, find the location that provides the most bars of signal strength and locate the Signal Antenna at that location.

Specifications

US PCS 1900 MHz band
- Uplink: 1850 - 1910 MHz
- Downlink: 1930 - 1990 MHz
US Cellular 800/850 MHz band
- Uplink: 824 - 849 MHz
- Downlink: 869 - 894 MHz
Network formats: CDMA, GSM, TDMA, AMPS, GPRS, EDGE, 1xRTT, EVDO, HSDPA
Total Signal Gain: 60dB (adaptive)
Output Power: less than 0.5 Watt EiRP (w/ included antenna)
Unit weight: 1 pound
Unit size: 5 x 7 x 2 inches
Power input: 100-120 VAC 60 Hz
Power output: 5VDC, 1.5A
Signal antenna cable: Outdoor rated 75 ohm DBS satellite coaxial cable, Type-F male
Base unit antenna: 50 ohm, TNC male

Note: If you need coverage for only one cellular carrier, check out the YX500/PCS (1900 MHz; Sprint and T-Mobile) or the YX500/CEL (800 MHz; AT&T and Verizon).

Product Details

Extends cellular coverage for single or multiple users in homes or offices--provides up to 2500 square feet of coverage
Dual-band device works with 800/1900 MHz frequencies from all major carriers--AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, Alltel, Cricket, and more (not compatible with Nextel)
Omni-directional signal antenna receives signals from multiple cell towers
Antenna can be installed outdoors above the roofline or indoors in the attic or near a window
Extends phone battery life--uses less power when signal is stronger

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Customer Reviews

Need a good signal to start with

Review Date: July 30, 2010

Reviewer: john mahon, Woodland Hills, CA, US

I think bottom line here is that you must find a strong signal at your location somewhere. Then install the antenna there. My signal is a sporadic ATT one. It fluctuates all day long. When it is a good signal then yes the Booster sends it down into my house via the transmitter. But it WILL NOT improve any signal strength.

ZBoost

Review Date: July 28, 2010

Reviewer: n/a,

The zBoost is an OK product for someone who lives where there is good cellular coverage outdoors (3 bars or more). If you live in a rural area where cellular reception is poor outdoors the zBoost will do little for you. Service bounces from 1 to 2 bars outdoors at my house; the zBoost is only able to boost the signal in a 5 foot diamter circle around the device... customer service now tells me that I need to spend about $200 more to get directional antennas to make it work right...

Instillation was also a big problem. They tell you there needs to be 20 feet of verticle seperation between the antenna and the base unit... but what they don't tell you this will not work if you have a metal roof. The antenna has to be atleast 8 feet above the metal roof(or any other metal) or it freaks out and will not work at all. It's a real trick to build a 30-foot antenna tower, without using any metel, in order to get the antenna high enough to make it work.

If you have a good outdoor signal this is an ok product, if you have poor outdoor signal, don't waste your $.

TOTALLY UNRELIABLE

Review Date: July 27, 2010

Reviewer: SammIam,

I purchased this to increase my signal at my lake house.... the unit does work, but is totally unreliable. There are times when the lights go red, red flashing, I've tried all manner of things such as changing the position of the antena etc... I even called their customer service, for all intents and purposes, customer service sucks. I would NOT recommend purchasing this unit. It is not stable at all, I would have done just as good if I had taken my hundreds of dollars spent, and lite fire to them. I am and EXTREMELY disastisfied customer.

It Actually Works!

Review Date: July 25, 2010

Reviewer: Bobby L Buntin,

I bought this for my parents who live out in the middle of nowhere in Virginia. I bought 50 feet of extension cable and put the exterior antenna up on their roof. As soon as I did that, both of my parents could use their Alltel phones in the house. Previously, they couldn't get a signal without driving half a mile away.

My Verizon aircard also worked using this extender, though the signal was still weak. My AT&T iPhone still had no reception, but I guess you can't have everything.

I didn't see how this thing could possibly work, but it does. Just take the time to install it the way that the instructions tell you to. The more separation you can put between the base and the exterior antenna, the better reception you will get.

Delivered and Worked As Advertised!

Review Date: July 22, 2010

Reviewer: Aaron J. Isaacs, Lancaster, California, US

As advertised, Amazon delivered our zBoost in under 24 hrs. I suppose it helps that it was shipped out of Louisville, Kentucky where UPS is headquartered. Anyway, we set it up in under 5 minutes (time depends on how you want to run the cable) and it worked great. We tested T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T carriers with our PDAs and even a mystery pay-by-minute track phone. All carriers were between three to five bars of service where there was absolutely none prior to setting up the zBoost. Anyway, small paragraph of our setup here. We have a metal shelter, and initially I was concerned the metal would affect our externally connected antenna - it didnt. The attachment piece for the external antenna is made of an insulation type plastic so separation was easy between our hard shelter and placement of the antenna. The zBoost we placed center of our shelter inside against a metal wall, and as I described above, no issues. Excellent little device, and now we'll see about its endurance...

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