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List Price: $299.00
Our Price: $214.99
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Manufacturer: Wireless Extenders
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Wireless Phone Accessory
Brand: Wireless Extenders
Color: white
EAN: 0186639000502
Feature: Easy installation
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Wireless Extenders
Manufacturer: Wireless Extenders
Model: YX500-PCS
Publisher: Wireless Extenders
Release Date: 2005-04-22
Special Features: nv:Communications Type^Signal Booster
Studio: Wireless Extenders
Variation Description: white
Warranty: 1 year warranty
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Features
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Easy installation
Covers up to 2500 sq ft
Extends the battery life of the cell phone
Can be used to replace the land line
Unit brings the outside signal inside, where you need it the most
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Editorial Reviews:
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The Wi-Ex zBoost cell zone signal booster is a revolutionary, patent-pending new product that improves indoor cell phone coverage. zBoost captures the wireless signal outside, brings it inside and enhances, or boosts it - extending a Cell Zone in your home or office or your car.The zBoost YX500-PCS works with all phones on the 1900MHz frequency. Includes Sprint, T-Mobile and others.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Just as described
Comment: This worked just as described. Occasionally I find I have to restart it to find a signal, but I think that may just be the signal suddenly coming back, than any reception problem by the unit. You can apparently buy better cable than comes with it, that keeps the signal from weakening and a directional antenna. But even with the included antenna we often get five bars and a good enough signal strength to watch entire movies online with a broadband cell card. Well worth the money!
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Summary: Runs Like a Champ!
Comment: I haven't had a dropped call since installing this unit. I did mount the antena on the roof though.
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Summary: Happy campers
Comment: The YX500-PCS works!
I installed this booster for a camp in Missoui on the fringe of Sprint's network in order to boost the signal of a S720 EVDO card in a KR1 router. There's no tower within view on the horizon, but, they HAD a few bars of service in December. Howerver, once the leaves came in and humidity went up the coverage went between -130dBm to none. Install wasn't a typical "plug and play" but instructions where clear.
Here are a few observations from my install:
-Within 5 minutes i found a good signal, but after about 2 hours of site survey I found a true "sweet spot."
-I replaced the included (very long) RG6 with a 12ft coax and had better results. I'm not sure if the cable length should match wavelength, but, it's working. There's also plenty of wood and metal materals between the 2 antennas.
-The YX500 is auto-magic. But there's plenty of environmental tuning to be done. Placement, proximity, other devices, and bandwidth usage all seem to have some impact (positive or negitive) on the boosters behavior.
Post install:
The signal is not able to carry the same amazing EVDO rev A speeds as seen near the tower, but, it is much, much stronger and faster. Before the YX500 they often experienced timeouts when browsing. Now they can stream the video weather forcast! I'd say the real up/down bandwith went form about 0-24Kbps to 240-360Kbps.
I'm a bit us a skeptic when it comes to wireless technologies, but, this device appears to be working quite well.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Product has potential, just not at my house
Comment: Product was easy to piece together. Signal at my house for Sprint is just not consistent. Device also acted oddly with a couple of lights constantly fast flashing to which support said I needed to ensure a 10 foot lateral delta from the antenna and base unit. As the room I was in was an attic loft that would mean running a pole up the roof or placing the antenna more towards ground level which was not reasonable.
Regardless in the end signal consistency was my enemy.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not quite there
Comment: This is a great idea - but for me it just did not work as advertised. I had a full signal in the place I put the receiver but the reception in the house did not improve at all. Unfortunate.
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