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zBoost YX-510 Cell Phone Signal Booster Dual-Band Unit for Home or Office





zBoost YX-510 Cell Phone Signal Booster Dual-Band Unit for Home or Office




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List Price : $399.00
Price : $281.60
zBoost YX-510 Cell Phone Signal Booster Dual-Band Unit for Home or Office




Product Description

Designed for consumers, the zBoost dual band cell phone signal booster extends a zBoost Cell Zone for single or multiple users in homes or offices simulatneously.

Amazon.com 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 U.S. cellular carriers.* 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 cellular 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.

*The use of radio distribution equipment that enhances, extends or amplifies a wireless signal may be prohibited without the consent of the wireless carrier upon whose network such equipment will be used. You should consult with your carrier before purchasing such equipment to use with that carrier’s service.

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) or the YX500/CEL (800 MHz).


  • 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


zBoost YX-510 Cell Phone Signal Booster Dual-Band Unit for Home or Office Reviews


zBoost YX-510 Cell Phone Signal Booster Dual-Band Unit for Home or Office Reviews


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245 of 252 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Does exactly what I needed it to, November 24, 2006
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This review is from: zBoost YX-510 Cell Phone Signal Booster Dual-Band Unit for Home or Office (Wireless Phone Accessory)
In a nutshell:
The YX510 is the cheapest dual-band cellular signal repeater I found. It's easy to set up, easy to use, uses standard RG-6 cable and connectors, and it works very well out-of-the-box. Definitely recommended.

Long version:
At my parents' suburban CT home, the location, the terrain, and the aluminum siding all add up to zero indoor cellular reception. Even outdoors, my dual-band Cingular GSM service gives me at most 1 bar...all attempts to place a call immediately fail. My siblings' Verizon service is a bit better, but still not enough for them to place calls. Up on the roof, though, I found I would get 3 bars (up to 4, if I held the phone over my head), quite sufficient for a reliable phone call. Enter the YX510. It's easy to install, though their recommended pre-installation test procedure didn't leave me optimistic--I couldn't get the base unit's "signal" light to flash green when placing a call from nearby it on the roof (which the... Read more
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151 of 154 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Helpfull hint, May 18, 2008
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This review is from: zBoost YX-510 Cell Phone Signal Booster Dual-Band Unit for Home or Office (Wireless Phone Accessory)
For those of you having problems with this unit you must remember that the indoor unit uses the same frequency to talk to the cell phone that the outdoor antenna uses to talk to the tower. If the inside unit transmits and the outside unit picks it up the inside unit will lower its power until there is no feedback loop, degrading performance. So, if you can put the inside unit someplace where it will operate at full power and not interfere with the outside antenna then you are set. Try putting the inside unit in the basement or at the opposite end of the house. Also you will never get a better signal inside than what the outside antenna gets so put the outside antenna where it gets the best possible reception. That sounds obvious but I'm sure there are some folks that put the outside unit out a window and the inside unit next to it.
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171 of 182 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Works, but not well, November 6, 2007
This review is from: zBoost YX-510 Cell Phone Signal Booster Dual-Band Unit for Home or Office (Wireless Phone Accessory)
Recently we decided to do away with our telephone landline and go completely wireless. We had some trouble getting a cellular signal at certain places in the house and this product seemed like it would be a good way to bring better signal to those areas. Unfortunately we quickly found, that though this product does in fact do a fine job of repeating a stronger signal to a weak area, the range of the "Hot Spot" is not even close to what it advertises.

We found that even with the antenna pulling in 4 solid bars from outside, unless you were practically sitting on top of the wireless extender you just wouldn't get any improvement. What's more is it seems that there are certain "Blind spots" around the device that don't get any improvement. To give it a fair shot, we experimented with several different transmitter locations and found that the best we could achieve is about a 10x10 sq foot zone with the transmitter in the middle. And of course this location was about the most... Read more
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