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zBoost YX-510 Cell Phone Signal Booster Dual Band unit for Home or Office |  | Brand: Wireless Extenders
Category: Wireless
List Price: $399.00
Buy New: $292.98
as of 9/4/2010 04:07 CDT details
You Save: $106.02 (27%)
New (28) Used (1) from $275.00
Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  316 reviews
Sales Rank: 549
Color: white
Media: Wireless Phone Accessory
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 5 x 2 x 7
nv:Communications Type: Signal Booster
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Warranty: 1 year warranty from Wireless Extender
MPN: YX510PCSCEL
Model: YX510 PCS/CEL
UPC: 186639000090
EAN: 0186639000090
ASIN: B000J2XZ1K
Release Date: October 17, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | 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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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 simultaneously. ZBoost Dual Band is compatible with all phones operating on PCS(1900Mhz) and CEL (800 MHz) except Nextel. 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 antennas are easy to orient and receive from multiple cell towers.Increases your indoor cell signal coverage for your workspaceDecreases dropped or missed callsEasy to use - just setup in minutes and start talkingExtends phone battery life (uses less power when signal is stronger)Works with most phones and carriers except NextelPatent-pending technology protects the carrier network
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 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).
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 316
 Not a valid solution for me September 3, 2010
Orbital_sFear
I live 5 miles north of town. The service outside my house is bad, but good enough to make and receive a call. Inside the house, the service falls just below the level of being usable. Data is out of the question inside and out.
I bought the zBoost, hoping to get my outside signal inside, that didn't happen. Like many other people that have reviewed this product, I found that the coverage area isn't 2,500sq/ft its more like 12.56636sq/ft. If my phone was within 2ft of the base station, I had full service and could make calls. Moving further than 6ft from the base station, I would be returned to 1 or none bars.
On the bright side, amazon is a rock star dealing with returns, and I still fully back them.
For sprint users, which I am a new one. I called and told them about my problem. I qualified as a premier member (pay more than $70 a month or be with sprint for 10+years qualifies you). They were extremely nice and provided a Airave V2 Femtocell tower. The Airave arrived, and after waiting for 2+hours for the unit to configure the mobile portion of the setup, I found I had full, 3g service, everywhere in my house. Any one who is a sprint subscriber, I strongly recommend you don't buy the zBoost and contact sprint about a Airave V2. It requires a high speed connection of 40k up and down, pretty easy bar to meet these days. I am 100% satisfied now, and have healthy, reliable service everywhere in my two story house.
If you're a security nut like myself, you can setup the Airave V2 as the DMZ host behind your router. Mine seems to work perfectly in this configuration. Now I don't have to worry about sprint monitoring my network traffic either, its a win win solution.
Can You Hear Me NOW! August 31, 2010
NYN (Massachussetts)
I started with the cheap decal "signal boosters" you peel & stick to the inside of your cellphone. Then I got an add-on extendable antenna. Then I bit the hand grenade and shelled out the $300 for this booster. I have the antenna mounted in the highest peak of my attic, snaked the coax cord down through a corner of a closet, to the base in my office. It worked. The range is limited, about 25 feet, but I have cell service again. It's frustrating to have to build my own "cellphone tower" for AT&T, but thats about what it boils down to.
 Range much less than promised August 27, 2010
Emeritus
I was getting 1 to 2 bars in most of my house, no signal in the basement. On my roof I could get 4 to 5 bars so I thought this would be just what I needed to get reliable calls anywhere in the house. I mounted the antenna on the roof, ran the coax cable down to our kitchen (which is more or less centrally situated in the house. I then was able to get 4 to 5 bars in the kitchen (sometimes 2 or 3 if I was on the far side of the kitchen opposite the antenna, which is in one corner. In the rest of the house I see no improvement in the signal at all. I then ordered the upgrade antennas (xy-029 directional exterior, and xy-027 interior ) but saw no improvement at all. I returned the two upgrade antennas and am living with the original setup. At least I can make and receive calls in my kitchen.
 Works Great! August 24, 2010
L. Clevenger (Lewisburg, OH USA)
I bought this because I live out in the country and cell signal is limited at best. In the house it was almost impossible to get a signal and make a call. We installed this and put the antenna on an outside 30 foot CB tower we no longer used. The receiver sits on a table in the house. We immediately got 4 or 5 bars depending on where you are in the house. Let me add I live in a very old farm house (150 yrs+) with 15 inch thick brick walls. This unit will pick up a cell call and keep it connected even if you are outside the house. We have Sprint as our carrier and have had no problem. I can also use it with my Kindle for downloading books.
Cell Phone Booster August 22, 2010
brianbrat
This did not work in the second location used. If you don't get a signal outside the house, amplifying nothing still is nothing. In another location where we had an outside signal but the walls were concrete and steel (a former bank), the unit worked great. They give a 30 money back guarantee so it gives you time to try it.
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