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Mini Series
Sidekick

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  • Page 1 Installation Guide Mini Series Sidekick...
  • Page 2: Package Contents

    Sidekick Package Contents 1X32.8ft SMAM-NM Outdoor Cable Signal Booster Outside Antenna Indoor Whip Antenna 1X16.4ft SMAF-SMAM Outdoor Cable Power Supply waterproof tape Accessories for main parts Through-Window-Cable are all provided to protect connections SMA-Male to SMA-Female No drilled hole Notes for LCD Display Power light Bluetooth light Wi light...
  • Page 3: Getting Started

    Booster Light Patterns LED Type LED condition Remark Successfully connected to Bluetooth Bluetooth Bluetooth is not connected Successfully connected to Wi-Fi Wi-Fi Wi-Fi is not connected Normal operating condition Solid Green Power Solid Red Booster is working abnormally Booster is not receving power from DC power supply Booster is working normally Alarm Booster is working abnormally...
  • Page 4 Step 3 Find the cell tower & Determine the outdoor antenna’s position 3.1 Find the band you are using For Android Download NetWork Cell Info Lite in the Google store and open it. It can be seen from the example picture that the frequency band is band 13. (According to the form before, you need to pay attention to Gauge LTE700) Then click MAP.
  • Page 5 For ios (1)Dial *3001#12345#* (2)Follow the instructions, take the screenshots as required. 3.2 Find the cell tower (1) Enter cellmapper.net (2) Choose your own carrier and band here.
  • Page 6 (3) Then enter the coordinate of where you are trying to install the signal booster, and press Enter key. (In fact when you open Cellmapper, the map on the right will automatically locate your area if you've given the site permission to access your location. If you found tower sites not even displayed on the map, it might because the app intercepts the locations for security reasons.) (4) After the map jumps to the location, you can scroll the mouse pulley and zoom it out, then you will see the tower near the location.
  • Page 7 3.3 Determine the outdoor antenna’ s position The outdoor antenna is usually placed at one of the 4 ends of the roof. Please choose the position according to the tower’ s location. Make sure there are no barriers between the antenna and the tower.
  • Page 8 Step 5 Adjust and x the Outdoor Antenna Have your outdoor antenna pointed to the cell tower you found before and observe the reading on the app. Adjust the outdoor antenna accordingly. Notes: (1) The output power should be the higher the better. (2) The full output power for Sidekick is 10dBm.
  • Page 9: Signal Quality Test

    Step 8 Signal quality test You could do the following: (1)First make sure the signal gauge value is unchanged from that during the outdoor antenna installation. (2)Do speed tests with the booster on and o , and make a comparison. (3)Check if the number of signal bars increases.
  • Page 10: Technical Speci Cations

     Normal but No Boosted Signal DL GAIN OUTPUT POWER LED LIGHT PATTERN REASON SOLUTION Check the band you are using again. LTE700 >=60dB >=-5dBm If it stays at band66, get into the 'detail'/ 'Setting' of gagues on Signal Supervisor and switch o RF switch CELL800 >=60dB >=-5dBm...
  • Page 11 For more information Download Signal Supervisor or enter our website. www.hiboost.com. a. You can download the speci c user manual. b. You can reach our technical support for help.
  • Page 12 3150 Premier Drive,Suite 130, Irving, TX 75063 (972) 870-5666 service@hiboost.com www.hiboost.com...