Check For Signal Strength - PowerTec Soho Mobile repeater User Manual

Preparing to Set Up Your Repeater Product

Check for Signal Strength

Before placing a SOHO Repeater in your home, make sure that you can place
calls on the outside of your home, at roof level or wherever you plan to place
the outdoor antenna. Repeaters can only bring signal into your home when
there is signal present at the outdoor antenna.
Using your mobile phone, place a call from an outdoor location to confirm that
enough signal is present to complete the call. If a weak signal is available at
ground level, check the signal strength at a roof level location where the signal
will likely be stronger and where the outdoor antenna can be placed for best
performance.
If you can reliably make and receive calls outside your home, then the repeater
can bring the signal into your home.
Mobile phone signal bars are approximate and vary from phone to phone. The
number of bars can fluctuate widely, depending on the location of the phone,
the position or angle of the phone and weather. Most mobile phone signal
meters update every 6 to 10 seconds. An increase of only one bar typically
indicates a 4x to 10x signal Increase.
THE BEST INDICATOR OF SIGNAL STRENGTH IS THE ABILITY TO
RELIABLY PLACE AND RECEIVE CALLS.
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