Wireless Extenders YX-510 zBoost Dual-Band Cell Phone Signal Booster up to 2,500 Square Feet of Coverage for Home or Office
- 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
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 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. |
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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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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 manual said would represent a successful test). The error code I was getting from it indicated either the signal was too strong or the interior/exterior antennas were interfering with each other. Undeterred, I installed the main signal antenna (zip-tied to the top of a length of PVC pipe strapped to our old TV antenna pole, to keep it away from metallic objects, as the manual recommends). I tried another test with the base unit placed at ground level about 35 feet away, seperated by a good chunk of the house, but I still had trouble getting a reliable signal. When I finished the installation and moved the base station indoors (about 20-25 feet almost directly below the exterior signal antenna, with the roof and two floors in between), that’s when its performance started really shining. Installed in the basement, the YX510 base station gives solid reception for most of the dual-level, 2600 sqft house. My cell phone shows a full five bars most of the time, for anywhere within about about 15-20 feet of the interior antenna (the signal strength slowly drops with additional distance). Once I start a call, my phone’s signal strength meter immediately drops to the strength of the signal at the roof (usually 3 bars), so it’s apparent that the included omnidirectional antenna cannot “amplify” the received signal. Thus, make sure you at least have a usable signal level at the point where you plan to install the exterior signal antenna, or otherwise consider getting the directional antenna upgrade for the YX510. My siblings and I now have reliable cellular service for more than half of the house, and we can all use our phones simultaneously with no problem. Very satisfied! (Note: I installed the exterior antenna using the YX012 grounding kit, but one could easily use store-bought outdoor RG-6 cable and a grounded female-to-female RG-6 connector instead of that kit.)
Rating: 5 / 5
Wireless Extenders YX-510 zBoost Dual-Band Cell Phone Signal Booster up to 2,500 Square Feet of Coverage for Home or Office
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.
Rating: 5 / 5
Wireless Extenders YX-510 zBoost Dual-Band Cell Phone Signal Booster up to 2,500 Square Feet of Coverage for Home or Office
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 10×10 sq foot zone with the transmitter in the middle. And of course this location was about the most intrusive (smack in the middle of the kitchen counter). If you put it near a wall or a corner you lose about half of the possible output. We found no reasonably acceptable solution with this product.
I have a fairly small split level ranch home (1200 sq feet), and had hoped that I could reliably cover at least the upper level, but in reality, I was only able to get an extended signal in about half of my small 10×18 kitchen. This is not even close to the 10,000 square feet of coverage advertised in the product description
If this product were MUCH cheaper I could accept the performance for what it is, but at $300 plus it is not worth the minor improvement it offers to a limited area. We basically felt as if the limitation in range was tying us to an old corded phone, which is hardly a step forward in wireless technology. Personally I wouldn’t pay more than $79 for this product. I returned mine for a refund.
Rating: 2 / 5
Wireless Extenders YX-510 zBoost Dual-Band Cell Phone Signal Booster up to 2,500 Square Feet of Coverage for Home or Office
This is my first review but I’m writing it because I was tentative about this product without a clear yes/no about how well it worked. It had one rave review and other lower models had mixed reviews. In my home, I have at best 1 bar on each of the two frequencies (800 & 1900 MHz) inside. Outside above near the roof, I could get 3 bars each if I stood on railing because of the residential density of the area. It took about 30 minutes to setup and now I have 4 bars on both cell phone frequencies. It might take longer if you’re not used to doing this sort of thing. I decided to try this model because sometimes you get what you pay for. For a home though, the $1000 units simply aren’t necessary.
Some installation required
Parts:
1. Main unit amplifier with power supply. I believe that it’s a bidirectional amplifier which is important.
2. Mounting hardware for antenna and base unit.
3. Weather protected antenna.
4. Decent lenth of coax cable to connect the outdoor antenna to the base unit. It reached my roof, ran through bedroom, through a short hall and across kitchen with space length.
It’s important to check that you do have a place you can mount the antenna that has a good signal to begin with. It can be another room, attic, roof, etc. and you can always buy a longer piece of coax cable if needed.
Rating: 5 / 5
Wireless Extenders YX-510 zBoost Dual-Band Cell Phone Signal Booster up to 2,500 Square Feet of Coverage for Home or Office
Purchased this item form another vendor. Installed outside antenna on my metal roof following instructions in manual. Used a wooden pole to get the antenna away from the metal roof (one of the stipulations in the manual). Installed where I showed 4 bars of service from AT&T. Ran cable into central location in house and installed internal unit on a shelf. Turned unit on and allowed to complete start up. Cell phone service in house prior to installation zero to 1 bar service at best. Shut down cell phone and turned back on per instructions. Cell phone has full service 4 to 5 bars. AMAZING product. Does what is says it will do. House is approximately 2300 sq ft and cell phone service is at least 2 bars in the entire house.
Rating: 5 / 5
Wireless Extenders YX-510 zBoost Dual-Band Cell Phone Signal Booster up to 2,500 Square Feet of Coverage for Home or Office