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| Wireless Extenders Cell Phone Signal Booster - 1900 MHz YX500-PCS | 
 enlarge | Brand: Wireless Extenders
Category: Wireless
List Price: $299.00
Buy New: $206.70
You Save: $92.30 (31%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 463
Color: white
Media: Wireless Phone Accessory
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 5 x 2 x 7
nv:Communications Type: Signal Booster
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: YX500-PCS
Model: YX500-PCS
UPC: 186639000502
EAN: 0186639000502
ASIN: B000A3OLZC
Release Date: April 22, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 2-3 business days
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| Features:
| • | Easy installation | | • | Covers up to 2500 sq ft | | • | Extends the battery life of the cell phone | | • | Can be used to replace the land line | | • | Unit brings the outside signal inside, where you need it the most |
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Product Description
The Wi-Ex zBoost cell zone signal booster is a revolutionary, patent-pending new product that improves indoor cell phone coverage. zBoost captures the wireless signal outside, brings it inside and enhances, or boosts it - extending a Cell Zone in your home or office or your car.The zBoost YX500-PCS works with all phones on the 1900MHz frequency. Includes Sprint, T-Mobile and others.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 25 more reviews...
 Weak Signal Issues July 12, 2008
Think carefully about higher frequency extenders if you have a weak signal. I had a weak signal and my service provider broadcasts at 1900 Mhz and 800 Mhz in my area. I assumed that the YX-500-PCS would work OK because the provider broadcasts at 1900 Mhz. Not so. The 1900 Mhz signal was not getting to my house because higher frequency signals are not as robust as low frequency signals. I exchanged the YX-500-PCS for the YX-500-CEL that operates in the 800 Mhz range, and the "CEL" version did an excellent job of solving my problem.
 Just as described June 28, 2008
This worked just as described. Occasionally I find I have to restart it to find a signal, but I think that may just be the signal suddenly coming back, than any reception problem by the unit. You can apparently buy better cable than comes with it, that keeps the signal from weakening and a directional antenna. But even with the included antenna we often get five bars and a good enough signal strength to watch entire movies online with a broadband cell card. Well worth the money!
Runs Like a Champ! June 24, 2008
I haven't had a dropped call since installing this unit. I did mount the antena on the roof though.
 Happy campers June 2, 2008
The YX500-PCS works!
I installed this booster for a camp in Missoui on the fringe of Sprint's network in order to boost the signal of a S720 EVDO card in a KR1 router. There's no tower within view on the horizon, but, they HAD a few bars of service in December. Howerver, once the leaves came in and humidity went up the coverage went between -130dBm to none. Install wasn't a typical "plug and play" but instructions where clear.
Here are a few observations from my install:
-Within 5 minutes i found a good signal, but after about 2 hours of site survey I found a true "sweet spot."
-I replaced the included (very long) RG6 with a 12ft coax and had better results. I'm not sure if the cable length should match wavelength, but, it's working. There's also plenty of wood and metal materals between the 2 antennas.
-The YX500 is auto-magic. But there's plenty of environmental tuning to be done. Placement, proximity, other devices, and bandwidth usage all seem to have some impact (positive or negitive) on the boosters behavior.
Post install:
The signal is not able to carry the same amazing EVDO rev A speeds as seen near the tower, but, it is much, much stronger and faster. Before the YX500 they often experienced timeouts when browsing. Now they can stream the video weather forcast! I'd say the real up/down bandwith went form about 0-24Kbps to 240-360Kbps.
I'm a bit us a skeptic when it comes to wireless technologies, but, this device appears to be working quite well.
Product has potential, just not at my house May 15, 2008
Product was easy to piece together. Signal at my house for Sprint is just not consistent. Device also acted oddly with a couple of lights constantly fast flashing to which support said I needed to ensure a 10 foot lateral delta from the antenna and base unit. As the room I was in was an attic loft that would mean running a pole up the roof or placing the antenna more towards ground level which was not reasonable.
Regardless in the end signal consistency was my enemy.
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