| | |  | LG Accessories | Home » » Wilson Electronics 801247 Desktop (DT) Cell Phone Signal Booster for Home or Office - For Multiple Users | | | | | | | Description: | | Improves cellular phone & cellular-based data card performance in the home or office?anywhere a stronger cellular signal is needed indoors Greatly reduces dropped calls & increases the phone's battery life Supports multiple phones & cellular-based data card users simultaneously Works with all cellular phones & all US-based carriers except iDEN(R)/Nextel(R) Comes with everything needed to improve signal in any room of the home or office | | | Features: | |
• Signal booster improves cellular signal for both voice and data rates in small area
• Boosts your cell phone's signal by more than 15 times
• Completely wireless; requires no physical connection to your cell phone
• Compatible with 800/1,900 MHz frequencies for all US and Canadian cellular providers (except iDen/Nextel/MIKE)
• Comes with 30-day money-back guarantee and 1-year manufacturer's warranty
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 32.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 20.0 inches | | Product Height:
| 16.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 7.0 pounds | | Package Length:
| 12.8 inches | | Package Width:
| 11.6 inches | | Package Height:
| 4.6 inches | | Package Weight:
| 4.5 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 51 reviews |
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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 very happy with this productJul 23, 2010
I read the reviews before I bought this product so I had an expectation that in my environment it would work correctly....and it did. It's important that you can find a signal sweet spot...most likely outside of your house...that is within 30 to 50 feet of the area where you want to boost your signal. For technical reasons you need a separation between where the receiving antenna is located and where you want to place the associated amplifier. I was told by the tech dept you can locate the receiving antenna further than 50 feet away but there is a cost signal wise that is about 7db...appox 1 bar on most phones... for each 100 feet. In my case the cable length needed to be 62 feet (I had to put a 12 foot extension on the 50 feet supplied) to allow my receiving antenna to be in the best sweet spot I could find on my property. The sweet spot was a location that was between -82db and -85db which is about 4 bars on most cell phones. The line of sight is about 30 feet away from my inside problem area but in order to run the cables I needed about 62 total feet of cable. The end result was that although my cable needed to be longer...the signal strength at my sweet spot was way more than enough to offset the extra cable length signal loss. The bottom line is I have a wonderful signal where I used to not be able to talk inside my house. I placed the inside amp box near where I previously had no signal. I recommend this product to those who have a sweet spot they want to "move" inside. If you do not have enough signal anywhere then do not buy this product. This product simply allows one to move the best signal to a new location...but that location has to be within a reasonable distance away. One more note...it is very important to take a lot of time to find the best sweet spot you can find. Most cell phones can be put in a mode where you can see the signal strength in decibels rather than bars....the lower the decibel number the better. You need to know that it takes most cell phones 15 seconds or more to update those numbers so finding the absolute best sweet spot is not always fast. Sometimes 1 foot movement can make a huge difference signal wise so take your time to locate where your receiving antenna should be mounted. Also it helps to know where your cell phone transmitting tower is and point the receiving antenna towards that tower. This might be a problem for some consumers to find but if you do know the direction of your cell phone company's tower you can fine tune signal reception in a fringe area. I suspect that if you find a sweet spot of 4 bars or more the actual location of the tower will not be a huge problem but it certainly will help. None of this is hard to do and it really makes a difference between getting a fantastic signal inside to just a marginal one. The 30 day guarantee is great for those who cannot make this product work in their location. Well worth the money.
Definitely an ImprovementJul 16, 2010
This was purchased to improve reception in some marginal areas on BLM land using a Verizon Blackberry for Voice and the Verizon USB760 modem for Data. To be sure the product worked as advertised I did some testing at home before attempting setup in the field. To verify and document, I did RSSI screen prints "before" & "after" implementing the Wilson DT. I clamped the receiver at the top of a Painter's Extension pole that I purchased at Home Depot that can be extended to about 25', and connected the amplifier and antenna using the supplied coaxial cable to inside my office home office. Without the Wilson DT: RSSI (1xRTT): -88 dBm / RSSI (1xEVDO): -90 dBm ................. WITH the Wilson DT: RSSI (1xRTT): -60 dBm / RSSI (1xEVDO): -75 dBm ........ From these tests I know I can get an improvement if I can get any signal at all in the field, so the product does what it's advertised to do.
 An improvement...with limitations.Jul 16, 2010
Before the Booster I only got one bar signal strength at the back window standing on my head. After the install I can make and receive calls within about four feet of the indoor antenna. Not a great range, but a definite improvement. This is a business phone, so I'm not chatting for hours where the limited range would be a hassle. I can at least communicate with my customers, take their info, and get done what I have to much better than before. An improvement, yes. A miracle, no.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
good product, does what it says it will doJul 11, 2010
I switched from a verizon cell phone to the iphone 4 and at&t. Coverage in my area, Sedona, AZ is not that good with at&t. In my house I was getting 1-2 bars and a few dropped calls with my new phone. When I went up on the roof, I discovered that I could get 5 bars on my phone. So I bought the Wilson unit and installed it as per their clear instructions, putting the antenna on the roof and the amplifier in my living room. It raised my bars in the house to 4-5 bars. Calls are clear and strong now. Very happy.
Important point: what you need to understand is that this unit will only amplify an existing cell signal. It cannot amplify a non-existent signal. In other words, you have to find a place in your house, probably on the roof, where you get good strong cell reception. Then the unit will bring that strong signal into your house. The unit cannot create a signal where none exists.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
surprised and pleased...Jul 09, 2010
The Wilson DT Booster works better than I expected.
I'm 12+ miles from tower, gently rolling wooded hills of SE Missouri. There is a large fully leafed walnut tree directly between my 2nd floor outside mount antenna and cell tower, and a steady rain was falling during the first evening of tests. The normal signal for my Verizon Palm Pixi is 1x-intermittent 1 to 2 bars, and intermittent 3G- mostly 0 to 1 bar. Rarely was I able to get greater than 100K.
---PRO---
With the booster, I had to adjust the outside antenna a little to get best signal. Green light stays on all the time, very rarely blinked orange. Now I get 5 bars 1x and mostly 5 bars 3G!!! Speed test at [...] ranged from 200K to 460K, I'm really happy with that. (Using Palm Mobile 3G hotspot.) Pages load fast. During the same test time,(peak evening hours), my 1 Meg Wild Blue connection was testing about 350 to 450K. I'll try some more tests later during clear weather, but I expect even better performance then.
I noticed from previous reviews to follow antenna placement instructions for best performance, that is very important. And you'll have to keep your cell phone well within the 15 foot inside range, unless you want to fork over another $110+ for a more powerful inside panel antenna upgrade.
The 30 day satisfaction guarantee was a good incentive to give it a try.
---CON---
Other reviewers are correct, the light plastic housing is disappointing. I'll have to build a protective housing for the outside antenna.
The cable connection on back of the indoor amplifier gets quite hot, or maybe the circuit board itself gets hot. I don't like that, I may have to find a fan to help move the heat away.
For $231, it is a reasonable deal, and it does perform very well. I'll have to give it 5 stars. If a more substantial unit is desired, then Wilson products pricing and performance is commensurate.
Shipping.... not really part of a product review, but Amazon next day shipping had the product delivered to me in 26 hours, impressive.
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