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Pre-Installation Checklist B-5
CABLE PLANT - HEADEND EVALUATION
Please answer the following questions. Please use additional pages to illustrate the proposed headend
configuration with the translator installed.
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What type of services do you currently have installed on your broadband network?
_____ Video _____ Data _____ Voice _____ Other
7
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Who maintains your broadband network?
_____ Internal Department _____ Third Party ___________ Cable TV Co._____ Other
8
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Do you have unlimited access to the broadband network headend facility?
_____ No _____ Yes (if no, can access be easily scheduled to coordinate with planned
installation date/time?____________________)
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When was the last time the broadband network was certified/inspected?
_____ within the last year _____ under 2 years _____ unknown
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What is the assigned return center frequency?
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What is the return signal level that will be presented to the input of the
translator?
3
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Is this level based on:
Actual return carrier?
Type (i.e. pilot carrier, adjacent video carrier, etc.)
Frequency
OR
Preferred Measured with a CW signal injected at the outlet?
Injected Signal Level
OR
Estimated?
Assumed Signal Level Injected At Outlet
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What is the assigned forward center frequency?
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What signal level is required at the output of the translator to achieve
proper balance with the neighboring carriers (equivalent to video carrier
level of a modulator)
MHz
dBmV
Yes No
MHz
Yes No
dBmV
Yes No
dBmV
MHz
dBmV