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Default DirecTV DVR, Can I use a Splitter?

So I Have a Line run out to a Bedroom for a Standard DirecTV Receiver.
The DVRs use 2 Tuners to be able to record off 2 channels at the same time,
so they have 2 Inputs.

Do I need to run a 2nd line from the main Splitter, or can I just Split the
line that I've already run to the Room?

Thanks,
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On May 1, 12:50�pm, "Scott Townsend"
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So I Have a Line run out to a Bedroom for a Standard DirecTV Receiver.
The DVRs use 2 Tuners to be able to record off 2 channels at the same time,
so they have 2 Inputs.

Do I need to run a 2nd line from the main Splitter, or can I just Split the
line that I've already run to the Room?

Thanks,
� Scott-


sorry add new line from multiswitch, its impossible to use a splitter.

the switch really isnt a splitter
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On Thu, 01 May 2008 22:09:27 GMT, Art Todesco
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On May 1, 12:50?pm, "Scott Townsend"
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So I Have a Line run out to a Bedroom for a Standard DirecTV Receiver.
The DVRs use 2 Tuners to be able to record off 2 channels at the same time,
so they have 2 Inputs.

Do I need to run a 2nd line from the main Splitter, or can I just Split the
line that I've already run to the Room?

Thanks,
? Scott-


sorry add new line from multiswitch, its impossible to use a splitter.

the switch really isnt a splitter


Don't know too much about Direct,
however .....

I have a Dish DVR. The nice thing is
that the 2nd tuner is RF controllable.
So, tuner 1 outputs video to the main
TV. I connected the RF out of tuner 1
(ch 3) and tuner 2 (ch 60 uhf) to a line
through a 2 set splitter, backwards as
a combiner that goes to an amplified
splitter and then distributed to all
rooms.


I have a similar setup, allowing multiple sources (satellite, cable,
DVD, security camera, etc...) to be distributed to multiple rooms.
Remote controls are converted to RF.

I bought a boat load of the cheap Dish
RF remotes for all the
other locations. So, you can view and
control tuner 2 on channel 60 or you
can scab onto tuner 1 by dialing
channel 3 on the other TV. With 2 people
in the house, it works well.


However, splitters DO NOT work on the dish-to-receiver cables. You
have to have a separate cable from each input (2 for a 2-tuner DVR)
connected to the satellite multiswitch.
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On May 2, 10:02�am, Mark Lloyd wrote:
On Thu, 01 May 2008 22:09:27 GMT, Art Todesco
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wrote:
On May 1, 12:50?pm, "Scott Townsend"
wrote:
So I Have a Line run out to a Bedroom for a Standard DirecTV Receiver.
The DVRs use 2 Tuners to be able to record off 2 channels at the same time,
so they have 2 Inputs.


Do I need to run a 2nd line from the main Splitter, or can I just Split the
line that I've already run to the Room?


Thanks,
? Scott-


sorry add new line from multiswitch, its impossible to use a splitter.


the switch really isnt a splitter


Don't know too much about Direct,
however .....


I have a Dish DVR. �The nice thing is
that the 2nd tuner is RF controllable.
So, tuner 1 outputs video to the main
TV. �I connected the RF out of tuner 1
(ch 3) and tuner 2 (ch 60 uhf) to a line
through a 2 set splitter, backwards as
a combiner �that goes to an amplified
splitter and then distributed to all
rooms.


I have a similar setup, allowing multiple sources (satellite, cable,
DVD, security camera, etc...) to be distributed to multiple rooms.
Remote controls are converted to RF.

I bought a boat load of the cheap Dish
RF remotes for all the
other locations. �So, you can view and
control tuner 2 on channel 60 or you
can scab onto �tuner 1 by dialing
channel 3 on the other TV. �With 2 people
in the house, it works well.


However, splitters DO NOT work on the dish-to-receiver cables. You
have to have a separate cable from each input (2 for a 2-tuner DVR)
connected to the satellite multiswitch.
--
Mark Lloydhttp://notstupid.laughingsquid.com

"So far as I can remember, there is not one word
in the Gospels in praise of intelligence."
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yeah on dish to receiver seperate cables are REQUIRED for direct tv,
dish network does have a new splitter technology but its not
compatible/

the 2 seperate output dish recivers with no mirror fee for the second
output is very nice
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