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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, Scott- |
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DirecTV DVR, Can I use a Splitter?
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 |
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DirecTV DVR, Can I use a Splitter?
On Thu, 01 May 2008 22:09:27 GMT, Art Todesco
wrote: 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 Lloyd http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com "So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence." --Bertrand Russell |
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DirecTV DVR, Can I use a Splitter?
On May 2, 10:02�am, Mark Lloyd wrote:
On Thu, 01 May 2008 22:09:27 GMT, Art Todesco wrote: 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." --Bertrand Russell- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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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