Direct TV / satellite TV - Can I do this??? need to change rooms??

[janette]

I need to move one of our receivers for DirecTV to another room. Since the one room is already has the cable / wiring I was thinking maybe I can get a splitter and install that to the existing wire and add an addtional cable into the other room.

I'm just wondering if this would work, would the split work in the cable going to the box and could 2 TV's both use the receiver that way or does it have to be split after it gets to the receiver?

I'm pretty clueless at this stuff so sorry for the confusing question. Thanks for the help!!

 

[Mskanga]

If you have only one receiver, you will have to watch the same channel on both TV's at the same time, you won't be able to watch a different channel. Another pain will be when you want to switch channels , you will have to walk to the other room. That's the exact reason why I got rid of my satelite, I still have the dish on the roof , but I do not use it.
You may be better off just buying another receiver and pay a little extra to hook up the second TV.

 

[janette]

I know both TV's will be on the same channel. We have 3 receivers. This one is in DH's computer room and he rarely uses it, not really a problem sharing just not sure where I can split the signal. His computer room is moving so the receiver will be in a different room than it is now.

Seems pretty easy to add a splitter in the attic but not sure if I can do it there, I have to move the cable either way. Not sure if it would be worth the trouble to run cable to the receiver in the new location and then have to run cable from the receiver back to the old room to allow for sharing.

 

[janette]

 

[Rajah]

I think if you want to split, you have to split *after* the receiver. Not as convenient, no, but the receiver is what decodes the signal into something viewable.

 

[Mskanga]

The split comes after the receiver, you cannot split it before you plug the wire into the receiver.

 

[tmli]

I actually install satellite dishes so I think I can help. If I understand your question you want to move the receiver location and share that receiver with another t.v. Am I right?

The receiver needs a direct line from the Satellite Dish to decode the signal and give you your programming. (Now depending on your dish type you may currently have lines running into what looks like a splitter from the dish and then to your receivers--that's ok it's actually a specially designed part not the same as your average splitter). Therefore adding the splitter in the attic before the receiver will not work.

To share with another room you run a cable from the back of the receiver (coax output that may say ch.3 or ant.) to the second tv putting the coax on the reg. input (where you'd put cable if you had it). You then put your tv on channel 3 and your sat. signal comes thru.

Some considerations--put the receiver in the room that gets the most viewing to reduce the problem of ch. changing. You can also get a remote extender (e.g. rca cones) that will allow the remote to work from the other room. Radio Shack sells them here in Canada.

Any other questions just ask, hopefully I've helped a bit.

 

[janette]

Thanks! That is what I needed to know. Not sure if I'll mess with it or not but that gives me a much better idea of what to do.