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Here is the set up with one switch, with two would be the exact same set up as one. I hope this helps
Thanks
View attachment 88657
Here is the set up with one switch, with two would be the exact same set up as one. I hope this helps
Why oh why did they stop at three tuners?
Yep, one more satellite tuner and one more OTA tuner would have made the Hopper super sweet.
I agree, but at what cost?
Here's a bunch of diagrams :-
http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads...tion-Training-Materials?p=2771900#post2771900
and of course here's the diagram I made when I first got three Hoppers :-
http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/287591-installing-a-3rd-Hopper?p=2903300#post2903300
I need to make another one for four Hoppers.
This is a very old thread, nearly 4 years, but....I have two TVs. I'd like to get one Hopper and hook up the other TV to this Hopper rather than getting a Joey. Do you have schematics for that? I'm not as talented as the other people here and most of this looks totally foreign to me. Thank you!
Actually with a second UHF remote, channels could be changed at the bedroom location, as long as it not a real long way between the two rooms. Or he could move the remote from the living room to the bedroom but that can be a pain. If he is the sole resident it won't matter if the same thing is on both TVs. Now, if you go with the HDMI cable, you can feed the Main TV with a Component cable or you will need an HDMI splitter.Thanks for responding, Bobby. The thing is, it's for my son who is just moving out on his own. I wouldn't hesitate to have the Joey, but a young kid moving out with a lot of expenses can use a savings at any turn, this being one of them. For as little as TV will be watched in the bedroom, the HDMI seems the way to go. I get what you're saying about the convenience, as he won't be able to change channels, correct?
Actually with a second UHF remote.
So, for $20 he could purchase a 40 remote for use in the bedroom.
For the $$$ conscious, the Wally with external hard drive to turn it into a DVR would be the way I'd go.Yes it can but it has some drawbacks. The Wally has one satellite tuner built in and is not a DVR. It can be made a semi-DVR by adding an external hard drive. It costs $40 to activate that EHD. You can also add an over the air tuner by purchasing a OTA dongle. There are no monthly DVR charges for this configuration, but you have less recording opportunities as well. You also can not watch a program and record another program at the same time unless one of them is an OTA program and you have the dongle. You also can not use the component configuration I discussed earlier because the ally doesn't have a component output. So, you would have to go with HDMI to both TVs using an HDMI splitter or have the second TV be SD only using an RF modulator...