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Hi, I know nothing about how these boxes work, but I'd like to get the basics down on how they work mechanically.
Basically what I see is a little antenna on the back of the receiver, I'm certain it's for the second remote. However, I don't see how the TV talks to the receiver, there's a coax going from the wall directly to the TV, and I'm guessing then directly to the satellite. The reason I say this is the guy who installed it took maybe 45 minutes to install this thing, and never went into the attic or on the roof (from what I saw, I wasn't stalking him but he was usually in the house).
I have 3 TV's total, one on the box, one set on the second tuner, and one without DVR. I guess the main reason I'm asking all this is because I thought it might be cool to set up both TVs to be able to use that second tuner, but only on occasion. Lets say the second tuner is not in use, but we would like to watch something that's been recorded in the room without DVR. If I could get the tuner to talk to the third TV to watch that recorded bit, then that would be perfect (we don't often use the 3rd TV, only when we have company, it's more of a den I would call it)....is that even remotely possible or am I not seeing how these things work?
Edit, I seem to have overlooked the techincal forum for Dish. I wonder if I could get this moved to the proper forum or deleted.
Basically what I see is a little antenna on the back of the receiver, I'm certain it's for the second remote. However, I don't see how the TV talks to the receiver, there's a coax going from the wall directly to the TV, and I'm guessing then directly to the satellite. The reason I say this is the guy who installed it took maybe 45 minutes to install this thing, and never went into the attic or on the roof (from what I saw, I wasn't stalking him but he was usually in the house).
I have 3 TV's total, one on the box, one set on the second tuner, and one without DVR. I guess the main reason I'm asking all this is because I thought it might be cool to set up both TVs to be able to use that second tuner, but only on occasion. Lets say the second tuner is not in use, but we would like to watch something that's been recorded in the room without DVR. If I could get the tuner to talk to the third TV to watch that recorded bit, then that would be perfect (we don't often use the 3rd TV, only when we have company, it's more of a den I would call it)....is that even remotely possible or am I not seeing how these things work?
Edit, I seem to have overlooked the techincal forum for Dish. I wonder if I could get this moved to the proper forum or deleted.
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I see. I figured it might be just swapping two cables or something.
And yes I know it would mirror what's on TV2, which would have been fine.
Thanks for your responses.
P.S. - what's up with sylvania TV's not working with the remote
I wonder if there's a universal one out there that I could use. Hmm.
I see. I figured it might be just swapping two cables or something.
And yes I know it would mirror what's on TV2, which would have been fine.
Thanks for your responses.
P.S. - what's up with sylvania TV's not working with the remote
I wonder if there's a universal one out there that I could use. Hmm.
We have two TVs working on the TV2 output. We just put a splitter in the coax line. We had to lower the channel used, though. It was set for channel 60, and we got some snow in the picture. We changed it to channel 35, and the signal from the DVR was strong enough on that lower channel so that it didn't introduce any snow.
Now our only problem is that the remote always seems to be in the the room with the other TV... no matter which one we want to watch.
Oh... a little "secret" that our installer hooked up for us: The DVR was quite a distance from the two TVs using TV2, so the remote wasn't always reliable. He put a backward splitter on the output of the DVR. The output of TV2 when into one side, the remote antenna connector was tied to the other. At the other end of the coax he put another splitter, connecting one output to our second splitter, mentioned above, and on the second output he connected the antenna for the remote.
The remote signal and TV signal share the same coax and don't seem to interfere with each other at all. Having three splitters in the line might be the reason we had to use a lower channel to get the signal without snow. It's been working fine this way for a year and a half... no problems!
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Wow, so many replies!
Yes, the house was prewired, and I looked at the back of the box again (in daylight) and saw that there were more than a few wires coming from the box.
The splitter idea could work well I think, since it's not very far to the third TV from the two other ones.
Thanks for your help everyone!
Yes, the house was prewired, and I looked at the back of the box again (in daylight) and saw that there were more than a few wires coming from the box.
The splitter idea could work well I think, since it's not very far to the third TV from the two other ones.
Thanks for your help everyone!
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They will have to look at the switching sections to determine WHY 2 trains were on the same track ... at the same time.Terrible tragedy. You would think that they would have safe guards in place that would prevent something like this from happening. I guess if you are going to ride in a passenger train it might be best to get a car near the rear.
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So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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