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How do you get two coax tv signals in to one "in" on vcr or fta reciever? I posted elsewhere, but figured folks in fta threads might no the answer more since a lot of folks over here seem to be using computers and stuff in their setups...
How do you get satellite coax + ota coax + coax coming from another source (in my case, a second vcr that is hooked up to a computer as a dvr via ati all-in-wonder card) in to either the fta receiver or vcr on the end of the fta reciever's tv out? I realize and have the reciever hooked up with both ota antenna and stb in ports full. How do I get the third tv signal (coming from the vcr in another room) in to the mix? I am wanting to use my computer/vcr in another room as a dvr, and have the signal from that come back in to the tv nearest the fta reciever... so that I can record satellite movies and stuff during the day while I'm at work and watch them later or record them to dvd or whatever... but am having trouble figuring out how to get the signal from the third source in to the tv in the living room near the fta receiver since both the antenna in and stb in on the reciever are full, and the reiever's tv out is going in to vcr that then goes in to the tv in the living room. How do you work the third video source in to the mix? Radio shack claims to have a two in and one out connector that's sort of like a diseqc switch but is really just a normal coax connector - would that work to get the third signal in, if I hook it up as the second in coming in to reciever's ota antenna in?
How do you get satellite coax + ota coax + coax coming from another source (in my case, a second vcr that is hooked up to a computer as a dvr via ati all-in-wonder card) in to either the fta receiver or vcr on the end of the fta reciever's tv out? I realize and have the reciever hooked up with both ota antenna and stb in ports full. How do I get the third tv signal (coming from the vcr in another room) in to the mix? I am wanting to use my computer/vcr in another room as a dvr, and have the signal from that come back in to the tv nearest the fta reciever... so that I can record satellite movies and stuff during the day while I'm at work and watch them later or record them to dvd or whatever... but am having trouble figuring out how to get the signal from the third source in to the tv in the living room near the fta receiver since both the antenna in and stb in on the reciever are full, and the reiever's tv out is going in to vcr that then goes in to the tv in the living room. How do you work the third video source in to the mix? Radio shack claims to have a two in and one out connector that's sort of like a diseqc switch but is really just a normal coax connector - would that work to get the third signal in, if I hook it up as the second in coming in to reciever's ota antenna in?
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Thanks. I'll be off to ebay tonight. 
Next major hurdle is going to be figuring out where the heck to run the coax to get it from the upstairs computer to the living room. It's a brick house that has brick all the way up to the very peak of the roof. The roof is wooden, so I could drill a hole in their, but think that'd be a problem due to possible leaks.
They used to have cable in the house, so they have one small coax sized hole drilled out of some brick on one wall. I may use that, and run down the side of the house, through basement and back up in the floor in the living room. Only problem with that is that it's on the exact opposite of the side of the house where the living room is, so it's gonna have to be one heck of a long coax run. I'm hoping signal won't degrade too badly over that length of coax. Will get jiggy with it tonight and by about 200 ft. of coax. I'd probably really only need about 75 feet, but that'd be 75 feet both ways if I want to get the vcr upstairs to both get satellite signal and send signals from the pc back downstairs to the living room.
I don't really want to have to buy a masons bit for the drill, but might have too if that length of cord is too long.
Thanks the the help everyone!
Next major hurdle is going to be figuring out where the heck to run the coax to get it from the upstairs computer to the living room. It's a brick house that has brick all the way up to the very peak of the roof. The roof is wooden, so I could drill a hole in their, but think that'd be a problem due to possible leaks.
They used to have cable in the house, so they have one small coax sized hole drilled out of some brick on one wall. I may use that, and run down the side of the house, through basement and back up in the floor in the living room. Only problem with that is that it's on the exact opposite of the side of the house where the living room is, so it's gonna have to be one heck of a long coax run. I'm hoping signal won't degrade too badly over that length of coax. Will get jiggy with it tonight and by about 200 ft. of coax. I'd probably really only need about 75 feet, but that'd be 75 feet both ways if I want to get the vcr upstairs to both get satellite signal and send signals from the pc back downstairs to the living room.
I don't really want to have to buy a masons bit for the drill, but might have too if that length of cord is too long.
Thanks the the help everyone!
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Hey, Techpuppy, thanks a ton. I just got a box off of ebay for cheap too! Got about 15 coming my way. Not bad for a little under 20.00.
Got to looking around at the ati-all-in wonder since I haven't used it for a while to get tv (about 2 year). Pins are bent on one of the cords, so I bought a new ati all-in-wonder 64 mb for about 35.00 on ebay too. The old ati should still work.. I just need to figure out a way to get the pins straight again. If I get it working, I may put the new one in the wife's computer. If not, I'll have an extra all-in-wonder on hand for spare parts... probably a good thing to have since you have 2 cords with it + a remote + some other stuff... I saw ati's upgrade page, where you can send in the old one and get 50.00 back on a new one... but 200.00 (150 after the cash back) is still a bit pricey for me just for a video card.
Also found a 5.00 light table on ebay. It's used and scratched up in placed, but that still ain't a bad price. Been wanting one of those for art reasons for a few years now.
Got 200 ft. of coax at wal-mart last night too...
And, it looks like the coax run from the computer room to the living room won't be as hard as I was thinking it would be. I found one of the attic vents near the front of the house that was hiden from view til now due to some cardboard being way in the back of a big place with no light, near some insullation. The vent is located about 5 feet directly behind the wall my computer's hooked up to. I will have to drill a hole in a wall to get the coax back there, but that'll be a piece of cake... way easier than going through the brick like I thought I was gonna have to do. Once the coax goes out the vent, it's roughly 15 or so feet straight across from where the dish is located, so I should be able to shoot is straight across to where the lines running off of the dish are and take it down through the same holes in the basement wall that they are using. Got my weekend project lined up!
Does anybody know if the all-in-wonder can get epg info from satellite? I'm thinking probably not, since I think that functionality is just meant for cable, but figure it can't hurt to ask...
Got about 15 coming my way. Not bad for a little under 20.00.Got to looking around at the ati-all-in wonder since I haven't used it for a while to get tv (about 2 year). Pins are bent on one of the cords, so I bought a new ati all-in-wonder 64 mb for about 35.00 on ebay too. The old ati should still work.. I just need to figure out a way to get the pins straight again. If I get it working, I may put the new one in the wife's computer. If not, I'll have an extra all-in-wonder on hand for spare parts... probably a good thing to have since you have 2 cords with it + a remote + some other stuff... I saw ati's upgrade page, where you can send in the old one and get 50.00 back on a new one... but 200.00 (150 after the cash back) is still a bit pricey for me just for a video card.
Also found a 5.00 light table on ebay. It's used and scratched up in placed, but that still ain't a bad price. Been wanting one of those for art reasons for a few years now.
Got 200 ft. of coax at wal-mart last night too...
And, it looks like the coax run from the computer room to the living room won't be as hard as I was thinking it would be. I found one of the attic vents near the front of the house that was hiden from view til now due to some cardboard being way in the back of a big place with no light, near some insullation. The vent is located about 5 feet directly behind the wall my computer's hooked up to. I will have to drill a hole in a wall to get the coax back there, but that'll be a piece of cake... way easier than going through the brick like I thought I was gonna have to do. Once the coax goes out the vent, it's roughly 15 or so feet straight across from where the dish is located, so I should be able to shoot is straight across to where the lines running off of the dish are and take it down through the same holes in the basement wall that they are using. Got my weekend project lined up!
Does anybody know if the all-in-wonder can get epg info from satellite? I'm thinking probably not, since I think that functionality is just meant for cable, but figure it can't hurt to ask...
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Love this guy's channel. Looks like Walmart has thrown in the towel when it comes to conventional car batteries.
I bought a new AGM battery from Walmart about a year ago, it is already needing replacing. I thought about just buying a regular battery but from what I've read, that might not be a smart move. Might check my Forscan program and see if I can change the battery type from AGM.
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I bought a new AGM battery from Walmart about a year ago, it is already needing replacing. I thought about just buying a regular battery but from what I've read, that might not be a smart move. Might check my Forscan program and see if I can change the battery type from AGM.
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The guy in the Video, REALLY needs to TAKE a Breath ...
If he'd Slow down, you could figure out What he's testing and on what.
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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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Honey butter grits with scrambled eggs and grilled boneless pork ribs on flakey biscuits washed down with cranberry juice.
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Never realized that Tesla is losing to BYD at manufacturing too, which IMO is Tesla's biggest accomplishment and area of innovation. Nice writeup about the state of play and how we got here though. I have no faith that we're moving any productive direction though sadly, most changes and efforts feel reactionary rather than rooted in making use of the time being bought by tariffs, with few exceptions.
So: how are the cars so cheap, and what is being cut to get there? The best public accounting comes from the Rhodium Group, which compared BYD, Geely, and Leapmotor against Tesla's Chinese operation, a fair comparison because it removes labor costs and shipping from the equation entirely. Their estimate is that BYD builds a car for about $4,700 less than Tesla builds a Model 3 in Shanghai, roughly 15 percent of the Model 3's price. The breakdown is the interesting part. Direct government grants account for about $292 per vehicle, which is 5 percent of the gap. The biggest single factor is vertical integration: BYD makes about 80 percent of its top-tier components in-house, against 37 percent for Tesla, and that eliminates roughly $2,369 per vehicle in supplier markups. Lower overhead, meaning cheaper engineering talent and administrative cost spread across enormous volume, accounts for another $1,719. And BYD pays its suppliers on 155-day terms, against Tesla's 60, which is worth about $214 per car in float. When people say the Chinese advantage is subsidies, the per-vehicle number says otherwise. When people say it is slave wages, the Tesla Shanghai comparison says otherwise too. The advantage is mostly that BYD decided, twenty years ago, to make its own batteries, its own motors, its own power electronics, and its own semiconductors, and Western automakers decided the opposite.
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Despite the politicization and perceived consumer pivot away from EVs in America, GM needs to remain globally competitive, so it's doubling down on its fourth generation EVs, with energy-dense, cheaper-to-manufacture LMR batteries, more efficient motors, and state-of-the-art centralized computing architecture. With a stated goal of cutting the traditional four- to five-year concept-to-production time in half, GM is clearly challenging the concept of "China speed," which in the Chinese automotive industry can be as quick as 18 months from design to start of production. In the AI space, GM is smartly collapsing all of its marque-specific apps under the familiar OnStar brand, while providing more features—both on the phone and in the car—than it ever has before.
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That's how Ford did it- vertical integration. He even set up a rubber plantation in S. Americatomwellborn3rd (@wellborn.net)
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Never realized that Tesla is losing to BYD at manufacturing too, which IMO is Tesla's biggest accomplishment and area of innovation. Nice writeup about the state of play and how we got here though. I have no faith that we're moving any productive direction though sadly, most changes and efforts feel reactionary rather than rooted in making use of the time being bought by tariffs, with few exceptions.
So: how are the cars so cheap, and what is being cut to get there? The best public accounting comes from the Rhodium Group, which compared BYD, Geely, and Leapmotor against Tesla's Chinese operation, a fair comparison because it removes labor costs and shipping from the equation entirely. Their estimate is that BYD builds a car for about $4,700 less than Tesla builds a Model 3 in Shanghai, roughly 15 percent of the Model 3's price. The breakdown is the interesting part. Direct government grants account for about $292 per vehicle, which is 5 percent of the gap. The biggest single factor is vertical integration: BYD makes about 80 percent of its top-tier components in-house, against 37 percent for Tesla, and that eliminates roughly $2,369 per vehicle in supplier markups. Lower overhead, meaning cheaper engineering talent and administrative cost spread across enormous volume, accounts for another $1,719. And BYD pays its suppliers on 155-day terms, against Tesla's 60, which is worth about $214 per car in float. When people say the Chinese advantage is subsidies, the per-vehicle number says otherwise. When people say it is slave wages, the Tesla Shanghai comparison says otherwise too. The advantage is mostly that BYD decided, twenty years ago, to make its own batteries, its own motors, its own power electronics, and its own semiconductors, and Western automakers decided the opposite.
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Apple Fall Hardware Event takes place today, September 9, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. ET. It marks the debut of new CEO John Ternus and the expected reveal of Apple's first foldable phone.
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Now right up front....this is NOT intended to devolve into a "pot is good" vs "pot is bad" thread. The whole point is to make you aware of a potential problem that a person can develop when they start smoking pot at a young age. Not that they WILL, but CAN. Kinda like getting lung cancer from smoking cigs....some do, some don't. The purpose of posting this news story is to keep anyone from paying an outrageous emergency room bill......knowledge is power.
While this may not affect you, you might run into someone who is experiencing these symptoms and can share the info. Fortunately, it looks like stopping smoking is the cure and isn't a permanent condition.
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While this may not affect you, you might run into someone who is experiencing these symptoms and can share the info. Fortunately, it looks like stopping smoking is the cure and isn't a permanent condition.
Woman's health in ruins after she began doing cannabis aged just 15
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