2 receivers in one room

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kdog

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• Oct 18, 2008

• #1

Hello everyone, I am a sat rookie and want to hook-up two TV's in one room in order to get 2 games playing at the same time. I got a sat digital cable splitter with power pass on both legs and hooked it up between the outlet and the two receivers. It didn't work. Is what I want to do possible without running a second cable to the room? I have standard Directv, no HD yet. Thanks for any help you can give me!

 

charper1

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• Oct 18, 2008

• #2

Nope; to get separate channels at once you will need a satellite rated multi-switch; typical splitters do not work. We also do this for SAT & SUN football games; we run 3 displays.. What dish to you have now; the PhaseIII or 18" standard oval PhaseI?

Maybe something like this (not 100% sure; need to know your current setup)

http://www.solidsignal.com/prod_display.asp?PROD=PVMS4EP

http://www.solidsignal.com/prod_display.asp?PROD=SPVMS8EP

 

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kdog

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• Oct 18, 2008

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Thanks C1, I will get a multi-switch!

 

Zynergi

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• Oct 19, 2008

• #4

Well with a multi-switch you will still need a 2nd line in that room as the switch needs 2 lines from the dish (18") and 4 lines from the 3 LNB phase III. The other thing is the remotes, 1 remote will control 1 or 2000 boxes so you will have to position the receivers so that you don't change the channel on the other.

 

charper1

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• Oct 19, 2008

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A single remote can be setup to control 2 receivers separately right next to each other. and i am sure once the
op knew he needed a multi-switch he would need an additional line.