A/B cable / satellite switch ?

[yel-mel]

I currently have cable and would like to also have directv. I there a switch that you can install to select cable or satellite. Something like a A/B switch for your comouter printer ?

Thanks

 

[fayrich]

Yes, there are many cable A/B switches available. I use one by Regal that selects by push-buttons. Found it on ebay, and it works very well.

 

[damaged]

You can also connect the cabletv to the antenna input of your directv STB, to watch cable just shut the directv box off. (I know this applies to the SD/non-DVR stb, however, I cannot speak for the others for sure, but it should be the same).

 

[Newshawk]

For a DVR, all you need to do to access the off air antenna is to put the DVR in standby. That switches the rf output to the off air antenna.

 

[Jimbo]

yel-mel,

If your TV has Video inputs,
Run your cable into the rf input on back of TV.
Run the sat signal to Video 1 , or into an HD input, if that applies, and let the TV do the switching for you.

Jimbo