Satellite Radio/DirecTV Combiner

[winesmile]

Has anybody used the combiner to enable the use of one RG6 to carry the signal of both DBS and Sat Radio?

I've go a 5LNB set up with about 8 DTV receivers, but just one that I'll be combining the Sat Radio signal from a Denon AVR-1901 on out to the roof antenna.

Seems pretty straight forward, but just thought I'd get some feedback from some who have gone before me.

Thanks!

 

[jcrandall]

I don't think it can be done, at least not easily.

Your D* receivers get most of XM though.

 

[ercjncpr]

I don't think it can be done, at least not easily.

Your D* receivers get most of XM though.

Well, we USED to!

 

[winesmile]

Oh, it can be done... Just asking if any of you have done it...

So the Sirius is model number 14250. In includes 2 diplexers - one for combining the signal at the AVR end and one for splitting the signal at the roof end going to the DirecTV dish and the Sirius ant.

New question: what splitter should I use when I have one Sirius Radio Antenna and 2 Sirius receivers coming up to the roof? The 14250 comes with a splitter that will only accommodate one receiver - is there one that will accommodate 2-3-4 receivers??

 

[Sadoun]

You can use splitters # 18,19,20 here

 

[texasbrit]

Oh, it can be done... Just asking if any of you have done it...

So the Sirius is model number 14250. In includes 2 diplexers - one for combining the signal at the AVR end and one for splitting the signal at the roof end going to the DirecTV dish and the Sirius ant.

New question: what splitter should I use when I have one Sirius Radio Antenna and 2 Sirius receivers coming up to the roof? The 14250 comes with a splitter that will only accommodate one receiver - is there one that will accommodate 2-3-4 receivers??

According to a couple of posts I saw from people who had tried it this will not work with the new HD channels from DirecTV10 and DirecTV11.

 

[harshness]

According to Wikipedia, the Sirius IF is 75Mhz which represents a small gap between TV channels 4 & 5. As DIRECTV's band stacking scheme only goes down to about 250MHz, it might work assuming that the signal isn't killed through insertion loss of frequency limitations.

Here's a detailed case history from a DISH Network subscriber: http://www.satelliteguys.us/dish-network-forum/50125-dish-sirius-ota-one-wire.html

 

[winesmile]

You can use splitters # 18,19,20 here

Great, and what would you suggest on the other end?