sigle coax into two receivers

[roryh]

I have direct tv into my second floor where I had to drill through the wall to do it. A multiswitch (I believe) has single coax lines going to several receivers on the second floor. I also drilled another hole to run a single line to a receiver in the basement.
I recently added another receiver in the basement and would like to avoid any more drilling by somehow having the existing basement line supply both receivers. I tried a splitter which let one tv work but the other kept searching.

 

[jdspencer]

You should look into converting to an SWM configuration.

What dish/LNB do you have now?

Lots of info about SWM on the forum.

 

[harshness]

The more critical concern is whether or not the existing receivers are SWiM compatible. If they aren't, there's no better solution than running another cable from the multiswitch.

 

[wildbill129]

If you can tell us what dish/multiswitch configuration you have and what receivers you have we can give you more accurate advice.....cause right now, the answer is....it depends..