USED DVR 522 - Need help setting up...Please Help!

[RamblinRoyce]

the situation -

Bought a Used DVR 522. They only gave me one remote...Remote 2.
Only one coax cable line from the wall.

I just want to watch satellite with 1 tuner. I don't need 2 tuners and don't care if i have to watch what i'm recording.

Can i just split the coax cable with a basic splitter and send them to the Satellite 1 and 2 inputs?

Then, can i get by with just having remote 2 and not remote 1?

If i can just get the box to work and be able to use Remote 2 to control the DVR and channels, i'll be happy.

Thanks for your help.

 

[Dishman123]

hi there, on the back of your 522 rcvr it has sat in 1 and sat in 2 reguardless weither your using one or 2 tv both inputs have to be connected on back of rcvr what you will need will be a holland diplexer and dp plus seperator which will allow you to connect both inpt 1 & 2 hope this helps

 

[WiCkeDuDe]

hi there, on the back of your 522 rcvr it has sat in 1 and sat in 2 reguardless weither your using one or 2 tv both inputs have to be connected on back of rcvr what you will need will be a holland diplexer and dp plus seperator which will allow you to connect both inpt 1 & 2 hope this helps

Which only will work with a Dish Pro Plus switch or LNB. If you have a dish pro or legacy lnbs you need to run 2 lines to the 522 and not use the seperator. And yes you could program the Tv2 UHF remote to work on Tv1 in the sys info screen.

 

[boba]

Or remove the battery cover on the #2 remote and then remove the blue key turn it over and it operates as a number 1 remote just hacve to set it to the correct address.

 

[RamblinRoyce]

Thanks for the replies.

Decided to just buy a 311 Receiver and forgo the DVR ability. Figured it's not worth trying to figure out a way around the 2 inputs...

Thanks again for your help.

 

[chainblu]

Heck, a DPP Twin LNB is probably cheaper than a 311.

Perhaps if you had given more information about your existing system and what you were ultimately wanting to achieve, you would have received a little more helpful information.

boba and WiCkeDuDe gave good tips on how to utilize the TV-2 remote.