Two Receivers

[maird57]

I just moved into a new place. It only has one coax coming into the house. I want to run two Dreamlink T5 receivers. I have a Bev dish with two single w/dual outputs (91 and 82). Currently I installed an sw21 switch outside to the single coax coming into the house. Is there a switch I can use inside the house so I can use both receivers. Or do I need to find a way to install a second coax into the house.

[nobodyspecial]

I just moved into a new place. It only has one coax coming into the house. I want to run two Dreamlink T5 receivers. I have a Bev dish with two single w/dual outputs (91 and 82). Currently I installed an sw21 switch outside to the single coax coming into the house. Is there a switch I can use inside the house so I can use both receivers. Or do I need to find a way to install a second coax into the house.

you need a second line

[Glatt]

If you want to only use 1 receiver at a time you can use a remote switch inside to either receiver!!

[jvvh5897]

I did some interesting reading after thinking about this thread. While running a second line is obviously best, there could be some useful gizmos that the hobby should consider. Try a little reading at
http://www.juras-projects.org/eng/hardware.php and think about how one might use something like a diseqc sw to take commands from two lines to control what a single LNB line feeds.

But I'm also thinking that the question should not be "how can I get two receivers running" but rather "how can I use a single receiver to supply the whole house"--IPTV headend is obvious, but TV modulator and coax could be used, as could HDMI to fibre and then fibre to HDMI out at another TV.

[Terryl]

As too the single line, you could use the IF output on the first receiver but your going to have to be on the same satellite and transponder as the first one.

As mentioned a second line will be needed if you want independent satellite and transponder control on each receiver.

If your not going to be watching the two receivers at the same time a simple A/B switch can be used, but it has to go up to 2.5 GHz or you will miss out on some high end transponders.

One way to watch the same HD program on many HDTV sets at once is a multi port HDMI splitter, I set one up in a Bar with 16 outputs, then ran the HDMI signals into HDMI to CAT-6 converters, it worked out great, the only draw back was single channel viewing, it was what the receiver was set to.

There are other ways to get one coax to work with two or more receivers but your better of pocketbook wise to run a second coax.

[maird57]

I found a way to fish a second coax. Thanks for all the replies.