<div>Well, as a matter of fact I do have a Vip622. Thanks for confirming that it has two independent outputs. I guess that this is both good news and bad news. Now I know that the STB has two independent outputs, therefore the two 'tuners' on the PVR500 can be utilized by set the 'dish' to dual mode.</div>
<div>Now to find a solution for the IR issue...anyone?? :) (Note that I assuming already that the tuner issue is resolved without having tried it myself, that's positive thinking ;) ) </div>
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<div>Thanks <br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/3/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Joel Means</b> <<a href="mailto:means.joel@gmail.com">means.joel@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">As a fellow Dish user, I may be able to help a little here. The dual<br>tuner dish receivers do have two independent outputs. You can hook up<br>
the s-video to your PVR500 (along with the audio) to record the TV1<br>signal. Then hook up the TV2 composite output (along with audio) to<br>the breakout cable. On the Dish Receiver (I don't know if you have<br>the Vip622 or 722, but the only difference is hard drive size) you can<br>
select one of two different output modes. "Single" mode outputs the<br>same signal to TV1 and TV2, allowing for Picture-in-Picture. "Dual"<br>mode allows independent viewing on TV1 and TV2. The only possible<br>
problem that I can see (and I have wondered about this but never<br>checked it) is that the remote control for TV2 uses UHF (so your<br>second tv can be in another room). I don't know if it also uses IR in<br>case you are in the same room. If it only uses UHF, you won't be able<br>
to change channels on the TV2 output using an IR blaster (which is<br>necessary on Dish STB's). I hope this helps a bit.<br>Joel<br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a><br>
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