[mythtv-users] Re:Adding a second satellite/cable box

[Rob Parkhill]

You could definately just wire up the second satellite reciever directly 
to your TV through a different input, or through a video switch. Then 
you can leave myth to record anything it wants, you can watch live TV 
through the second reciever. Then when you want to watch something that 
was recorded, just switch over to the myth input on your TV and away you 
go. You have to live with two different remotes, and two different UIs, 
but that's not such a big deal.

I'd be more concerned with having one dish for the whole complex... 
hopefully you can just use a splitter of some sort at your end, but you 
may end up needing a second cable run right from the main splitter for 
the whole complex. You'll need to call someone up and ask if you can use 
two recievers in your residence.

later...
          Rob

Jason Hunt wrote:

>I might be missing something here, but I don't think I need this
>configuration.  It is not that I want to capture two video signals at once,
>but rather watch one thing on one channel, and actually record something
>else (not record both).
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>Basically, I believe with the second satellite box I can accomplish this.  I
>need to find out about the LNB dish though, because currently I am using SBC
>Multimedia and I do not actually have a dish at my residence -- I live in an
>apartment, and there is one main dish for the complex that SBC uses to
>provide access to DirecTV.
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>>From: Romel Llarena <rdllarena at yahoo.com>
>>Reply-To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>>Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 07:13:04 -0800 (PST)
>>To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
>>Subject: [mythtv-users] Re:Adding a second satellite/cable box
>>
>>You'll need to setup your MythTV box to support dual
>>tuners. Each tuner will connect to a separate
>>satellite receiver and each receiver will need to
>>connect to at least a dual LNB dish. You'll also need
>>to setup LIRC control for two serial ports, each port
>>controlling the individual receiver.
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>>I plan on running this setup as well, once I get my
>>mythbox under control and optimized.
>>
>>Good luck!
>>
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