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

[Jason Hunt]

I am using a Hughes GAEBO Satellite Receiver for my SBC DireTV feed.  I
think what I need is a second satellite receiver, and to just plug it into a
second coaxial connection located somewhere else in the room and it would be
ok.

I am going to test this tonight by taking the Hughes receiver to a different
room or different jack and see what happens.


>> Do you just have a single coax cable coming out of the
>> wall?  If so, you can't run 2 tuners on the same cable
>> because a satellite box controls the selection of the
>> LNB polarization with a DC voltage.  You will need to
>> have a second coax that runs from the 2nd tuner all
>> the way to the multiswitch.  Just using a splitter
>> won't work.
> 
> This would be true if he had a typical dish/decoder box setup.
> But he doesn't: he has some kind of in-building CATV digital
> sat distribution system. Almost certainly this system uses one coax cable
> and can support multiple decoder boxes per apartment.
> But it probably uses special decoder boxen (possibly
> digital cable tv boxes??).
> 
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