[mythtv-users] pvr150 or pvr500

[Jarod Wilson]

On Wednesday 23 March 2005 14:52, Phil Bridges wrote:
> Jarod Wilson wrote:
> > On Wednesday 23 March 2005 14:44, John Williams wrote:
> >>On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 16:36:32 -0600, Matt <skd5aner at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>I'd definitely go
> >>>>500, since you don't even need a splitter to get both tuners fed (the
> >>>>signal is split internally).
> >>>
> >>>Jarod, can you elaborate on this?  Does this mean that if I want to
> >>>use both of the tuners I can run a single RG6 cable to one of the
> >>>inputs, then it'll split the signal off to the other tuner on the card
> >>>itself?
> >>
> >>That is exactly what it means. Run your Coax in to the single input
> >>and both tuners are connected.
> >
> > Yup. Note that there are two coax inputs on the back of these cards, but
> > one is for FM radio, the other does indeed feed both on-board tuners, all
> > splitting done internally. The rear of my 150 and 500 are actually
> > completely indistinguishable.
>
> How does the internally-split cable look?  I'd love to ditch my external
> splitter.

There is no visible cable, just a section where the two tuner casings are 
connected to one another.

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