How do I have more then 1 TV2 hooked to a Dish 500 system with DP Plus

[steimi]

I have a Dish 500 with DPPlus and one receiver. The main receiver is hooked to the TV (TV 1) in the Living Room. The second TV (TV 2) is in the Master bedroom. I would like to hook up 2 or 3 more TV 2's to my system with out buying more receivers. When I try to hook up more then one TV 2 to the system by using a splitter, I get a snowy picture on both TV 2's. i am not sure what wire is being used in the house. It is a rental. Do I need to ensure that the wire is RG6 wire first off? And second off, should I be using a Splitter and where should it be placed? Thanks. John

[swissy]

I have hooked up three "TV2" on a 622 without noticeable degradation. I am sure there is a limit, but someone else will be able to tell you that. IIRC, I use a 1GHz 4 way splitter without any problems.

It would help to know what receiver you have. You may have a bad splitter or your box is unable to provide the power for two TVs. I would suspect it is your splitter.

Or, you are splitting in the wrong place. If your install has the "TV2" signal on the same coax as the sat signal, make sure you split the "TV2" signal after the line from/to your receiver is split for "TV2".

[Jason Nipp]

I distribute TV2 of 3 different Dual Tuner receivers to 8 different locations within my house using an amplified 3 GHz distribution block. Prior to that Distribution block I input the distribution feeds of these 3 receivers into a 3 channel modulator, which will allow me to broadcast each of the 3 receivers onto a separate RF channel.

Although I have more structure in my system then most people would, what your looking to do is very simple in comparison. Just get some extra UHF remotes, and use a quality distribution block, I'd add an distribution amp, but that is optional, and run it to your other locations. In other words yes what you want to do will work fine.

For Distribution, RG59 will work fine. I prefer RG6, but it's not necessary. I'd try to keep the splitter fairly central, but that is also not necessary. There are also systems out there that will allow you to distribute wirelessly via RF, WiFi, or powerline. But that will drive your cost up.

[BattleZone]

Another potential problem is if he's hooking up a line that already has another signal on it. Since he doesn't know where the cable goes, there's a good chance that there's a split with one leg being hooked up to something else, which is conflicting with his TV2 signal.

You really can't make assumptions with RF distribution; you have to KNOW what's on your lines, or problems like this are likely to crop up.

[Jason Nipp]

Steimi,

Guess I skimmed to fast to see that you were having an issue. My apologies.

Did you try other broadcast channels on the agile modulator setup on your receiver? I have found that some TV's like channel ranges that others don't. Also some have a cleaner picture on CATV modulation rather than Air modulation. But I will add that I originally added a dist amp because the TV's at the furthest reaches of my home were a bit snowy. You may want to try a Dist amp. A cheap 30db distribution amp should do. I'd even pull the FM Trap in.

[steimi]

Hey Everyone,
Thanks for your input. I am thinking that I may need an amplifier. After looking a little closer, when the Tech installed the system, he has the feed from the Dish Box to TV2 splitter out by the Dish it self and that is at the other end of the house. So by the time I split the signal at the other end of the house, I imagine the signal has lost some strength.
I will post the results of my findings!!
Thanks again to all responders!!!!

Steimi :)

[shadough]

Carefull. That splitter you think you saw outside the house might not be a splitter at all, but a di-plexer. They look identical. It will say on the device what it is.

And yes my 1st recommendation would be to change the channel number in the RF modulator output on the receiver. Also try each cable individually, without the splitter, an check the quality. It may in fact be that one cable is picking up some stray signal, perhaps an OTA signal.