parnoldo
12-15-05, 12:05 PM
I just added and R10 dvr last night and moved the old DTV receiver to my wife's home office. Previously I had the regular receiver (as well as the vcr and dvd) split out to a tv in the office and one in the kitchen. They all could only show the same thing at any given time. No biggie.
The office receiver is on a line from a multi-switch so now she can switch channels independently of the main receiver but she still wants the option of watching what's showing on the dvr (recordings) and the dvd or vcr.
I'm not shure how to do this or if it's even possible. The line no longer runs from the main setup. I can figure out how to run one easilly enough, to get a signal to the to the office tv, but as I figure it, that will leave me with one line off the switch and one line off the main setup combined and going into the receiver in the office. Or should I run the line from the living room to the pass-through jack on the office receiver?
Will either of those work? How would you switch back and forth between the two? Also, if it matters, the video "in" on that tv is dead so everything has to go through the one co-ax "in".
Hope this makes sense, I tried explaining as breifly as possible. Any help or suggestions are much appreciated.
The office receiver is on a line from a multi-switch so now she can switch channels independently of the main receiver but she still wants the option of watching what's showing on the dvr (recordings) and the dvd or vcr.
I'm not shure how to do this or if it's even possible. The line no longer runs from the main setup. I can figure out how to run one easilly enough, to get a signal to the to the office tv, but as I figure it, that will leave me with one line off the switch and one line off the main setup combined and going into the receiver in the office. Or should I run the line from the living room to the pass-through jack on the office receiver?
Will either of those work? How would you switch back and forth between the two? Also, if it matters, the video "in" on that tv is dead so everything has to go through the one co-ax "in".
Hope this makes sense, I tried explaining as breifly as possible. Any help or suggestions are much appreciated.