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notebene
10-25-02, 01:18 PM
I have a Hughes Director Pak receiver and DirecTV. I use the component outputs of the receiver to hook up to my tv and everything is great. What I want to do is use the coax output of the receiver and send the feed to two other tv's; each tv is about 50-65 feet from the receiver.

Will I damage the receiver if I send the output to the other televisions (will it pull too much current, etc)? If so, should I amplify the signal?

If there are any websites describing this, please point me to it.

TIA

gowilk
10-25-02, 01:28 PM
you're fine there ... use coax out for one set and component for another works gr8 ... at my house i use the coax output off all three receivers to go to a distribution hub to route to the other 4 rooms with television which all have 3-way switch and that wiring is all over 80 feet.
there is no current feedback on coax so power is not an issue.

EricG
10-25-02, 01:57 PM
I think you guys mean COMPOSITE.

HarryD
10-25-02, 02:07 PM
Do you think you may need some sort of remote extender so you can change the channel from one of those other TV's?? Isn't the Hughes just IR remote??

notebene
10-25-02, 02:43 PM
The Hughes receiver has an RF remote...one of best features about the receiver.

Nick
11-06-02, 04:25 PM
Component video - 3 RCA type jacks, color-coded red, green blue.

Composite (baseline) video - 1 RCA jack, color coded yellow

Audio is separate. Do not confuse red line-level audio jack with red component jack.