2 tv's - 1 expressvu receiver - is it possible

[bell02fantasy]

I thought if i had a dual lnp, i could hook up 2 tvs to 1 receiver, i know that it will be the same show on both, but is it possible,

How would i wire it up? or do i need 2 receivers???

[Gee]

Don't confuse Dual LNB with 2 receivers.

Most of the newer LNBs, have two connectors on it. Dual LNBs implies that you are using two physical LNBs.

If you are using a single LNB, you can hook up to two receivers. Each one will have a different program.

If you only have one receiver and want to watch the same program on two different TVs, then you don't need anything special to do it.

On the back of each receiver are two outputs, some have more. But they all have at least two.

The two outputs are RCA / SVideo and Coax.

The easiest thing to do is use the RCA (Red, White and Yellow) cables for the TV where the receiver is physically situated. Then run a coax cable from the back of the same receiver to the second TV.

[bell02fantasy]

Don't confuse Dual LNB with 2 receivers.

Most of the newer LNBs, have two connectors on it. Dual LNBs implies that you are using two physical LNBs.

If you are using a single LNB, you can hook up to two receivers. Each one will have a different program.

If you only have one receiver and want to watch the same program on two different TVs, then you don't need anything special to do it.

On the back of each receiver are two outputs, some have more. But they all have at least two.

The two outputs are RCA / SVideo and Coax.

The easiest thing to do is use the RCA (Red, White and Yellow) cables for the TV where the receiver is physically situated. Then run a coax cable from the back of the same receiver to the second TV.


I thought the things on my dish, I had to unscrew it, find the 2nd connection and run sat wire from it (so there would be 2 thinfs of wire) - 1 to receiver and one to just tv with no reciever

[Gee]

I thought the things on my dish, I had to unscrew it, find the 2nd connection and run sat wire from it (so there would be 2 thinfs of wire) - 1 to receiver and one to just tv with no reciever

The LNB at the end of your dish HAS to plug into a receiver.

[bell02fantasy]

The LNB at the end of your dish HAS to plug into a receiver.


so would say radio shack sell 35 feet of red/yellow/wire connector(s)
casue that is the distance between the 2 tv's

[deep]

Yeah you don't need dual LNPs for 2 TVs watching the same station. Put your ExpressVu receiver close to one of the sets, and run coax to the other. You can split the signal coming out of the receiver or choose to run svideo to the closer TV and coax to the far one....that would be the cheapest route.

[bell02fantasy]

Yeah you don't need dual LNPs for 2 TVs watching the same station. Put your ExpressVu receiver close to one of the sets, and run coax to the other. You can split the signal coming out of the receiver or choose to run svideo to the closer TV and coax to the far one....that would be the cheapest route.


can i split b4 going into the receiver?
ie from dish to splitter - split a to receiver and tv -split b to tv or does it have be split after reciever but b4 tv?

[Adrian Lankosz]

NO! The cable from the dish HAS to got to RECEIVER frist. It's not like cable tv where you can just split the analog signal as you please. The satelitte receiver must first decode the signal then go to the tv.

Like stated above those are your options for two tvs.
Same channels on both splitting from receiver or get another receiver for each tv. The fact that you may have dual lnb means **** without the second signal source not going to a receiver. The dual lnb is only intented for people with two receivers.

Hope that straightens things out.

can i split b4 going into the receiver?
ie from dish to splitter - split a to receiver and tv -split b to tv or does it have be split after reciever but b4 tv?

[deep]

can i split b4 going into the receiver?
ie from dish to splitter - split a to receiver and tv -split b to tv or does it have be split after reciever but b4 tv?

Adrian is right. The whole point of the receiver is to decode the signal from the dish. Split it before the receiver to a TV and you'll get nothing.

[bell02fantasy]

NO! The cable from the dish HAS to got to RECEIVER frist. It's not like cable tv where you can just split the analog signal as you please. The satelitte receiver must first decode the signal then go to the tv.

Like stated above those are your options for two tvs.
Same channels on both splitting from receiver or get another receiver for each tv. The fact that you may have dual lnb means **** without the second signal source not going to a receiver. The dual lnb is only intented for people with two receivers.

Hope that straightens things out.

its just that its for my mom's summer home and florida room. Once I bring it into the house (exisiting today) i then have to drill another hole out and run another set of cables to the 2nd tv. I should use co-axil cable b4 i use the red/yellow wires?
can you expalin how to wire it? sateleitte in to receiver - out to 2nd tv - how does the qst tv and reciever get input ?

[Starcraftjunkie]

There's a few ways to do it (with both tv's showing the same show).
You might want to clarify which receiver model you have, as some of the newer ones have different in/outputs.

I know from looking at our 2700 and 3100, you have:
coax output, composite output (yellow/white/red), and s-video out.

So if you want to split the signal, just follow what everyone else has been saying. You can put a coax splitter from the coax output of the receiver (after the signal has been decoded from the dish), and have it go to both tv's.

Another way is to use the composite/svideo for one tv, and use the coax out to the other (further away tv), since the coax connection has the sound included. It would be silly to run composite wires to another room since there are 3. :P

[Paolo]

2 TV's and one receiver is POSSIBLE. just look at the sports bars, they have 5 tVs and one receiver, whatever the receiver is watching, is what you see on ALL the tv sets.

[Gee]

Use the Red, White and Yellow cable for the TV closest to the receiver.

On the back of the receiver, you will see a coax out that says To TV. Run a 35' coax cable to the second TV from that port and you are good to go.

[deep]

Use the Red, White and Yellow cable for the TV closest to the receiver.

On the back of the receiver, you will see a coax out that says To TV. Run a 35' coax cable to the second TV from that port and you are good to go.

Yes, or the SVideo + audio cable to the near TV (if your TV supports it), for a slightly better picture.

[JustMike]

2 TV's and one receiver is POSSIBLE. just look at the sports bars, they have 5 tVs and one receiver, whatever the receiver is watching, is what you see on ALL the tv sets.

Yeah, they run the output of the receiver into a distribution amplifier or modulator. Certainly possible at home as well, but it'd be cheaper to buy a second receiver.