DirecTV TiVo Setup Recommendations

[akabrad]

Alright I am going to be moving down into a new house in two weeks and I need help and tips for setups to run in my house. The house has six bedrooms and I want to have the option to have a TiVo in every room but one eventually. I also want it to be able to be wired in the living room. That would be 6 setups I would need to have. I have been trying to find a 5/12 multi switch but it seems they only go to 5/8. When I get my DirecTV installed I will be getting just the regular free receiver so I can buy TiVo’s from another company. I want to figure this out soon so I can jump on the NFL Sunday Ticket promo they have going on so suggestions would be appreciated.

So I need to get 6 rooms setup with two coax cables. I need recommendations on the setup with the multi switch to get it done.

Thanks a lot.

[akabrad]

I have a picture to give a visual but I need to make five posts I suppose.

This is a little visual I made to where the TV’s would be in the house.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b248/bradoSVT/TVHouse.jpg

(I got five posts :) )

[mr.unnatural]

You'll need two 4X8 or 5X8 multiswitches and four splitters. Take the four feeds from the dish and attach a splitter to each cable. Run the output from the splitter to the same input on each multiswitch. This will give you a total of 16 feeds that you can distribute throughout your household (12 you need plus 4 for future expansion). Try and find high quality splitters such as the ones sold by Monster Cable (did I actually endorse MC? :eek: ). Most splitters you find at RatShack or any other electronics outlet are pretty basic and really meant for cable and OTA reception and may not have the bandwidth required for sat signals.

[JimSpence]

For ease of making changes, have all lines from the dish (regardless of which one) run to a common/central location. Also run the OTA lines if you plan to have one. There is where you'd install the high frequency splitters and multiswitches and from where you'd distribute to all rooms.

[Dirac]

If you're interested, Spaun makes high-quality 5x12 and 5x16 multiswitches, but they are not cheap. SolidSignal (http://www.solidsignal.com/manu/spaun/) sells a 5x16 for $520.

That's not ridiculously expensive... my Spaun 5x8 set me back about $380. Just keep in mind they won't work with the new MPEG4 HD receivers.

[hijammer]

you could also get cascadeable multiswitches, 2 5x8 or 4x8, hook the 4 from second multiswitch to 4 of the 8 from the first one and that should do you, you just need to make sure it is a cascadable multiswitch