How to Add a 3rd DVR Tivo?

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I am considering the addition of a 3rd DVR with Tivo and wonder if I can do it myself
I currently use an HR 10 HD DVR in one room and Std Def DVR in another room. The 3rd DVR I would like to hook up in another room is a Std Def DVR. The Question is can I do it myself and how do I do it?
I went up on roof and determined that there are 4 cables coming from my triple lnb dish into the house. 2 go to the HD DVR and the other two go to the Std Def DVR.
Do I need to run 2 more cables (that would make 6 total) from the dish or is there some other way you go about creating two cables that need to be run for 3rd DVR I want to install?
Based on answer to the question will determine if I will need to pay a Directv installer or go about this myself.
Thanks for any guidance/clarification.

 

I was looking through my box of extra wires in the basement and found an RCA 4-way Multi-Switch. It was left over from when I had a round dish and I guess it was needed for having 2 dvrs at that time.
Is this the right multi switch that is needed for my situation. If it is, I may ask more on this to see maybe I can do this myself.
Thanks for any help.

 

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I did a search on Eagle Aspen. Would the Eagle Aspen DTV 4 X 8 Directv Approved 4in and 8 out Multi switch be the right one to use for my situation??
It costs like $53 on Buy.com. Directv said they would add third receiver using my currently owned DVR for $99. If that includes their covering the multi switch that seems to be the way to go and make it easy on myself. If it is $99 plus cost of multi switch that is another story. I will call and ask them for those details.
I appreciate the help with this. Not exactly one of my areas of expertise.

 

I was able to get an Eagle Aspen 4X8 Multi-switch from Ebay which should arrive in a few days. I went to Eagle Aspen site and printed out their instructions on hooking up which were a little fuzzy.
Question----- Is the following correct for using this to add third DVR??
1. The four coax coming from dish can attached to any of the 4 connections on the switch in any order.
2. It appears I will then run 6 coax runs(2 each to each of my 3 recorders) from the side of the switch with 6 connections. It appears that these can be connected in any order on the switch too. Is that correct??
3. Lastly, I connect AC/DC to power supply.

Is there anything I would be doing wrong in what I have stated? Is this all it takes or is there more to this than I realize? I was most concerned that there is no particular order to hooking up cables on the multi-switch.

Please excuse what may seem like elementary question but it is not elementary to me. Besides, since I already have this extra DVR I may as well use it.
Note one of the DVR's is the HD w/ Tivo.

Thanks for any clarification on this hookup to be sure I am doing properly.

 

Thanks Robert. Hopefully I won't need to ask anything more.