Nope, that won't work. Each Tivo tuner needs its own coax cable back to your multiswitch.
Multi-switch plus signal combiner?
I have an older 18" round dual LNB satellite with 2 lines running to a 2x4 multi-switch in my house that is feeding two R10 DirecTivo's.
Can I use a signal combiner to combine two of the 4 signals off of the multiswitch so that I only have to run one coaxial cable to the second R10 DirecTivo? I'd like to run only a single wire from the multi-switch and then split the signal again at the second receiver so that I can use the dual tuner functionality.
Any thoughts? Haven't seen this on here anywhere.
Can I use a signal combiner to combine two of the 4 signals off of the multiswitch so that I only have to run one coaxial cable to the second R10 DirecTivo? I'd like to run only a single wire from the multi-switch and then split the signal again at the second receiver so that I can use the dual tuner functionality.
Any thoughts? Haven't seen this on here anywhere.
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There are stacker/destacker solutions available for your setup, but they run more than $400. Not worth it IMO when I looked into it myself.I have an older 18" round dual LNB satellite with 2 lines running to a 2x4 multi-switch in my house that is feeding two R10 DirecTivo's.
Can I use a signal combiner to combine two of the 4 signals off of the multiswitch so that I only have to run one coaxial cable to the second R10 DirecTivo? I'd like to run only a single wire from the multi-switch and then split the signal again at the second receiver so that I can use the dual tuner functionality.
Any thoughts? Haven't seen this on here anywhere.
A cheap option is to get a bigger mutiswitch, and run the lines from that.I have an older 18" round dual LNB satellite with 2 lines running to a 2x4 multi-switch in my house that is feeding two R10 DirecTivo's.
Can I use a signal combiner to combine two of the 4 signals off of the multiswitch so that I only have to run one coaxial cable to the second R10 DirecTivo? I'd like to run only a single wire from the multi-switch and then split the signal again at the second receiver so that I can use the dual tuner functionality.
Any thoughts? Haven't seen this on here anywhere.
I think he's trying to avoid running two lines to each receiver, so the larger multiswitch is a non-factor.
Or replace the TiVos with DirecTV HR2X boxes that support SWM. One cable can support multiple boxes and you can even use splitters.
ahh mybad, I misunderstood.!!I think he's trying to avoid running two lines to each receiver, so the larger multiswitch is a non-factor.
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