Are you experiencing problems with your tv2 remote behaving poorly?

[ITK]

I give you a solution.

required items

2-2way splitters.
3 - short (3-4in) rg-6 jumpers.

ON the back of your dual tuner remove the uhf antenna. place 1 of the jumpers here and run it to a splitter turned around (you are combining). run another of the jumpers from the tv2 output to the other in/output of the splitter.
attach the cable that goes to the second room into the single side of the splitter.

Now go to the other room. disconnect the cable from the back of your tv.
attach it to the IN port on the other splitter. attach the last juper to one of the outputs and to the tv. attach the UHF ant. to the other output.

you are now combining the remote signal down the coax directly to the receiver.

problem solved.

 

[inwo]

This is a common fix, but will not make FCC happy. Transmiting mod2 signal thru short ant.

 

[ITK]

This is a common fix, but will not make FCC happy. Transmiting mod2 signal thru short ant.

Well the fcc can eat a fart lol

I put it up becaus ein a post below several people were complaining about there tv 2 remotes....

whats there problem with that anyway..its a closed circut.

 

[n0qcu]

The problem is that the TV2 signal will be broadcast by the UHF antenna which will violate several FCC rules.

 

[inwo]

The problem is that the TV2 signal will be broadcast by the UHF antenna which will violate several FCC rules.

Exactly. I'll do it anyway, but it is important to know. Your neighbors may be waching your porn.

 

[ITK]

LOL, well i never thought of that.how would you figure out the ch. it would be broadcasting on?

 

[SimpleSimon]

This is a common fix, but will not make FCC happy. Transmiting mod2 signal thru short ant.

Ah crap - somehow I never thought of that.

And I'm the guy always yelling about people backfeeding TV2 onto lines that are still hooked to a cable system.

Where's that "kick myself" icon?

 

[jetskier]

On my soapbox.....

This is just one more good reason for Dish to enable IR control on the TV2 side of the box for those of us with hardwired IR repeating capabilities.

Off the box....

 

[inwo]

Ah crap - somehow I never thought of that.

And I'm the guy always yelling about people backfeeding TV2 onto lines that are still hooked to a cable system.

Where's that "kick myself" icon?

The chance of this happening is low.

One of the first things I tried when the high powered mods came out is connect to a UHF loop to try whole house wireless. No cigar. Weak picture.

Now with a gain ant..............or

with a launch amp on it, HMMMM

 

[cinemaandsound]

TV2 remote solution

The TV2 remote is also a battery hog. Even the slightest drain on the batteries causes poor reactions. I recently hade a situation in which I changed the remote code to get better reception. I changed to the new Band "B" under the remote battery door and also changed the address. In the manual they say that it is for future use, which it may be, but it worked well for me.

 

[supereal]

When we install with TV2 position more than 20-30 feet from the receiver, we either use the old RG-59, when we run RG-6, or string a new cable for the remote function. Connect the coax to the place where the antenna goes at the receiver, and place a simple "one hole" Radio Shack-type amplifier at the TV2 site on the other end, with the original receiver UHF antenna on the input side of the amp. It usually allows at least 60 feet of flawless control by the TV2 remote. Otherwise, there will be blind spots.

 

[inwo]

Amplifier is not needed. I've run 200 feet of UHF remote extension.

But what a great idea.

SimpleSimon Are you thinking the same thing.

This is just what we need to prevent mod 2 emissions in the remote location!

Use a UHF amp. Thats like a "check valve". Pardon my plumbing analogy.

 

[Mark_AR]

The transmitter antenna inside the TV2 remote is the size of a paperclip.

I was thinking (for those that OWN their equipment) if you solder an 18" loop of wire inside the whole perimeter of the remote, would it transmit further and would it be in violation of FCC regs to modify it?

I need to find my soldering iron...

 

[SimpleSimon]

Amplifier is not needed. I've run 200 feet of UHF remote extension.

But what a great idea.

SimpleSimon Are you thinking the same thing.

This is just what we need to prevent mod 2 emissions in the remote location!

Use a UHF amp. Thats like a "check valve". Pardon my plumbing analogy.

Yup! That sounds ideal to me.

I was thinking about an isolating combiner, but that goes in the "wrong" direction for this.

I was thinking (for those that OWN their equipment) if you solder an 18" loop of wire inside the whole perimeter of the remote, would it transmit further and would it be in violation of FCC regs to modify it?

Why 18"? That seems like the wrong length to me. But it's moot - it IS a FCC violation to mess with it.

 

[Mark_AR]

Why 18"? That seems like the wrong length to me. But it's moot - it IS a FCC violation to mess with it.

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18" is about the perimeter of the remote. It may be 15 or 16, I dunno, I didn't take a tape measure to it.

In urban settings I could see where it might be an FCC concern if you were controlling someone elses unit 3 blocks away. (unlikely in many conditions)

Was just thinking out loud. Right now I just have a 6' extension of RG59 on my 522 with a barrel connector and the pigtail antenna close to the ceiling. I can control TV2 from anywhere in or outside with my unaltered remote up to about 50 feet. I thought about buying a second TV2 remote, just to see if I could up the distance with modding it.