Need help with installing switch

[abstractls]

I have the slimline 5 Dish form DirectTV (Atleast it says so in my setup on the HD receiver).

Right now I have an HD DVR and a Standard DVR. My house is prewired for CAT5 , Dual RG6, etc in every room and it all goes to one central box, so everything is accessible). When it was installed the installer ran two of the 4 lines from the dish to the HD reciever and 2 to the standard, as this is all I thought I would need. I am now adding a 3rd receiver in another room. It will be standard definition. Can I just install a basic multi switch on the 2 lines going to the standard DVR and run that and the new standard DVR on that, while leaving the 2 going to the HD DVR alone. Also is there any issue with just running one cable to the new DVR, I know I wont get dual tuner that way in that room, but is it needed?

 

[Bob Nielsen]

If you only receive channels on the 101 deg. satellite, that should work, but if you have locals or other programming from 119, it will not. A WB68 multiplexer would be needed in that case.

You could run a single cable to a DVR and it should recognize that during the setup.

 

[jdspencer]

For future upgrades, I'd install a WB68 multiswitch to all four lines from the dish and then distribute from there.

There's no issue with only running one tuner. Just re-run guided setup to select single tuner and connect the line to tuner 1.