Revert from Whole-Home DVR to old-fashioned mirrored DVR?? (if mirrored is the rt term)

[Cassidy]

(Get coffee.) We had Dish for many years--ran a single DVR receiver into a coax system in our house---watch/record/pause (same program) on any of our TVs, using RF remotes and a central booster antenna. Worked GREAT for our purpose.
Why switch?? Brother got a broadcasting job for Mtn Sports, only available on DirecTv. But we were assured that a setup similar to our Dish one with their RF remotes would cover up to 200 ft, which would work fine for us.
Well, 3/4 into the install, it was clear that their remotes didn't cut it--reason given: the receiver's internal remote antenna not being as powerful as in their "old kind" (sorry to get so technical there). At that point, kind of no going back, so their fix was Whole-house DVR as a compensation. Many, many crashes and glitches later, they had to come and swap out the HR23-700 HD/DVR receiver and the DTV guy replaced it with an HR24NC-200. He said the latter is made for whole house and is newer. On a hunch---I tested the RF remotes and ---Lo and behold---with this new receiver, they suddenly work from anywhere in the house.
QUESTION: Is it possible to remove the whole-home add-on receivers and connect our main DirecTv HD-DVR receiver into our coax (or upgraded coax) and out to our other TVs like we used to with DISH? Thanks, anybody.

 

[raoul5788]

Not exactly. Directv doesn't have coaxial outputs like some of the Dish boxes. You can use any of the outputs on the back, HDMI, component, composite, as they are all live, but you can only watch the same channel that is on the first set. On the up side, if you are using an hd output for both, you can watch in hd on both, not sd like the Dish units. If you don't care about the hd, you can send the output to a vcr, then use the coax output of the vcr to feed another tv.

 

[Mr Tony]

or just use a RF converter

 

[raoul5788]

or just use a RF converter

I suggested the vcr because almost everyone has one in a closet somewhere, no need to buy one.

 

[Cassidy]

Thanks for the info.... Will now "fool" around with it. May be back. EEK! :-/

 

[Cassidy]

Thanks for the tip on my connection.
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[JamesJ]

check in let us know how it worked out for you, I know others have had similar questions.

 

[Cassidy]

Yes, I will report back. I'm trying to figure out what all the cords, cables, and what-not are now. Need to get the vernacular down first. Also intend to dig up an installation manual and maybe can soak something up from that.
What's that I see ahead? Oh yeah, the Learning Curve!! Hope I don't spin out of control! HA!
Thanks, all!

 

[raoul5788]

Good luck and be sure to check back in and let us know how it all goes!

And to Satelliteguys!