technical questions about hooking up 2nd room??

[soccer918843]

ok i have a dvr in my living room hooked up on av components. I wanna use the out to tv port to run a tv in my bedroom that i wall fished.
I also have an antenna hooked up to my tv with a dedicated line i plan on using diplexrs to get my antenna to work on my bedroom tv on one line. My question is if i buy an am21 for local channels on my guide for the antenna can i hook it up so it will put them on my living room and bedroom tv so can i hook it up coax out and av components?
Thanks guys

 

[Bob Nielsen]

The AM21 only works with HD receivers, which don't have a coax out. You could use a modulator to do what you want, however. All of the outputs are available simultaneously. All outputs will have the same aspect ratio (16:9 or 4:3), which might be an issue.

 

[jdspencer]

What dish and receivers do you have?

 

[soccer918843]

i have an R16-300

 

[jdspencer]

The AM21 doesn't work with the R16.

A modulator will work with the R16 to be able to send RF to another TV.

 

[soccer918843]

i cant believe they dont have any thing to put local channels on ur guide in markets where locals are not accessible through satellite.
so what does a modulator do? cant i just go out on the out to tv port on the dvr?
Thanks guys

 

[harshness]

Put all thoughts of a diplexer out of your mind. You may be able to use a splitter/combiner.

The issue is that the R16 puts out an analog signal and the OTA broadcasts are digital. Some televisions don't automatically deal with switching between the two modes and that can be very frustrating.

 

[jdspencer]

so what does a modulator do? cant i just go out on the out to tv port on the dvr?
Thanks guys

The DVR doesn't have an RF output to connect to the TV for viewing on ch 3 or 4 (like a VCR has). The modulator will create this RF using the composite output from the DVR. Now, if the R16 does have an RF output, then ignore what I just said.