I have a Dish Network receiver that controls 2 different TVs through my cable-wired home. However, I would like to watch TV in another room without getting another receiver. I don't care if I have to watch the same thing that's on another TV (I have the remote that works through walls). All of the cable wires enter the house from a box on the outside of my house, but only 2 of them have the needed coax ends on them. This box is also where the Dish enters the home. I tried splitting it out there but had no luck! What are my options? Do I need special attachments for the cable jack in the wall, etc? Please use layman terms because I'm new to this! Thanks in advance!
The short answer is you don't. You can't just split them because of the voltage on the line supplied by the LNB HOWEVER, there is something you can do you need to buy a satellite line splitter they are avail online and on OKorder. This is a piece of electronics (not just a simple splitter like you might buy from Wal*Mart or something like that) it actually has electronics in it to split the signal and voltage - it works well, but it cost about $25 to buy. Good luck to you.
If you are using the antenna output from the satellite receiver to go to the other set, maybe putting the TV on channel 3 or 4 to see the picture you can use a standard signal splitter. Run the cable out of the satellite receiver to the splitter and then out to the other sets. Dish does offer a receiver that is designed to run two rooms and can show different channels at the same time which could be another option for you.
I'm an ex DTV installer but as far as I know, it installs the same way. Satellite signal can only be split after the receiver when you don't want to add an extra receiver. On the back of the receiver you have an out to TV plug. Undo the cable that is there and attach a 1-2 splitter to its end. The 1 side is toward the receiver and the 2 side is toward the TV sets. Now, attach the shortest cable possible between the splitter and the receiver. You should be back where you started from. At this point, all you have to do is attach a new cable to the open plug on the 2 side of the splitter and also to the extra TV you want to hook up. Your done. If you want to use the outside box for your connection, run that new cable from the splitter to the box and connect to the cable going to the new TV set with a barrel connector (available at Lowe's, Home Depot and Radio Shack). But you say the extra cables in your box don't have fittings (ends) so you would have to install one and for that you need a special tool The third way of doing this is to grab a satellite or cable installer and offer him $20 to make the connection for you.
you need a cable splitter, you put the main cable supply in the in spot and you then take 2 cables from the other 2 tv's you want hooked up to them on the out side and your done, you can pick them up anywhere for about $5
