I have Dish Network and have two TV’s on the network now. I now have a third TV I would like to add to the network and am having trouble. I bought an A/V sender and a receiver and added the third TV, but I have to change the channel on TV 1 to change the channel on TV 3. Is there anyway to add a TV 3 to the network? Also, I am getting interference on TV3 any suggestions?
Thanks for any help.
SSG Schwartz
Do you have a Dish receiver on TV3 or is the output if the receiver on TV1 going to the A/V sender?
If you want all 3 TV’s it see different shows at the same time, you have to pay $$$ to Dish. Or do something illegal. Your choice.
We have Dish.
We have HD also.
They give you a dual headed gizmo on the dish itself and a special receiver, it will run 2 TV’s
To get three different shows, you need 3 horns on the dish.
You need an second receiver.
To get three different shows, you need 4 horns on the dish if you are also getting HD. you then can get
1HD
You then can get
1 HD channel
2 reg channels split on the #2 & #3 TV’s
Satellite does not work like cable or ‘air’ reception.
This is as I understand it. I have been known to be wrong.
To get three different shows, you need 3 horns on the dish. you then can get
1HD
We can record one ‘AIR’ show
We can also record 2 additional satellite shows. We have to watch one of those three or a previously recorded show.
If we are recording ‘air’, we can not watch a different ‘air’ show at the same time.
If we are recording 2 satellite shows, we can watch an ‘air’ show or a recorded show.
This is if we do not want to watch and record a show at the same time which we do not want to do as we are only watching recorded shows so we can fast fwd the commercials.
‘air’ = stations we can get on a regular outside aerial.
Due to obstructions, we have 2 dishes, one with 2 horns and one with 1 horn. That plus the regular aerial are needed to get what we have. We only feed one TV. We have the remote and stuff for TV2 but we don’t use it.
To get three different shows, you need 3 horns on the dish. you then can get
1HD
YMMV
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If you want all 3 TV’s it see different shows at the same time, you have to pay $$$ to Dish. Or do something illegal. Your choice.
We have Dish.
We have the HD channels also.
We also get three HD and 4 regular TV channels on an outside antenna.
They (Dish) give you a dual headed gizmo on the dish itself and a special receiver, it will run 2 TV’s
To get HD shows, you need 3 horns on the dish.
You also need an second receiver if doing three TVs.
To get three different shows, you need 4 horns on the dish if you are also getting HD. You then can get
1 HD channel
2 reg channels split on the #2 & #3 TV’s
Satellite does not work like cable or ‘air’ reception.
This is as I understand it.
To get three different shows, you need 3 horns on the dish. You then can get
1HDhave been known to be wrong.
To get three different sho ws, you need 3 horns on the dish. you then can get
1HD
We can record one ‘AIR’ show
We can also record 2 additional satellite shows. We have to watch one of those three or a previously recorded show.
If we are recording ‘air’, we can not watch a different ‘air’ show at the same time.
If we are recording 2 satellite shows, we can watch an ‘air’ show or a recorded show.
This is if we do not want to watch and record a show at the same time which we do not want to do as we are only watching recorded shows so we can fast fwd the commercials.
‘air’ = stations we can get on a regular outside aerial.
Due to obstructions, we have 2 dishes, one with 2 horns and one with 1 horn. That plus the regular aerial are needed to get what we have. We only feed one TV. We have the remote and stuff for TV2 but we don’t use it.
YMMV
This whole thing is as dumb as toast.
The satellite transmissions are broadcast both clockwise polarized and counterclockwise polarized. With a single TV, your box sends a different DC signal out the coax, which causes the receiver horn to configure itself CW if it’s above 12 V so it can receive even stations, and CCW if it’s below so it can receive odd. (I may have one or both of these backwards but you get the idea).
OK, so, if you want multiple TVs boxes, the obvious thing to do is set up two horns, one CW and one CCW, and let each TV box choose which horn to listen to, right?
But, noooooo, they’re not going to do it that way. They add an additional horn for each box, and use horns that can be operated either way.
I think there should be a way to homebrew around this stupid mess. I mean, the DC is there, and you could relay between horns or something with it. We’re talking something like 1 1/2 GHz, it’s not magic.
I’m not real clear on Dish as opposed to DirecTV (as that’s what I have), but what about just getting a multi-switch. It’s kind of like a splitter, but allows you to split those lines to more than one TV. That’s what I have with DTV anyway. A great place to ask this question would be on www.dbstalk.com They have very knowledgable people over there.
No, the sender is on TV 1 and the receiver is on TV 3. TV 3 does not have a Dish receiver.
Napier, as soon as I understand radio theory, I will understand your post, but thank you for the input.
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whatami**, I will try that link. I am back at school, but I will explore it more when I come home for the weekend.
SSG Schwartz
And hence you’re screwed. IANA expert, but my experience (DirecTV) is that you can use sender/receiver units only to make a secondary TV a slave of a primary TV. The secondary will show the same video signal as the primary; the same channel, same fast forward or pause or single-step, etc. You’'re just mirroring the screen view from the one set to another.
If you want a TV to have independent tunability, pause/fast forward, etc, then it needs its own receiver. And that means its own charge on the bill, and it’s own antenna feed horn. Dishes come in two types, single horn that can drive one receiver, and dual horn which can drive two. Since a single dish can feed at most 2 receivers, that means an extra dish is needed for TV#3 (& #4).
They do sell a dual receiver for running 2 TVs independently. But that’s really just 2 receivers in a single black box and still needs a dual-horn dish to operate the second receiver & TV.
The whole system from end to end was designed to make multiple TVs as hard as possible. They fully expected we’d all gladly pay $60/mo or whatever per TV for satellite programming.