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Newbie needs help, Phone Lines & Splitter

Ga Dawgs
12-07-2007, 11:00 AM
I'm new to DISH and just got my first HDTV this week, Sharp 42" Aquos. I have a four tvs set up with one 722 and one 625.

My first question is this- I have a fifth tv that I would like to watch. I don't care if it's synced with another tv in the house, just want to be able to watch something. How can I do this... inexpensively and on my own? This tv is in a playroom above our detached garage. It is already wired, but the Dish installers really screwed up my original cable wiring. I can get to the cable going to the playroom, just don't know how to "split" the signal.

Second question- neither of my Dish receivers are near phone jacks. What's the best way to handle this so that I can avoid another $10 in charges?

Thanks for the help.

ama299
12-07-2007, 11:11 AM
For the phone part of your question: if you click http://www.dishnetwork.com/content/our_products/accessories/index.shtml

you will see the easy jack solution and if you order it from Dish they will refund your $10 bucks a month.

Ga Dawgs
12-07-2007, 11:16 AM
Will that solve the problem of having two receivers that need to be connected with phone lines? Seems like that will work for one receiver but not both.

ama299
12-07-2007, 11:32 AM
Will that solve the problem of having two receivers that need to be connected with phone lines? Seems like that will work for one receiver but not both.

I guess you will need two of them, and that will take care of that issue

garys
12-07-2007, 01:06 PM
I'm new to DISH and just got my first HDTV this week, Sharp 42" Aquos. I have a four tvs set up with one 722 and one 625.

My first question is this- I have a fifth tv that I would like to watch. I don't care if it's synced with another tv in the house, just want to be able to watch something. How can I do this... inexpensively and on my own? This tv is in a playroom above our detached garage. It is already wired, but the Dish installers really screwed up my original cable wiring. I can get to the cable going to the playroom, just don't know how to "split" the signal.

Second question- neither of my Dish receivers are near phone jacks. What's the best way to handle this so that I can avoid another $10 in charges?

Thanks for the help.

A standard splitter will cause you nothing but problems if you are trying to add a third receiver to your system as it will effect all the receivers connected on the line you want to split. It would be easier to split one of the lines going to the secondary tv from either of the two receivers. You will have to watch same program as that second tv, and a standard splitter would work for that just fine.