Jack, I get it now! I would suggest you try what
you want to do, but with one exception:
Feed the modulator into the VHF/UHF connector
on the diplexer at the theater end, but use another
diplexer before the multiswitch at the
upper end to "filter" the modulator signal out
of the coax before it gets to a multiswitch
output connector.
I would not feed a signal into an output, as there
is circuitry within the multiswitch, besides the
diplexing, that is probably not two-way capable,
as it's most likely not passive.
I was under the impression that a multiswitch with an off-air/CATV input functioned like a simple diplexer (not the entire multiswitch obviously, just the combining of 2 signals). Can it really be one-way? By Passive vs Active do you mean powered? The Terk is not powered, though I am not sure if that factors into the equation.
I did purchase some extra diplexers as my original idea was to use 2 but then I started thinking, that the input on the multiswitch for off-air/CATV seems to be nothing more than a diplexer input/output. Will harm come if I try and user the multiswitch to seperate the signals? Should I use a DC block filter someplace?
Please let us know if this works. I'm sure there
are others who could benefit from your experience.
That's why we're here!
I absolutely will, I plan on swapping out my SAT-A55 with the SAT-W60 on Friday, I'll let you know how it all worked out. I do plan on trying to feed the modulated signal into a diplexer in the Theater and extract if via the multiswitch first unless someone comes back and says not to. I truely don't see how that input on the multiswitch is anything other than the same thing as a regular diplexer.
Thanks again Larry...
Jack Fetter
