I have directv (actualy 2 dishes and 2 4 way multiswitches 1 feeds upstairs and 1 downstairs--its a long story don't ask).

Now I just want a second tv in a room behind the theatre to be able to ge the same satellite programming as the theatre( ie share the receiver) . The theatre has a sony tivo directv receiver and one output feeds the tv directly and the second feeds the stereo tuner for those times I feel like waking the whole house. How can I get the signal to the next room and be able to change the channels from the new room? Is there a wireless way? How do I control the tivo box from the other room? I know there must be a good reliable way to do this.

Plain vanilla: the simple way to get the signal to the other room, if you just plain want it there somehow, is to take the channel 3 output of the tivo and run a wire to the second room.

Xantech has a thing called the Xtra Link that can receive an ir signal in the other room, stuff it into the RG-6 you are using for channel 3, and then reradiate IR in the other room to control the tivo.


For better quality, run the tivo audio/video output through a DA (distribution amp), then feed one of those outputs where the tivo output goes now and another to the a/v inputs of a tv in the second room.

Also, then, you would run a CAT5 and use Xantech's 281 or 490 to pick up the signal, get a power supply and distribution block, and a 282 or 283 IR LED to reradiate the control signal in the main room.

The "best" way to probably do this is with a modulator. Here's a good link with an explanation. [Link: channelplus.com]