How to Use a Splitter to Hook Up the DirecTV DVR

Connect multiple televisions to your DirecTV DVR receiver with the aid of coaxial cables.

A DirecTV DVR alllows you to record programming directly from your satellite service. The DVR is built right into the receiver so you do not need to connect two different devices together. If you want to watch recorded content on two different televisions at the same time you need to split off the DirecTV DVR signal with a splitter. This sends the audio and video information to a second television.

Things You'll Need

• 3 coaxial cables
• TV splitter

Instructions

1. Connect the first coaxial cable into the "Out" port on the back of the DirecTV DVR receiver.

2. Insert the opposite end of the coaxial cable into the "In" port on the channel splitter. The channel splitter has three different connection ports. One single "In" port and two "Out" ports. These "Out" ports send the video and audio signals to two different televisions.

3. Connect the two left coaxial cables into the two "Out" ports onto the channel splitter, then plug each cable into one of the televisions (one cable per television). The cable inserts into the "In" port on the TV.

4. Power on the television and the DirecTV DVR, then change the station to "3" on both TVs. The DirecTV programming appears on the TV sets.

References

• DirecTV: DVR Information