How to Hook Up a 2nd Satellite Receiver
When using a satellite to obtain television programming, each television must have its own receiver. The receiver connects to a specific receptor on the satellite dish itself and descrambles the satellite signal. If you currently have a single satellite receiver in one specific room and want to begin watching television in a different room you must have a second satellite receiver installed.
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Things You'll Need
- Satellite service
- Satellite receiver
- Connection cables (coaxial/RCA/HDMI)
Instructions
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Determine what room of your house you want the second satellite receiver installed in. You need this information when the technician sets up the service.
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Contact your satellite service company. Inform them you want to add a second satellite receiver. Set up a day and time frame for the satellite technician to stop by and install the new dish receptor.
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Connect the coaxial cable wire coming out of the wall (the technician installs this cable) into the "In" port on the rear of the satellite receiver.
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Determine the highest quality video connection both your television and the satellite receiver share. Coaxial cable provides the lowest quality (it is a single cable with a metal pin inside the connection ports), followed by RCA (three cables, one yellow for video and and red and white for audio), component (five cables, threw for video, two for audio) and finally HDMI if you use an HDTV and HD satellite receiver.
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Connect the cable to the satellite receiver. A coaxial cable connects to the "Out" port, RCA connects to "Video Out," component into "Component Out" and HDMI into the "HDMI" port.
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Plug the other end of the cable into the appropriate video "In" port on the back of the television.
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