How to Add a Splitter to Your DirecTV

Split your satellite receiver's signal to two different TVs.

DirecTV is one of the leading satellite television providers in the country. When using the service, you need one receiver per television. However, if you do not mind having two televisions displaying the same programming (such as at a sports bar), it is possible to hook up two different television to the same DirecTV receiver with the help of a channel splitter. The splitter takes the video information meant for one television and redirects it for two TVs.

Things You'll Need

• DirecTV receiver
• 3 coaxial cables
• Channel splitter
• 2 TVs

Instructions

1. Connect the first coaxial cable into the "Out" port on the DirecTV receiver. Insert the opposite end of the cable into the "In" connection point on the splitter.

2. Attach the second and third coaxial cables to the two "Out" points on the channel splitter.

3. Run each cable to its own television. Connect the coaxial cable into the "In" port on the TV.

4. Power on the two televisions and the DirecTV receiver. Change the TVs to station "3" and the DirecTV programming appears on screen.

References

• Channel Master: Channel TV Splitter