Installation of the Trav'ler

DSDP Don wrote:
ROFCIBC...Here's what I did in your situation. On the back of the DirecTV HD receiver is an HDMI out that will go to your front TV. The back of your DirecTV box also has RCA outputs. They make a Modulator box, $20.00 at Radio shack, that converts the RCA jacks, yellow, red and white, to coax. You plug the three RCA jacks into one end the modulator and the coax from your rear TV into the other end. The modulator is powered by 110volts and can be hidden in a cabinet (about the size of a deck of cards).

This will send an SD signal, not an HD signal to rear TV, which is still a pretty good signal. Obviously, if both TV's are on, you'll have to watch the same show. We just wanted to be able to use the TV when we went to bed to maybe watch the news. With your DirecTV remote set to RF, you can change channels from the bedroom.

This is a good/cheap solution as long as you aren't interested in watching two different shows at the same time. You won't be able to watch a DVD player from the front unless you're willing to keep unplugging the coax, so we just added a DVD player in the bedroom. This allowed us to toss the Winegard switch box and wire everything direct.

Yeah, I had thought of that too. My wife came to the rescue and said she really didn't care all that much about HD in the bedroom since she rarely watches the TV there anyway. Most of the time she just tilts the passenger seat back and watches TV from there, plus she opined that she's not all that enamored with HD anyhow. May have saved me a bunch of hassle and money! Think I'll keep her!