Connecting Winegard distribution center to SWM?

Want to have HD at both TV's and only have only one cable going to back bedroom and will have to disconnect it from the dis. center and use for that receiver. Every thing will work for the Dis. center for the livingroom TV because its an easy run for the second cable, one for TV and one for receiver. Could use an A-B switch for at the dis. centers #2 TV connection. And a second A-B box at the bedroom TV to split a cable for the receiver or TV. Sounds complicated but on paper it looks feasible.

On edit: Would diplexers work in place of the A-B switches??

You cannot use a diplexer with if you are trying to run anything related to SWM through that cable.
I have done the double A/B switch setup and it should work OK.

OK thanks a bunch guys!

Sat. won't be in HD on TV's if you use the winegard box. I got rid of the switcher and went to one "A-B" switch for OTA or Cable and use TV inputs instead of switcher. Also got the "Jack" antenna and it comes with a power supply. Good luck.

lynndiwagon wrote:
Sat. won't be in HD on TV's if you use the winegard box. I got rid of the switcher and went to one "A-B" switch for OTA or Cable and use TV inputs instead of switcher. Also got the "Jack" antenna and it comes with a power supply. Good luck.

By passing the box for satellite. Going through it for cable and off air. Will work with a couple of A/B's

That will work.....they do make some really long HDMI cables if you want to try and make a run from the receiver to the BR tv. I ended up ditching the BR TV anyway.

ChopperBill wrote:

Bill.Satellite wrote:

ChopperBill wrote:
Basically what I want to do is.
antenna ->power inserter -> distribution center -> receivers 1&2 -> TV's

I have it now as antenna -> power inserter-> splitter-> receivers 1&2->TV's
Eliminating the distribution center making in un-useful. Then I have to start switching cables for off air or cable.

No, you cannot use any kind of splitter (like the dist. center) for the satellite TV input. You can take the OUTPUT from a receiver to the dist. center but all satellite coax lines either need to run directly to a receiver or to a SWM specific splitter and then to the receiver(s).

Emailed Winegard and the said basicly the same thing without as much detail.
antenna->power inserter->receiver->distribution center->TV's.
But with HDMI connections on the receivers I am kinda screwed for the second TV anyway. Looks like I am going to have to loose the distribution center and put in some A-B boxes or change cables around for my usage. Problem is the dist. center has the amplifier for the off air antenna.

I have an hdmi 1-in-2-out. It's a small powered box that lets me take the hdmi output from the receiver, split it, and then I run separate hdmi cables to each tv. It eliminates all the overhead of trying to put something else on the coax.