How to implement a satellite system?
We've been around to enough CGs now to find that OTA (or cable) reception and channel availability can often be dismal to non-existent. Nothing's worse than not being able to watch Survivor, DWTS or ...
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The cable for satellite dish would typically not have splitter(s). Satellite cable must pass DC voltage to the dish and adding a splitter is tricky. You might need a SWITCH on the satellite dish if your dish will be receiving both HD programming from satellite 82 and regular programming from satellite 91.
To identify both ends of the same cable I use terminal resistor and ohmmeter. The terminal resistor is 75 Ohm and looks like tire valve cap. You can buy it at Home Depot or Lowe. Screw it on one end of the cable and measure resistance on the other end and you should read 75 Ohms. You can also simply make short on one end and read zero Ohms on the other end.
If you want to watch different programming on different TVs, you will definitely need a switch on the dish and a separate receiver for each TV.
To identify both ends of the same cable I use terminal resistor and ohmmeter. The terminal resistor is 75 Ohm and looks like tire valve cap. You can buy it at Home Depot or Lowe. Screw it on one end of the cable and measure resistance on the other end and you should read 75 Ohms. You can also simply make short on one end and read zero Ohms on the other end.
If you want to watch different programming on different TVs, you will definitely need a switch on the dish and a separate receiver for each TV.
