[rcash54]

I hope this is the correct forum for this post. I didn't see any where else that mentioned satellite systems, so I chose this one.

What I want to do is rather simple, at least to me. I want to split the signal coming out of the satellite receiver to more than one tv. Not all tv's would be watched at the same time.

Actually, what I really want is a switch, similar to the old cable A/B switch, where I can send the signal to whichever tv I want to watch. I've tried an A/B switch but it doesn't work.

I recently bought a Digital 4-way splitter, 5-2300MHZ, but it didn't work well. It split the signal but the picture was really noisy and fuzzy...not good for watching.

Anyway, here's my scenario if anyone's interested. I have a Dish network dual tuner, dual outlet receiver. It can be connected to two different tv's at the same time and each tv can watch a different channel. It came with two remotes and it works fairly well. The second remote is UHF, so it can talk to the receiver in the other room upstairs. The picture on the second tv just isn't as good as the main tv cause the signal to the second tv is transmitted via coax and then the tv is tuned to a particular channel to receive the signal.

Usually, I have the second signal connected to my tv in my downstairs family room, which isn't watched that often. When my son comes home from college we wants to be able to watch tv in his bedroom so what I do is go to my head end and disconnect the cable from the family room and reconnect it to his bedroom cable.

This works ok but it would be a lot easier if I could just install a switch to select which tv I want the signal to go to.

Sorry for the long winded post but I want to be sure everyone knows that I am NOT trying to split the signal coming down from the LNB, which I know requires a special multiswitch.

Thanks...Randy