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Author:  dba_frog [ Mon Jan 24, 2005 1:21 pm ]
Post subject:  Dish Network ~ reciever needed?
I have DISH NETWORK, do I need the Receiver in the loop to get MythTV working? I ask because there is a ID card in the reciever.

If so, is it
A) -->coax line-->Receiver-->tuner in-->RCA out-->TV
or
B) -->coax line-->tuner in-->RCA out-->Reveiver-->TV
Author:  cecil [ Mon Jan 24, 2005 1:29 pm ]
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Yes. A.
Note: I don't have a Dish nor have I worked w/ a Dish.
Author:  elgordo123 [ Mon Jan 24, 2005 1:31 pm ]
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I have DIsh Network also. You will go from the Dish Network box to the mythbox/PVR card. Then the mythtvbox will go to the input to your TV. I use Svideo from myth video card to the TV.
You will also want to get an IRBlaster so you can change channels. I use the actisys 200L. It was pretty easy to setup (as long as you first RTFM).
Because mythtv isn't great for channel surfing, but awesome for recording, I have a splitter on the cable that comes out of the dish network box. One split goes to the mythtv/PVR card and the other to the coax input on the TV. If I want to watch TV thru myth, or view myth, I will use the S-Video input option on the TV, but for channel surfing or regular watching I just use the normal setting on my TV's menu.

|-------------------> mythtv----------->tv s-video (or rca)
DISHTUNER -----|(splitter)
|----------------->tv
or
|------------> vcr ---------------> tv
Author:  dba_frog [ Mon Jan 24, 2005 2:40 pm ]
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...Thanks

:lol:
Author:  wrooster [ Mon Jan 24, 2005 3:49 pm ]
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elgordo123 wrote:
You will also want to get an IRBlaster so you can change channels


complete DISH (or any other IR-enabled set top box) how-to, complete with DIY instructions for making the IR blaster hardware:
http://losdos.dyndns.org:8080/public/my ... HOWTO.html

or mirror
http://mirror.mmdsi.com/losdos.dyndns.o ... HOWTO.html

jim/
wrooster
Author:  aovermy [ Fri Jan 28, 2005 7:41 pm ]
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And if you're not handy with solder, the blasters sold by http://www.irblaster.info/ are quite nice and reasonably priced too.

My SO gave me one for Christmas. I think he was tired of the Borg-chic circuit board IR blaster that I made and never got around to enclosing in a project box.
It was literally a plug in replacement for the homemade one. No config changes or anything.


Amy
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