What does 'not compatible with satellite television installations, such as DIRECTV or DISH Network' mean? I don't have a satellite television installation, but am thinking of getting one.Why would the moca coax-ethernet adapter not be compatible with a satellite setup? What does 'not compatible with satellite television installations, such as DIRECTV or DISH Network' mean? I don't have a satellite television installation, but am thinking of getting... » Read More What does 'not compatible with satellite television installations, such as DIRECTV or DISH Network' mean? I don't have a satellite television installation, but am thinking of getting one.Why would the moca coax-ethernet adapter not be compatible with a satellite setup? « Show Less
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Moca and satellite box uses frequencies from the same range and interfere with each other. If you are using satellite look for an HPNA Coax unit instead of MoCA. HPNA uses lower frequencies (but they interfere with Cable)
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Our house is wired for cable. Since we use the cable for internet, the satellite installer didn't use the existing cable wiring. You could easily do the same.
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Somewhere there's a splitter you can buy for local cable and tv. It plugs in where both enter the home and each room has a splitter to separate them. Maybe something like that could resolve your MoCa connections.
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Because the satellite transmission would interfere with the moca box on your network, so your network would probably work but you wont get a signal, its only currently compatible with regular cable tv. Though I read there is a work around to make it work with satellite tv but that it was complicated for the average consumer so they market it as incompatible as of now until they come out with a work around.
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@ Raymond, Im not too sure but in the article I read they briefly mentioned it, im linking it hope it helpshttp://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/30743/51/
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I want to purchase my twin nieces portable TVs w/ local channels. One of them is a football fanatic and the other prefers cartoons. Is there a brand that is worth this expense?
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@Regula, great link. Thanks for that. I'm currently a cable customer, but I'm moving in three months. The new place has coax wired everywhere and I was considering renovating to add ethernet (cat-6).If I can get the satellite company to install their own coax, then using the netgear product may be a good alternative to renovation.
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I believe it means you can connect an antenna like this one, http://www.channelmasterstore.com/Digital_HDTV_Outdoor_TV_Antenna_p/cm-4221hd.htm, directly to the TV to watch over-the-air HDTV.
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This unit is just simply a video router. You can input signal from your DirecTV satellite receiver, or from an air antenna, or from DVD players, etc. It's purpose is to be able to route signal to a number of display or playback units at the same time. I have mine working with DirecTV in the motorhome.
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You are not giving enough information to help you. Is this the first time you connected it up? Are you aimed at the FTA satellite located at 97 degrees on the satellite arc? Do you live in the USA, (as I assume) or are you trying to receive some satellite in another country? I assume your X2-FTA box was JUST NOW INSTALLED... and you are trying to adjust to find the satellite? If you aim the satellite dish at the FTA "bird" located at 97 degrees here in the USA... you will receive about 200 channels that are NOT scrambled. If you live in a country other than the USA... you will have to research what FTA "birds" are available in your country. If, however, you tried to connect an existing dish-network or Direct-TV dish to this box (here in the USA)... then yes... all the channels are scrambled! This box is not a box that allows you to UNLAWFULLY receive satellite channels. It is an FTA satellite box. You must use a 36 to 39 inch diameter dish and aim it at the proper satellite to receive the Free-To-All channels. You can go to various FTA websites and research scrambled channels... or other issues... just do a search on google for fta websites.
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This TiVo Roamio is made specifically for cable and/or over the air HD signals. It is not compatible with Satellite TV. For it to work with your cable company, call them and make sure they will support a third party receiver. Make sure you tell them it's a Tivo. You will then need to get a cable card from your cable company and install it into the Tivo, which is easy to do. My experience was seamless.
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I don't recommend trying to mix Dish equipment with anything else. If it works, you got really lucky. They are even touchy about what splitters/combiners used with specific equipment. If you don't have solid advice from someone who understands satellite gear pretty well, don't bother. Equipment specific to Dish Network can be a mystery.
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You do know that this is a WiFi adapter for computers, right? There are no satellite signals involved, just an internet gateway in or near your house. If you are looking for something for Dish TV, this isn't what you want. P.S. it works fine for me, picks up more connections around the neigborhood than the WiFi built into my laptop.
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I mounted my antenna near my old satellite dish and used that cable and it works great. I would imagine that cable wouldn't be any different...coax is coax. Also, in case you are interested, I am using a TIVO dvr which costs $15 a month which allows me to record regular TV shows and also streams Netflix, Pandora etc...
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I never tried as a monitor.I needed it to use with my Dish provider and there was no notice that that TV wouldn't work with Dish.I don't know if it works with another company.Of course I never would think any TV these days wouldn't work with the Dish satellite.I would contact the company first to see if it works as a monitor.
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I believe that it means there is no signal receiver in the unit to receive TV signals from an outside source. The unit can play back prerecorded media like DVDs and VCR tapes, but it can't record or play from cable/satellite signals.
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My answer is based upon Directv do not know about Dish at all. Not sure about the TVs but the unit can work with 2 receivers. I have a DVR that has 2 receivers in it and it works fine with that.
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What is the "black box" that you have been provided by the Satellite internet company? I need to know this to help you so that I can determine the proper type of connection you should make from the Satellite internet providers hardware. If you have the make, model and even serial number, I would be happy to research for you further. Please get back to me and I will help as best I can. Don't give up, yet!
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This is a pain with Dish. With that being said, I had to find a Dish Network dish that was already set up on a satellite, some say you can go to a local dealer, I don't know about that. Then I had to set it up with an active internet connection, after that point it was able to update the receiver and worked. If you hold down the * (star key) you can bypass the initial setup screen. Do a google search for "dish network bypass setup screen", you will find some good info. Good luck, hope this helps..
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I have Dish Network connectyed to 1 input & my cable TV system connected to the other. I get great reception on my TV. If one connects multiple TV sets to the output with splitters, the signal may very well be degraded.
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Some HD boxes come with an Ethernet port that allows wired connection. This box works with most Direct TV types for witeless and injects the signal kn the box through the coax from the satellite. it also has an ethernet port output. Check with Direct TV to be sure it works with the type of DVR you need for your configuration.
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A power adapter is only required on the unit you plug into your router/switch. The other ones get their power from the DirecTV receiver they are plugged into via coax. The ac adapter is not overly bulky but you should be able to match input/output voltages and use a compatible one you buy elsewhere but like I said, the included one is small enough and you'd be hard pressed to find anything smaller. I'm not home at the moment otherwise I'd list the voltage. If you are using the DECA to provide network connectivity to a device other than a DirecTV receiver then each adapter will need power since it won't be plugged into the receiver via coax. A power adapter is only required on the unit you plug into your router/switch. The other ones get their power from the DirecTV receiver they are plugged into via coax. The ac adapter is not overly bulky but you should be able to match input/output voltages and use a compatible one you buy elsewhere but like I said, the included one is small enough and you'd be hard pressed to find anything smaller. I'm not home at the moment otherwise I'd list the voltage. If you are using the DECA to provide network connectivity to a device other than a DirecTV receiver then each adapter will need power... » Read More A power adapter is only required on the unit you plug into your router/switch. The other ones get their power from the DirecTV receiver they are plugged into via coax. The ac adapter is not overly bulky but you should be able to match input/output voltages and use a compatible one you buy elsewhere but like I said, the included one is small enough and you'd be hard pressed to find anything smaller. I'm not home at the moment otherwise I'd list the voltage. If you are using the DECA to provide network connectivity to a device other than a DirecTV receiver then each adapter will need power since it won't be plugged into the receiver via coax. « Show Less
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Don't know, I purchased to work with Dish. Why would you consider Direct as it's labeled for Dish?