The Picture showes two boxes, it also showes a switch saying ch3/ch4. do you need to hace one box on your cable box and one on the TV, or do you use one box and put the tv to channel 3?
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One box goes to the tv that has the cable and the other one to the tv on ch 3 or 4.
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They both have to be on the same channel, both 3 or both 4. Unless of course you use the Yellow, Red and Black RCA Cables. Then channel 3 or 4 doesn't matter as the coax cable isn't used. I have used them as far as up to 50 feet through the floor to a room on opposite sides of my house. The diamond shaped antennas need to be aimed at each other. Avoid pointing through electrical field such as your fuse box power area.
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Your doing what I did - the short answer is yes. My dish has 4 cables coming from the LMBs and I needed one more cable to run to a room which had a Directv receiver. I ran one of the LMB cables to the multi-switch input and two out to different receivers. The switch worked fine for several years until last month when I lost channels on the receiver coming from the switch. I troubleshot it to the multi-switch. I bought another and I'm back in business.
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This 2X4 box will "duplicate one HDMI signal so it can be transmitted to two separate outputs. If you want to have 4 different channels on four different TVs you need 4 cable boxes. However, you could have 2 on the same channels on two TVs with the 2X4 box. If you bought a second 2X4 box you could have two of the same channels on the other two TVs.Requirement:(2) 2X4 boxes(2) cable boxes
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I used it in the other direction, with multiple devices into one TV input. Maybe there are HDMI settings in the TVs that will make the cable automatically switch so you don't have to get up and click the switch each time.
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So you want to split one in to 2 outs?, yes you can. I have a cable box connected to 2 TVs and works fine
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It attaches to the TV coax connector that a cable box would attach to. I wouldn't advise splitting the signal to go to more than one TV unless you are in a super strong broadcast location. The signal strength is low to begin with and splitting it would likely diminish the signal available to the multiple TV's so low that there would be no reception.
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Every cable system is different, but my understanding is that a cable box functions quite differently from an HD to analogue digital converter and therefore for most cable systems you are stuck with whatever the cable system recommends.
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It is just a switch. One in 3 out. My TV has one, my Blue ray player has one and my 4k player has one.
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If you're referring to a coaxial connection, there is a coaxial input on the bar. I haven't tried to connect directly to a cable box, it would make more sense if you were to connect it to your TV but I probably don't fully understand what you're trying to accomplish.
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I used a splitter on my coaxial direct tv connection, 1 connection for for direct tv and the other for internet. However, I found out I did not need this because my cable box has a internet connector (RJ45) that I could use.
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I believe it is because the cable box is "always on". So even if you turn it off or not the receiver still thinks it is on so it doesn't switch back to it because it doesn't receive a new signal to switch to. This is my understanding anyway. Not sure if there is a workaround for this.
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You need to change all splitters along the path between your cable service's point of entry to your home and each cable jack you will attach a MoCA box to. Any other splitters don't matter.
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I had this problem, too. But the manual should state "if the television's POWER is plugged into the back of the cable box." Alas, the TV is three-pronged and the cable box only has a two-prong outlet. I used the function on the cable remote to accomplish this, it's just a little slow to react.
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It's not used with a cable-box, but with a cable splitter (where the main signal coming into the house or apartment is split to service multiple TVs or cable boxes). The instruction diagram that comes with the unit is fairly easy to understand, but you can go to PCTStore.com, search for PCT MPI1G and get some additional information.
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You want an HDMI switch, not this item. This is the opposite of what you want. You want 4 in, 1 out. This item is 1 in 4 out (duplicate displays). It seems your receiver does not have enough inputs and thus one will need to be shared. This is not ideal for a few reasons, but should work just fine. Doing things this way will make it so that you cannot label your receiver input because it represents multiple things. Also, using a switch will probably add a remote to your collection. On the bright side, a switch will be much cheaper than a new receiver. I have not used a switch before so good luck, try this search: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords;=HDMI+switch You want an HDMI switch, not this item. This is the opposite of what you want. You want 4 in, 1 out. This item is 1 in 4 out (duplicate displays). It seems your receiver does not have enough inputs and thus one will need to be shared. This is not ideal for a few reasons, but should work just fine. Doing things this way will make it so that you cannot label your receiver input because it represents multiple things. Also, using a switch will probably add a remote to your collection. On the bright side, a switch will be much cheaper than a new receiver. I have not used a switch before so good... » Read More You want an HDMI switch, not this item. This is the opposite of what you want. You want 4 in, 1 out. This item is 1 in 4 out (duplicate displays). It seems your receiver does not have enough inputs and thus one will need to be shared. This is not ideal for a few reasons, but should work just fine. Doing things this way will make it so that you cannot label your receiver input because it represents multiple things. Also, using a switch will probably add a remote to your collection. On the bright side, a switch will be much cheaper than a new receiver. I have not used a switch before so good luck, try this search: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords;=HDMI+switch « Show Less
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Conventionally a splitter just sends the same signal to 2 or more different devices at once ("splits" the signal), like when multiple TVs are connected to a single cable or antenna splitter. This device won't send the same signal (duplicate it) to 3 different devices (i.e. it doesn't work "backwards" than intended). Only one of the three inputs' signals at a time is passed through to the TV using this device. That's the terminology confusion, so a "switcher" or "switchbox" is a better term.
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you can use it in place of a cable box but you will have 2 TV sets playing the same program. this system only moves the signal it will not give you a separate control