Is there a way to split DirecTV signal?

[ruthless]

It's not HDTV related, but experts here might have a good
answer.

I just moved into a house. The owner has DirecTV in his
room. I don't want to get another receiver in my room. The
cost for that is $45 + tax + $15 (shipping) and $5 monthly
fee increase. I'm looking into ways to get the signal into
my room and somehow connect to the cable-in port on my TV.
Is there a way to do that?

[David&Joan]

I did this a few years ago. I had a rather long run of cable from the sat
dish to the first tv. And another long run to the second tv. I put a
splitter at the first tv (the same as using the rf out of the first
receiver) and then ran the cable to the second tv. I used the recommended
sat tv cable type. The signal at the second tv was weak and snowy. I then
installed a signal booster from Radio Shack instead of the splitter. The
signal was now strong and clear at the second tv.

So, you shoud be able to do it. But as Del indicated, you have to watch the
same program on both tvs.

David
"ruthless" > wrote in message
...
> It's not HDTV related, but experts here might have a good
> answer.
>
> I just moved into a house. The owner has DirecTV in his
> room. I don't want to get another receiver in my room. The
> cost for that is $45 + tax + $15 (shipping) and $5 monthly
> fee increase. I'm looking into ways to get the signal into
> my room and somehow connect to the cable-in port on my TV.
> Is there a way to do that?

[Larry Bud]

ruthless wrote:
> It's not HDTV related, but experts here might have a good
> answer.
>
> I just moved into a house. The owner has DirecTV in his
> room. I don't want to get another receiver in my room. The
> cost for that is $45 + tax + $15 (shipping) and $5 monthly
> fee increase. I'm looking into ways to get the signal into
> my room and somehow connect to the cable-in port on my TV.
> Is there a way to do that?

You have to have a box to be able to tune in DirecTV. If you split the
signal, it has to be AFTER the box. Therefore, you and the owner will
be watching the same channel at all times.