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Connecting to the Remote TVs (TV1 or TV2)
CONNECTING TO THE REMOTE TVS (TV1 OR TV2)
This section describes how to connect the receiver CH 21–69 Out connection to the cable-
ready remote TV located in another room away from the receiver. You can use these
instructions to connect TVs in your house to see programming from TV1 or TV2. This
installation uses your in-home cable system. If your house does not have built-in cabling, it
will be necessary to run cables from the receiver to each remote TV. Due to the difficulty of
this installation, you should consider having this professionally installed. Call DISH
Network at 1-800-333-DISH (3474).
Connecting Other TV(s) (TV1 or TV2)
When connecting to the home distribution (CH 21–69 Out) coaxial port, you must meet the
FCC requirements in the Appendix. To meet these requirements, an in-line coaxial
attenuator has been included with your receiver and may need to be installed using the
following guidance:
• If connecting to your in-home cabling system to distribute the signal to a TV(s) in other
rooms, in most cases you will not have to install the attenuator on the CH 21–69 port
for typical in-home cabling systems.
• If connecting directly to a nearby TV tuner port, you must install the attenuator in the
cable between the CH 21–69 Out port and the TV tuner.
1 Connect the tuner input of the remote TV(s) in other rooms to an existing wall cable outlet
using a coaxial cable.
2 Turn on every remote TV connected to the in-home cabling system.
3 Find three channels next to each other on one of your remote TVs that do not pick up any
signals from off-air or cable broadcasts (they should show nothing but snow or static).
These channels must fall in one of the two ranges below. For example, if you find that
cable channels 75, 76, and 77 do not pickup any broadcasts, pick these channels since
they fall into the range below for cable channels. Make sure these three channels on other
remote TVs also do not pick up broadcasts.
• Air Mode - Select a channel between 21 and 69 if your TV(s) will be set in Air Mode.
• Cable Mode - Select a channel between 73 and 125 if your TV(s) will be set in Cable
Mode.
If you have an off-air antenna or cable connected to your in-home
cable system, see Connecting Off-Air Antenna following this section.
Make sure you are familiar with how to change channels on your TV
and if necessary how to switch your TV between off-air and cable
channels. During this procedure, it will be necessary to change the
channels on your TV(s) to tune to these channels to see the video
from the receiver. See your TV user’s guide for instructions.
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