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Last night I had my TWC affiliate here in Houston hook up my decoder and digital cable box. My plan was to get everything from cable and then go with a DirecTV Limited plan to get HDNet.
My DirecTV receivers don't have a high-speed data out, so I thought I could send the HD signal via S-Video. I plugged it all in:
DIRECTV RECEIVER S-VIDEO OUT to
GENERAL INSTRUMENTS S-VIDEO IN
From there, I figured the General Instruments STB HD2200 (I think that's the model) would give me the ability to switch between the two sources (DirecTV and Time Warner cable).
I was unsuccesful. Once I hooked it all up, I couldn't get the STB to recogonize the S-Video input from the DirecTV receiver. I am getting no picture. It's like the STB is occupied by the current HD signal and won't switch between the two. How can I make it switch?
I called DirecTV tech support and they said that the S-Video hookup is sufficient to convey a HD signal. I called Time Warner and they say that the STB they provide is made to work only with cable HD signals. Unless they embed something into the cable signal before it reaches my house, I don't see how that's possible.
My DirecTV receiver is an old RCA, but I have a Hughes Silver Edition that I prefer to use.
Your help is sincerely appreciated.
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My DirecTV receivers don't have a high-speed data out, so I thought I could send the HD signal via S-Video. I plugged it all in:
DIRECTV RECEIVER S-VIDEO OUT to
GENERAL INSTRUMENTS S-VIDEO IN
From there, I figured the General Instruments STB HD2200 (I think that's the model) would give me the ability to switch between the two sources (DirecTV and Time Warner cable).
I was unsuccesful. Once I hooked it all up, I couldn't get the STB to recogonize the S-Video input from the DirecTV receiver. I am getting no picture. It's like the STB is occupied by the current HD signal and won't switch between the two. How can I make it switch?
I called DirecTV tech support and they said that the S-Video hookup is sufficient to convey a HD signal. I called Time Warner and they say that the STB they provide is made to work only with cable HD signals. Unless they embed something into the cable signal before it reaches my house, I don't see how that's possible.
My DirecTV receiver is an old RCA, but I have a Hughes Silver Edition that I prefer to use.
Your help is sincerely appreciated.
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