Hooking up HT in second room...

Chitown_Badger
Chitown_Badger Posts: 66
So I'm just finishing up my HT upgrade, and am now left with my starter system which has no home. I was planning on moving the system to my bedroom and using it there, but I've encountered what I believe to be an elementary issue to which I do not have an answer. We utilize a single HD satellite receiver, with two zones...one in the living room (which is currently connected to the receiver via HDMI) and the other in my bedroom, but the signal comes in via coaxial cable. So would I not be able to move the system into the bedroom? It seems like I should be able to hook up things there, but obviously I can't connect coax to my AVR. :confused:
Fronts: Polk RTi10
Center: Polk CSi A4
Surround: Polk FXi3
Sub: Dayton 100
AVR: Pioneer VSX-1018AH
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  • jaysonbarnett
    jaysonbarnett Posts: 257
    edited November 2008
    Three things i can think of.
    1. your cable reciever will have component and HDMI so run the HDMI to one TV and then buy a Component cable to whatever length you need to the other tv. ( you will only be able to change the channel and see it one both TV's)
    2. does that coax come from the dish on the roof? if so just use another receiver (cable box). If you have direct tv and you live in san francisco bay area i have an HD box you can just have.
    3. Just buy a sling box (google and you will see what it is) ANd you can put that box in the other room (it does hd).
    IF i think of anything else i will repost. What service do you use for Tv?
    Audio:
    Onkyo :tx-sr805
    Polk: rti8's
    Polk: rti4's
    Polk: fxi3's
    Polk: csi'3
    Velodyne: VRP 1200
    Epik: Caliber
    Video:
    Panasonic:TH-42PX60U 42"Plasma
    Power Conditioner:
    Monster Power
    : HTS 3600 MKII Home Theater
    Dvd:
    Sony: BDP-350
    Game Systems
    WII
    PS3
  • Chitown_Badger
    Chitown_Badger Posts: 66
    edited November 2008
    Three things i can think of.
    1. your cable reciever will have component and HDMI so run the HDMI to one TV and then buy a Component cable to whatever length you need to the other tv. ( you will only be able to change the channel and see it one both TV's)
    2. does that coax come from the dish on the roof? if so just use another receiver (cable box). If you have direct tv and you live in san francisco bay area i have an HD box you can just have.
    3. Just buy a sling box (google and you will see what it is) ANd you can put that box in the other room (it does hd).
    IF i think of anything else i will repost. What service do you use for Tv?

    Thanks for the reply. I can look into the component cable, it just sucks that I live in an apt and would not be willing/able to run the cable through the wall into the bedroom. Regarding changing the channels, I think I might be ok, because it's a two zone HD receiver and we can watch two different things with the way it is currently set up. The setup is as follows...the dish has two cables that come off it...one goes to the other bedroom (non-HD), and the other goes all the way into the living room (HD box). It's a two zone receiver, so the main zone is hooked up via HDMI in the living room. And the other zone comes from the same receiver via coax and goes into the bedroom. I'm thinking there's gotta be an easy solution here....can't imagine no one has ever wanted to hook up HT in both rooms! (Hoping your component cable thing is the answer...I'll check that tonight).
    Fronts: Polk RTi10
    Center: Polk CSi A4
    Surround: Polk FXi3
    Sub: Dayton 100
    AVR: Pioneer VSX-1018AH
  • jaysonbarnett
    jaysonbarnett Posts: 257
    edited November 2008
    How long of a cable do you need for that run? I will look around to see what i can find as well. I think that would be your beast bet. I have a few dealers i work with so i might be able to get you a deal.
    Audio:
    Onkyo :tx-sr805
    Polk: rti8's
    Polk: rti4's
    Polk: fxi3's
    Polk: csi'3
    Velodyne: VRP 1200
    Epik: Caliber
    Video:
    Panasonic:TH-42PX60U 42"Plasma
    Power Conditioner:
    Monster Power
    : HTS 3600 MKII Home Theater
    Dvd:
    Sony: BDP-350
    Game Systems
    WII
    PS3
  • Chitown_Badger
    Chitown_Badger Posts: 66
    edited November 2008
    How long of a cable do you need for that run? I will look around to see what i can find as well. I think that would be your beast bet. I have a few dealers i work with so i might be able to get you a deal.

    It would be a max of 25 feet. I'll measure it out tonight. Thanks for the feedback and replies! Regarding the cord, I'm assuming this is something that could be picked up for a few bucks on monoprice? :confused: (looks like I can get a 25 ft rca component cable for about $7).
    Fronts: Polk RTi10
    Center: Polk CSi A4
    Surround: Polk FXi3
    Sub: Dayton 100
    AVR: Pioneer VSX-1018AH
  • jaysonbarnett
    jaysonbarnett Posts: 257
    edited November 2008
    Yes but make sure it has some sort of shielding so you will not pick up any interference. If you are using a small screen then the shielding is not as important, but would look at shielding anyway. monoprice or bluejean cables are my first choice. good luck and let me know how it works out.
    Audio:
    Onkyo :tx-sr805
    Polk: rti8's
    Polk: rti4's
    Polk: fxi3's
    Polk: csi'3
    Velodyne: VRP 1200
    Epik: Caliber
    Video:
    Panasonic:TH-42PX60U 42"Plasma
    Power Conditioner:
    Monster Power
    : HTS 3600 MKII Home Theater
    Dvd:
    Sony: BDP-350
    Game Systems
    WII
    PS3
  • WilliamM2
    WilliamM2 Posts: 4,781
    edited November 2008
    Can't you connect the coax to the TV set in that room? Then from there, connect the audio out from the TV to the reciever. Optical if it has it, but the analog out would at least give you stereo.
  • Chitown_Badger
    Chitown_Badger Posts: 66
    edited November 2008
    WilliamM2 wrote: »
    Can't you connect the coax to the TV set in that room? Then from there, connect the audio out from the TV to the reciever. Optical if it has it, but the analog out would at least give you stereo.


    That might actually work...I guess I'm so used to it going cable box--->receiver--->TV, that I never really considered going from the cable straight through the TV. :o

    I'll have to do a little poking around tonight.
    Fronts: Polk RTi10
    Center: Polk CSi A4
    Surround: Polk FXi3
    Sub: Dayton 100
    AVR: Pioneer VSX-1018AH