Tell me about DirectTV dish terminal connections inside house (Page 1/1)
maryjane JUN 26, 03:56 PM
We had ATT/Direct Tv at our old place. Sat dish sat outside on a short pole and one line came into the house. What I would call Cat5. I brought all the inside DirectTV stuff with me but left the dish there.

The new-to-me house has a DirectTV dish on the roof, with a cable leading down into a little box. (It says Time Warner on the outside but that's where the dish connections are)

In East Texas, we just had one TV and that was in the living room. Simple enough. (Our internet and phone service was/is Verizon via a jet pack off cell tower)

The new place has HDMI cables everywhere, and I'm not sure exactly what the previous owner was doing...he evidently had a house full of kids or grandkids. 4 bedroom with a room off the kitchen which was probably used as a somewhat formal dining room. Each of those 5 rooms is wired for 'something'. He left all the wall mounts but not the parts that the tvs bolt to.

In the living room, there is this:
(this is where my TV is currently located along with all the Direct TV boxes are.


In Jane's craft room, it looks thusly:


Spare bedroom #3 & 4 looks to be only cat5.


The other spare bedroom (where I have my computer and office stuff) has this:

(you can't tell it, but they ran the Cat5 up over the door to where the wall mount and HDMI cables are)

Master bedroom is similar to the office but there is now a big dresser in front of the cable connections and the HDMI cables are stuffed back in a covered wall plate.

What are all the HDMI cables for and exactly what was the previous owner doing with them?
I know I can only hook one TV receiver up because that's where the only Direct TVstuff is.
Is it possible to connect HDMI out to that TV and watch only the same program in another room that the primary is viewing?

[This message has been edited by maryjane (edited 06-26-2022).]

Jake_Dragon JUN 26, 04:39 PM
This is a coaxial cable and probably comes in from the dish or cable feed.


I know dick about Direct TV or any dish network but I would suspect that the HDMI was fed from a main unit and fed the rest of the TVs. So you could watch the same thing on multiple TVs at the same time but thats just a guess.
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WonderBoy JUN 26, 04:47 PM

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Originally posted by maryjane:

Spare bedroom #3 & 4 looks to be only cat5.



Those are RG6 coaxlines.

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What are all the HDMI cables for and exactly what was the previous owner doing with them?
I know I can only hook one TV receiver up because that's where the only Direct TVstuff is.
Is it possible to connect HDMI out to that TV and watch only the same program in another room that the primary is viewing?


As wall mounted TVs became the norm, customers didn't like seeing the wires go up to the flat screen. So they (the home owner or electrician) would jumper an HDMI cable up through the wall between the studs from cable/sat/dvd or better, an audio receiver used as a switch so you just need one HDMI from the bottom plate to the top plate.

That's what it looks like to me from the pics.

Hdmi data doesn't transfer well at long distances. Expensive ones that have a VERY thick outer jacket can.

Using an HDMI switch (1in 4out) you can do that (I have), but the HDMI cable(s) from other room(s) would have to go to where your DirecTV receiver is. I believe their are transceivers you could buy to convert.

I'm no DirecTV guy, but if you've got an updated smart-tv/Roku box or stick/Amazon firestick, you could use the DirecTV app. I would think it would be no charge since you're currently a subscriber. I know with the cable co's, if you've got their TV service you can use the app on any internet device. You'd just have to plug in your DirecTV account info into the app setup. But that depends on your data package you're signed up for with your Verizon hotspot/jetpack. Streaming TV over cell can burn through it pretty quick.