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Mary M S · 01-20-2005, 11:43 AM

You can use an aftermarket RF device (legally) to slave a room to an exsiting receiver. D* used to sell a 3 room system enabled this way but discontinued doing so. Now you have to buy an aftermarket setup (or used D* SD RF receivers) to rig it. My Mom has the D* sold receiver which just includes 1 RF capable of 3 remotes, to use with one of the 2 receivers. (Therefore for 3 rooms of Satilite she only pays one 5 fee for a 2nd receiver) You run a coaxial line from the 'main' receiver to the 'slaved' room split just after the main reciever. The drawback: both TV's will mirror the channel the single receiver (in your main room) is on.

In your home; If I was to run this setup I'm assuming you already have a reciever in the bed upstairs. I would slave the Basement to that room, since it is more likely that you would have company who would might wish to tune the TV's in basement and Liv seperatly. My Mom left her main system (liv #1 ) stand-a-lone. And tied her bed to her (den #2) When the whole family is in residence, it is more likely that the Den and Liv TVs will be in use and need to be tuned seperatly. (whosever in her bed room just plays video games or watches what the Den is tuned to)

However it could take you 4 1/2 yrs to recoup the cost of slaving a system. If the RF device runs 260.00 (one aftermarket I glanced at sold by Ult. Electronics) I don't know if there are less expenisve versions on the market. Divide 5 into 260. Four years before you start seeing the savings of 5 a month. For her it worked nicley, since she got a new subscriber deal for $99 for the 3 room setup. Which included the 2 Receivers and 3 remotes and dish. So she pretty much had instant savings right away on slaving the 3rd room.

Something like the Leapfrog may be more cost effective over long term depending on inital investment.

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01-20-2005, 11:43 AM	#5 of 10
Mary M S Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Local Time: 09:14 PM Local Date: 11-21-2008 Posts: 1,562	You can use an aftermarket RF device (legally) to slave a room to an exsiting receiver. D* used to sell a 3 room system enabled this way but discontinued doing so. Now you have to buy an aftermarket setup (or used D* SD RF receivers) to rig it. My Mom has the D* sold receiver which just includes 1 RF capable of 3 remotes, to use with one of the 2 receivers. (Therefore for 3 rooms of Satilite she only pays one 5 fee for a 2nd receiver) You run a coaxial line from the 'main' receiver to the 'slaved' room split just after the main reciever. The drawback: both TV's will mirror the channel the single receiver (in your main room) is on. In your home; If I was to run this setup I'm assuming you already have a reciever in the bed upstairs. I would slave the Basement to that room, since it is more likely that you would have company who would might wish to tune the TV's in basement and Liv seperatly. My Mom left her main system (liv #1 ) stand-a-lone. And tied her bed to her (den #2) When the whole family is in residence, it is more likely that the Den and Liv TVs will be in use and need to be tuned seperatly. (whosever in her bed room just plays video games or watches what the Den is tuned to) However it could take you 4 1/2 yrs to recoup the cost of slaving a system. If the RF device runs 260.00 (one aftermarket I glanced at sold by Ult. Electronics) I don't know if there are less expenisve versions on the market. Divide 5 into 260. Four years before you start seeing the savings of 5 a month. For her it worked nicley, since she got a new subscriber deal for $99 for the 3 room setup. Which included the 2 Receivers and 3 remotes and dish. So she pretty much had instant savings right away on slaving the 3rd room. Something like the Leapfrog may be more cost effective over long term depending on inital investment.