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Help with integrating Internet Cable and Directtv

Mom's house got two cable lines going into the house. And, with her Directv, both of these cable lines are used in order to feed a receiver in the living room and another in the master bedroom.

Now, my mom wants to get Internet Cable. The cable guy showed up this morning and claimed he couldn't install the Internet Cable because both of the two cable lines are already being used by the Directv dish. So, I went to RadioShack and bought a digital quality COAX splitter and tried to split one of the lines from the dish to feed both receivers, but only one receiver will get signal at a time.

Is there anything else I can do? Is there a way to split a directv line? If all else fails, I can call Directv to have them haul their butts here to reinstall the dish. The cable guy claimed the dish guy should have only used one line but is easier to use both lines so... But, I hope I can do this myself. So any ideas will be appreciated.

Thanks.
viggen

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viggen OP
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Hi Slip,

This is a brand new house. There is a line coming from the street to the wall where all the cables go to. And, from there, you got two more cable lines that goes to the rest of the house. However, both of these two lines are currently occupied by the dish.

So, you see the problem is that there are 3 lines coming in, 2 dish and 1 cable, but there are only two lines going to the rest of the house. Or, atleast, this is what the cable guy told me. He said the dish installer just need to split the signal from inside the house , and I tried doing this myself but to no avail... sigh.

The cable is provided by Comcast btw.
viggen OP
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Hey Ed,

I just checked out the site and then went to RadioShack to see if they have something similar. The SAT-D2 thingy is called a diplexer. If I am reading this correctly, I will need two of them. First one will combine the CATV and DSS signals from outside the house. Then, second and one will break the signal back up inside the house. Thanks again.
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