HD PVR to SD PVR installation

[Quantum Theory]

"Accept relayed commands" was off because that's what the Xtraview manual said. I enabled it now and the SLX with DC block is fine. Should "relay remote commands" be on or off?

Everything's working now though. Thanks!

"relay remote commands" must be off on both...

No problem. You've now got the best possible configuration. We are busy developing an SLx with two inputs. Then you will not need a T-piece, when connecting to the outputs of both XtraView decoders.

 

[Azbubu]

"relay remote commands" must be off on both...

No problem. You've now got the best possible configuration. We are busy developing an SLx with two inputs. Then you will not need a T-piece, when connecting to the outputs of both XtraView decoders.

SLX with 1 input works better in my situation since both decoders are downstairs and TV2 & TV3 are upstairs. There's already a coaxial cable going from downstairs to upstairs so I don't need to run another cable.

 

[Stormin]

I have just installed xtraview with SD PVR and HD PVR in the same room. SD PVR RF out to HD PVR RF out via a t-piece with third leg of t-piece RF going to TV in separate room with TV link enabled on the SD only. (Works exactly the same with TV link enabled or disabled on the HD.) No SLX or DC block on any leg. The HD PVR works fine remotely from the second room using TV link but I can't operate the SD PVR remotely at all and I've tried every combination of on's and off's that I can change. Can anyone suggest what the problem could be? (SD is controlled normally in the main room.)

 

[Quantum Theory]

I have just installed xtraview with SD PVR and HD PVR in the same room. SD PVR RF out to HD PVR RF out via a t-piece with third leg of t-piece RF going to TV in separate room with TV link enabled on the SD only. (Works exactly the same with TV link enabled or disabled on the HD.) No SLX or DC block on any leg. The HD PVR works fine remotely from the second room using TV link but I can't operate the SD PVR remotely at all and I've tried every combination of on's and off's that I can change. Can anyone suggest what the problem could be? (SD is controlled normally in the main room.)

Hmmm. If you haven't done this... In XtraView setup, accept relayed commands set to yes. Go into TV installation and enable TVlink.

 

[Stormin]

Hmmm. If you haven't done this... In XtraView setup, accept relayed commands set to yes. Go into TV installation and enable TVlink.

Thanks. I have tried that but doesn't work. The SD PVR will start responding through the TV link again if I disconnect the HD PVR RF cable from the t-piece but obviously this disconnects the heartbeat as well which renders the xtraview inoperative after a while. But maybe it's an indication that I need a DC block on the SD PVR??

Installed a DC block on the SD RF cable just before the t-piece and everything works 100%!!

 

[phoneJunky]

Sorry to resurrect this thread, but I want to do something similar.

I just wanted to know if you need the powered splitter as currently I have a normal passive splitter that goes to TV2 and TV3 and it works fine. TV3 has a quality is not as great as the other two, but not really noticeably bad. This is on a normal one decoder setup.

If I change this to extra view now, will it degrade the signal further? The splitter is in the roof and I don't want to redo the cabling, to have the split close to a power outlet. Should I do something else to boost the signal before sending it to the roof then. The two decoders will be in the lounge together. 4B in the installation guide.

 

[Stormin]

I originally had a single SD decoder setup with 2 TVs. When I added the HD and changed to XtraView, the signal quality did not deteriorate, good on both decoders, but the connections must all be "perfect". Perhaps you should just try it and see!