[vdr] Re: 2 TVs and 2 RemoteControls

[Emil Naepflein <Emil.Naepflein@philosys.de>]

On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 21:49:28 +0100 (MET), Patrick Maier
<maierp@informatik.tu-muenchen.de> wrote:

> Oki and now my question: I've 2 TVs and also 2 Remote Controls...
> I've  split the Composite-video signal that comes out of the DVB-Card and
> connected them to my two TVs... When I connect the first TV, the Picture
> is ok..., but as soon as I connect the second TV, the Picture becomes
> darker... (I think because the signal drops to a lower level)
> Is there a way to connect both TVs without any quality loss?

You need something like a distribution amplifier for composite.
http://www.vitec-av.de/produkte/av_verteilerverstaerker/avv212/avv212.htm

If you have a DVBS card with rgb then you can use the RFK100 www.elv.de
to generate composite and S-Video from it.

> The second question is about the RemoteControl:
> Is it possible to connect two RCs on one Serial port?

You have to have the descriptions of both RCs in the lirc configuration
file.

Emil


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