Can I get Digital Cable and Dish Network on 1 Sage Box? If so, how??

pratik97 · #1 12-11-2003, 06:07 PM

I have one box with a PVR-250 and a Radeon 9200. Currently I have it hooked up through my cable box and everything seems to be working cool. I also have a Dish Network service. The reason is for international channels which Comcast does not offer for me. Is there anyway to have that also hooked up to the machine? I thought about an "A,B" switch but the Guide wouldnt work properly. I'd like to have them both in the one box without getting anything extra. Is this possible? Thanks.

pratik97 · #2 12-13-2003, 08:12 AM

Anyone?

mlbdude · #3 12-13-2003, 08:20 AM

Don't think so. Another 250 would be required to do that properly - but that would break your not want to get anything extra rule

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stanger89 · #4 12-13-2003, 10:30 AM

You could hook the analog cable to the RF input of the 250 and the Dish Net box up to the S-vid/audio in.

SHS · #5 12-13-2003, 11:03 AM

stanger89 has good point

stanger89 · #6 12-13-2003, 01:12 PM

Although I should mention that will only get you your analog channels, but it's easier only dealing with one box.

pratik97 · #7 12-13-2003, 06:58 PM

OK stupid question. Say I have them both hooked up to the 250 card, then how do I setup Sage? How would my guide work also? I'm still confused on the setup and how Sage would understand 2 inputs.

stanger89 · #8 12-13-2003, 11:12 PM

AFAIK Sage sees each input on the 250 as a seperate source so you just run the setup wizard once for each source (S-vid/RF). Sage can then schedule recordings on from either and is smart enough to know it can only use one at a time. You can make sure Sage records from the right source my making sure each channel is only enabled for the source (Dish/Cable) you want it recorded from.

pratik97 · #9 12-14-2003, 07:36 AM

OK thank you. Can anyone confirm this? My box is in my entertainment center and would like to confirm I can do this before I start pulling it all out and getting it hooked up.

dkardatzke · #10 12-15-2003, 09:57 AM

I'll confirm that SageTV supports multiple sources. Just make sure you don't have any overlapping channels, i.e multiple NBCs, ESPNs,etc.

pratik97 · #11 12-29-2003, 07:26 PM

So is there a reason why my cable has to be analog as opposed to the out from the digital cable box? Is it that Sage can't recognize 2 digital inputs? Still haven't gotten around to doing it just yet but I would like to have the Dish Network and Comcast Digital Cable both hooked up without getting anything extra.

sleonard · #12 12-30-2003, 04:18 AM

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Originally posted by pratik97
So is there a reason why my cable has to be analog as opposed to the out from the digital cable box? Is it that Sage can't recognize 2 digital inputs? Still haven't gotten around to doing it just yet but I would like to have the Dish Network and Comcast Digital Cable both hooked up without getting anything extra.

I think you could connect one box via s-vid and the other thru composite.

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