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Wednesday, December 27th, 2023 6:30 PM

Wireless

I am looking to set up 5 TV's wirelessly to my service. What do I need

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1 year ago

My receiver is HR54-500

ACE - Expert

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1 year ago

Is the HR54 your only box? If not, what are the models of your other boxes?

How many total TVs will be on the service?

ACE - Expert

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1 year ago

The HR54 can only stream to 3 TVs at a time. You will need a WVB (Wireless Video Bridge) and 5 C41W or C61W or C71WK minis mixed or matched.

ACE - Expert

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1 year ago

If the OP only has 1 TV currently and adding 5 (so 6 total), then this would be one of those rare times I would consider the Genie-2 (HS17). However if they have other boxes/TVs authorized on the service that could change things.

I would not suggest more than 3 Clients, regardless if wired or wireless, with the current Genie. The HR54 has 5 tuners, which 2 of them it reserves for Picture in Picture (PiP). So that is 4 TVs total at the same time (Genie and 3 Clients). Dedicated receivers/HDDVRs would be needed for any TV beyond that to avoid conflicts.


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