By: leo561

leo561 — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:36:59 +0000

yes and no -since a Satellite needs a receiver to un-encryte the signal to be viewed-meaning if you connect your coaxial cable to the receiver you can watch tv thru out the whole house but its only the channel the receiver is tuned too-unlike cable-if you do get a sat set up they will run a rg6 cable from the sat dish to your receiver which is alot better than rg5---now the yes part you can get by with using the old rg5 cables but the signal will be greatly compromised -i have dishnet and my house is wired to other tvs thru the coaxial port to the rest of the house using rg5 using a splitter to my kids tv in their rooms but it is greatly diminished signal -but they can only watch what we are watching down stairs unless you get a multi room set up
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By: ddominic

ddominic — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:27:59 +0000

Nope. Directv uses a sattelite dish that requires a coaxial cable from the satellite dish (on top of your roof) to the inside of your house, which connects into a satellite receiver. The old tv cable is probably from a cable company and is not compatible with any satellite services.
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