- 1). Determine if your dish is a multi-LNB system. You will know if there are two or more cables running out of the back of it. If it is not, you must upgrade your dish before proceeding. This can be done by calling DirecTV; often, the equipment and installation are free for an upgrade.
- 2). Determine if you currently have a satellite splitter installed. Trace your cables from your dish and see where they connect. If they connect directly from the dish to receivers inside your home, you must install a satellite splitter. If you have a splitter installed, skip to Step 4.
- 3). Disconnect the wires that connect to your satellite receivers and reconnect them to the input ports on your satellite splitter. These will be cylindrical connections with pin-hole sized ports in them. Insert the pin from the center of one of the wires into the port, then twist to secure the wire in place. Repeat for the other wire.
- 4). Connect an RG-6 coaxial cable to one of the outputs on your satellite splitter and run the wire from your splitter to behind your television. If you installed a splitter in Step 3, repeat for the televisions you disconnected before, until an RG-6 coaxial cable runs from the splitter to behind each of the televisions you're looking to connect.
- 5). Connect your RG-6 coaxial cable to the input port on the back of your satellite receiver. This port should be labeled "Satellite in" and will be identical to all the other coaxial ports you've used to this point. Repeat for all remaining televisions.
- 6). Connect your new receiver to your television using the wires included with your new receiver.
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