I have a TV with a digital cable box in a room. I would like to be able to watch two tv's at once in the room but different channels. I bought a cable splitter that has an 'IN' and two 'OUT' jacks. I put the wall cord into the 'IN' jack and then two separate cable cords in the 'out' positions which each went directly into the two TV's cable jacks. Both tv's get cable, but the smaller tv without the digital box changes when the big tv with the cable box changes. How do I get the two tv's to get separate stations? Thanks for your help!!
You will need a another digital cable box to receive the digital cable on the other smaller TV set. If it was the old style analog type cable then of course this would work for you. You will have to call the cable company and have them ship or bring you a separate receiver and I am sure they the cable company will want to charge you a monthly rental fee on the new receiver. These receivers are what is called addressable and the cable company can only address their receivers, no others. Good Luck
What about if I just want to receive regular cable on the smaller tv and digital cable on the bigger tv? Is that possible?
It depends on your cable company, Some systems you can and some systems you cannot, You need to connect up the Cable line comming from the outside to the input of the spitter then one output from the spitter goes to the input of the cable box, and one output goes to the input of the TV set. if that does not work then you will need another receiver. In most states it is illegal to mess with the cable companys property and there are big fines involved for those who tamper with the cable equipment.