Can you run a dvd player through a direct tv hd box?

Question

I have a bar with four plasma tv's. Each has it's own direct tv HD box. These are all located in a back room. I wanted to connect a dvd player that could send the same signal to all four tv's through the direct tv player. There are two coaxial inputs on the back of the direct tv box. Only one is being used by the dish on each box. I bought a box to change the output of the dvd from video to coax and then split the coax four ways and connected it to each direct tv box.
Now, I can't tune in the dvd player on any of the tv's. I don't know how to get direct tv to switch to this input.
Any help out there??

Answer 1

I'm guessing each TV is being fed its DirecTV signal via coax. Therefore, each TV is set to Channel 3 analog, which sorta defeat the whole purpose of HDTV. Should be using component or HDMI cabling to get the max picture from your HD receivers. But I digress.

Hopefully that RF converter box is set to Channel 3 and switched to the DVD, not Antenna. Now at the DirecTV receiver you either switch between SAT and TV or just turn off the DirecTV receiver. That will feed the DVD signal via the RF box directly into Channel 3 at your target TV.

Another config would be to output component signals from the DVD into a 1-to-4 box and run those signals directly to each TV, then switch between DirecTV and DVD using the TV's input selector.

Answer 2

try AVS TV Box
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Answer 3

Don't listen to this guy...... Use HDMI where applicable. Do not use composite cables for ANYTHING! They are dinosaur technology. Component are ok, but HDMI is the best. Edit: I said not to use composite, because that's what you wrote. I think you meant to say component cables, and that's where our problem lies.