622 add-on in N. TX

[alangant]

Dish is coming to add a leased 622 to my installation. I will have 4 DVRs when done: 622, 942, 508 and 501! I currently have a 500 pointed at 100/119, a 500 pointed at 61.5, and a DP34 switch. Any suggestions for what they should do for dishes and switches? I think my FSN SW is only on 129?

Thanks for your help; I want to be informed when the installer arrives.

 

[technoguy]

Dish is coming to add a leased 622 to my installation. I will have 4 DVRs when done: 622, 942, 508 and 501! I currently have a 500 pointed at 100/119, a 500 pointed at 61.5, and a DP34 switch. Any suggestions for what they should do for dishes and switches? I think my FSN SW is only on 129?

Thanks for your help; I want to be informed when the installer arrives.

They will know,That is what we trained for.
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[mike123abc]

They will repoint your 61.5 to 129, but looks like they will have to upgrade your switch to a DPP44 since you have 6 tuners. With a DPP44 you could get 61.5, 110, 119 and 129.

 

[alangant]

Upgrade complete. The installers had to reschedule once, as they didn't have a 622 over the weekend. All done during a second visit. They left a 500 dish connected to the 501 and 508 (no switch), and replaced the second 500 dish with a 1000.2, which has three LNBs to capture 110, 119, and 129. The 1000.2 apparently has DPP switching built in to the LNBs, and can use a single cable to a splitter for the dual tuner receivers.

So, now I have no switch at all, and a connection point for another receiver on the 1000.2 if I want a 3rd HD receiver.

They also discovered a bad LNB on the old dish, so that dish now has DPP LNBs as well.

 

[rcdallas]

That sounds like a pretty good configuration as to how they chose to make it all work with one another. I'll give a thumbs up to them.