721 Installation Help

[hometheaterman]

Ok I have a Dish 500 with dual LNB with 2 recievers. I'm thinking of getting a 721 what all would I need to get it hooked up? I know I could with a Quad LNB but could I use a switch or what? I'm trying to keep the costs down as the 721 is a little more than I wanted to spend on one anyway.

 

[Titan_Wireless]

Both the Quad or the switch would work. Go on ebay and buy which ever is cheaper. The only diffrence would be the work involved. If you use the switch you would save yourself from going to the dish and installing the LNB and running the coax from the dish to the receiver. If you use the switch you can cut the 2 cables from the current LNB and put the switch in between and only run a new cable from the switch to the new receiver.

 

[larrystotler]

Ok I have a Dish 500 with dual LNB with 2 recievers.

This doesn't tell us anything. How many receivers do you have? What type? Since you seem to have a Twin(Not a Dual), is a legacy or a DP?

I'm thinking of getting a 721 what all would I need to get it hooked up? I know I could with a Quad LNB but could I use a switch or what? I'm trying to keep the costs down as the 721 is a little more than I wanted to spend on one anyway.

IF you have a DP Twin, you can use a DP34 to get 4 ports. Stay away from the DP+Twin, since it is currently NOT supported by the 721. If you have a 500Twin, and are using at least 1 receiver, it will HAVE to be replaced to use the 721. And it also depends on what receivers you have as to what you need.