942 - Are two Input Cables Necessary?

[Sight Seer]

I am considering buying a 942 for my motor home. There is one connection for the dish in a front compartment and a second connection in a rear compartment for cable TV. I can use the cable TV connection for a second satellite connection by changing the wiring in the receiver cabinet. There are times when it would be more convenient to connect just one of the leads from the dish to the cable in the front compartment.
Is it possible to operate the 942 with only one cable connected to the Dish 500?

Thanks for your help.

John

 

[BrianMis]

I think you need both tuners connected on the 942.

Could somebody correct this if I am wrong?

 

[avsfan33]

Yes, I was having problems with my 942, called E* and the CSR said both had to be connected.

 

[Van]

Ouch, dish in a motorhome is doable but every motor home and travel trailer Ive come across is wired with rg-59 coax, take off the wall plate in yours and see what grade of coax it is, if its rg-59 you will be having problems shortly.

Yes you must have both internal tuners connected to a satellite feed as well for it to work properly.

 

[CJPC]

Well (someoene correct me if im wrong) but im guessing there is one coax wire run to the front, and one to the back?

Also, the rg59 like you say should be replaced, but wouldnt it be doable for the tv2 out (as it would work, not quality!), and just the sat feed would need replacing?

If so you could hook the 942 into the front , using a DPP seperator to split the one line into 2, as long as you have a DPP LNB, then run the second cable from the 942 to the back compartment

That sounds right to me, but somone correct me if im wrong!

 

[Van]

Replacing the existing coax on a motorhome may not be "easy" and very well may need to be done be a certified RV service shop.

 

[SimpleSimon]

Yes, RG-59 is crap, but if the run is short enough, you could be OK.

Another issue is what type of Dish500 LNB do you have? If you have (or get) a DPP-Twin, you're good to go single cable for both tuners - by using a DPP Separator.

 

[Sight Seer]

All of the coax is rg-6 and I had component cables run from the receiver cabinet to the TV cabinets when the motor home was being built. I used a 518 receiver for about two months and had an excellent HD picture. When we are in an area where there are local HD broadcasts we have excellent HD reception. Even though I made provisions to install two TVs, we only have one and with the DVR (510) we probably won’t install the second TV for a while if ever.

>“you could hook the 942 into the front , using a DPP seperator to split the one >line into 2, as long as you have a DPP LNB, then run the second cable from the >942 to the back compartment”

What is a DPP separator? Would it be installed in the cabinet with the 942? About how large are they, about what do they cost and where can I buy one?

>"Another issue is what type of Dish500 LNB do you have? If you have (or get) a >DPP-Twin, you're good to go single cable for both tuners - by using a DPP >Separator.”

How can I find out what type of Dish500 LNB I have?

 

[Van]

The only receivers that dish has wich are hd are models 5000, 6000, 811, 921, 942, any model with a 5xx designation is not hd.

A seperator basicly clones the sat feed signal close to perfect, it looks like a splitter. 942's are a little bigger than your 510 dvr, you can get them from dish for around $600 as an existing customer, one person on here says he has gotten one for $250 by badgering the company repeatedly.

The best way is to take your current receiver thats hooked up to this dish and check in the menu. Take your remote and hit menu 6, 1, 1, select checkswitch and you will see a summary screen that will show your satellites, device type, and at the top it should say what lnbf type. After your find out hit the cancell button until you get back to a picture.

 

[Foxbat]

What is a DPP separator? Would it be installed in the cabinet with the 942? About how large are they, about what do they cost and where can I buy one?

The separator comes with the 942 and would be installed between the 942's two Satellite inputs and the wall plate. Like Simple Simon said, you'd need a DPP Twin on your Dish 500.

 

[Jordan420]

This has nothing to do with how to hook it up but I would not put any DVR receiver in a vehicle unless you had it unplugged while the vehicle is in motion, which would defeat the purpose of a DVR (watching something recorded while traveling).

Just a thought

Jordan

 

[gbjbany]

just a quick non-technical answer to the 2 connections.
When i only had one cable connected, all the pvr recording tried to use the second receiver. Thus I never got anything recorded.
Also i would think, in an RV, you will not have a phone line always connected so you'll get the infamous "you will charged" message if you dont keep it connected.

I will leave the techies on here to help you work out how to connect them.

 

[SimpleSimon]

If the DVR is adequately shock-mounted to protect the HDD, it'll be OK.

Phoneline is only needed roughly once a month, so if you hook up reasonably often, you're fine.