I currently have a Legacy dual reciver on my dish. I want to add a Dish DVR522 to go with the 811 HDTV reciver. I also have a old Legacy reciver I would like to keep using in the kids room. Since I only have 2 outputs on the dish.. one going to the 811 and one going to the old reciver. What choices do I have for adding the DVR522. Someone told me I could use a Dish pro plus twin LNBF.. and use one cable to run the dual reciver DVR. I thought on that I would need a switch.. not sure. Or would I be better off going with a Legacy Quad and running in the extra lines?
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Legacy Quad is probably the cheapest solution.
The DPP-Twin supports two boxes, not three.
P.S. You do NOT have a "dual receiver" on your dish. You have a dual LNB, or more likely a Twin LNB. Twins can see tw birds, duals can only see one. The first Dish 500s used two dual LNBs and a pair of SW21s to feed two birds to two tuners. The Twin LNB mashes all that into a single unit.
The DPP-Twin supports two boxes, not three.
P.S. You do NOT have a "dual receiver" on your dish. You have a dual LNB, or more likely a Twin LNB. Twins can see tw birds, duals can only see one. The first Dish 500s used two dual LNBs and a pair of SW21s to feed two birds to two tuners. The Twin LNB mashes all that into a single unit.
Not sure if it is a Twin LNB.. the dish is about 5 years old and may be one of the early 500's.
would it be cheaper to use a Dish Pro Plus Twin, and cut out the old reciver and just use the channel 2 output of the dual reciever to run the other room.
Just looking at the cheapest option
would it be cheaper to use a Dish Pro Plus Twin, and cut out the old reciver and just use the channel 2 output of the dual reciever to run the other room.
Just looking at the cheapest option
Ok I was told if I went with the Dish pro plus twin LNBF over the legacy quad I would also need the Dishpro Plus 44 switch.. even if I only went to using the 811 and the DVR522. I just want to make sure I am not buying extra equipment I don't need.
I was told a Dishpro Plus separator is used to split one RG6 Line to feed a dual tuner DISHPro Receiver (322, 522 , 921 and 942). And Must be used with DISHPro Plus 44 Switch and DISHPro Plus Twin LNBFs Only. Will not work with DP34 Switch, DISHPro Twins, etc.
I was told a Dishpro Plus separator is used to split one RG6 Line to feed a dual tuner DISHPro Receiver (322, 522 , 921 and 942). And Must be used with DISHPro Plus 44 Switch and DISHPro Plus Twin LNBFs Only. Will not work with DP34 Switch, DISHPro Twins, etc.
The first paragraph is wrong (no clue what turkey told you that), the second is right.
DPP-Twin will support two boxes, up to four tuners. That is, it'll drive a 522 and an 811 just fine. The 522 gets a DPP Separator.
DPP-Twin will support two boxes, up to four tuners. That is, it'll drive a 522 and an 811 just fine. The 522 gets a DPP Separator.
