Another Legacy LNB question

[Harmony]

I have a twin legacy LNB with the larger dish (Dish pro). I would like to upgrade to a DVR reciever maybe 522 or 510. Will this work or do I need to change the LNB to a dish pro?

Thanks

 

[webbydude]

you should have no problem upgrading to any receiver. All DP receivers are backwards compatible with Legacy LNBs. Keep in mind that if you do get a dual tuner (522, 625, 322, etc) you will need two lines ran from the LNB to the receiver.

 

[Harmony]

Why 2 lines? not sure what you mean by dual tuner? Could I use a splitter?

Thanks

 

[AndyOI]

Why 2 lines? not sure what you mean by dual tuner? Could I use a splitter?
Thanks

The 522 is what is called a dual tuner receiver. It has 2 remotes and 2 tuners. What happens is you run 2 Coax lines to it. From the receiver you run one output to your main tv and it has the capability to run another output to a 2nd tv (via RF in a seperate Coax).

In order for this to work you *need* to run 2 coax lines to the 522. You CANNOT use a simple splitter for ANY satellite runs. Dish has created something called a Dish Plus Pro that allows you to run only 1 coax to a dual tuner receiver. I'm not entirely sure how this works...can someone else fill this part in?

 

[gbjbany]

To use one of the Dual Tuner Receivers with single cable you will need to use the Seperator (not a splitter) that comes with the receiver. However you will in this case need to upgrade the LNB or add a DPP switch, the 2 tuners from 1 cable isnt supported by legacy LNB's.

 

[SimpleSimon]

Why 2 lines? not sure what you mean by dual tuner? Could I use a splitter?

Thanks

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