Cable/Wire questions

[voodooevil]

Hello all.

Thanks in advance for any help you give me.

I currently have a house wired with RG59. My pvr501 receiver works great (the dish is a 500 pro plus with a dual dish pro lnb)). I am looking to add the 921 receiver to run off a single cable with a splitter. Am I correct by saying I can have the 2 receivers hooked up properly by switching my lnb to a Dish Pro Plus Twin?

Then, if my 501 receiver works with the existing cable, will the 921 work too? I am confused about using only RG6. Is there a way to get around this. I would really like to use the existing cable...

Sorry for being a Noob! Thanks again...Joe

 

[SimpleSimon]

RG59 will only lead to problems. If not now, then later.

I assume by "splitter" you really mean the DPP Separator. They are totally different devices with different purposes.

 

[NightHawk]

The effect of using RG59 depends on both the quality and length of the cable run. The difference between high-quality RG59 such as Belden 1505A (sweep tested and guaranteed to 3 GHz) and most RG6 is minimal and for lenghths less than 100 feet the RG59 will work fine. For shorter runs the differences are even less.