Coming Back To D*....Little Install Help??

[bucknut]

Hi all. This is a bit long winded so forgive me. Long time reader, first time poster. After frequenting this forum for some time I am rejoining the D* family. I was with them for 5 years before switching to TW Cable. I’m really tired of the “boxy” pixels on the TW Cable DVR, so I’m switching, plus D* is a bit cheaper. Plus TW Cable SD channels look terrible. D* gave me a really good offer to join back up (TIVOs, free re-install, etc.), but I have a question.

Currently I have 2 RG-6 cable runs going through my house, one to each needed TV. With TW Cable I also have VoIP telephone and RoudRunner. I really do not want to run another line of RG-6 for D* so I was wondering if I could diplex the signals for TW Cable and D* and then split them again once they reach the destination, ie the TV and the cable modem? I know that before D* offered locals this was the process, having two feeds into one and then sending it the the destination, so I can only assume that this will work just fine. Do you think it will effect PQ or even possibly bandwidth?

I suppose the easy thing to do is just to run another cable, but it awfully dam* cold in my attic and I’d really rather not. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!!!

 

[lee espinoza]

you may want to post this q&a in other site forums so you can get more help.

 

[ibleedblue]

I think that will work with the diplexer. Currently I have a E* 522 which takes 2 inputs like the DTivo. The 522 also has 2 outputs. The TV2 out is going the bedroom via coax and the TV1 stays in the living room hooking up to the TV via S-video. Anyway, to get the coax back to the bedroom would have required 3 lines in the living room (2 in from the dish and 1 out to the bedroom), but the installer diplexed the signal on the sat2 input with the TV2 output so I only have the 2 lines in the living room now. This works absolutely fine for me, but it's an E* setup not a D*. I would think that the tones from the receiver to the multiswitch would still work being diplexed on a D* system, but I don't have any experience with it.

I have a question for you. I'm in a similar situation, former long time D* customer who dropped about 2 years ago but now looking to return to the fold (E*'s low PQ and the buggy 522 are not worth saving a few bucks a month). Did you have to beg for the DTivo or the free install or did they just offer it up to you? I want to sign back up soon, but I'm going to hook up with TWC again until D* releases the home media center late this year/early next year.

 

[bucknut]

Hey ibleedblue.....I didn't have to beg for the deal that I got. I just told them what I had now, which was a TW Cable DVR and another receiver and they matched that for free and are coming out to repoint the dish. I did call the Customer Retention number and not the standard number. The Customer Retention number is 800-600-8977.

 

[bucknut]

Now that I think about this it should work just fine. The signal is combined upon entry into the house by a diplexor and is then split apart by another diplexor at the end of the cable run. Should be kool and the gang...........or at least I hope so.

 

[Raydr]

In most cases this will work, assuming that TWC isn't sending very low signal into your house and there isn't too much insertion loss going the other way back out.