DVR 510 addition in place of non 510 receiver-only?

[jmirabil]

I have a dish setup with two dishes and two receivers. One receiver is a DVR 510 10 hour recording model and the other one is a regular "vanilla receiver". Both use "smart-cards". I woudld like to replace the "vanilla" receiver with a DVR 510 to haver two DVR's. My neighbor has an already activated, used, off-warranty 510 and he said I could have it as he's moving to an HDTV DVR model.

Question--can I just drop his pvr-510 in place of my current "vanilla" second (non-510 DVR) Receiver and put the smart card in it and get a second working PVR 510 on my existing network?

Does that work? Are there some obstacles to me doing this?

Any help would be appreciated... thx..

 

[jmirabil]

Clarify--Would I just be able to put the smart card from ym "vanilla basic Dish receiver" in his DVR-510 and use it in place of my basic receiver--to get two DVR-510's?

 

[KKlare]

The receiver and card are "married" and you cannot exchange either with another. You must have Dish turn on a new receiver and will be billed accordingly. Expect to pay $10/mo additional for the extra receiver and DVR. If your card is not yellow, expect to wait to receive a new card. A missing card will cost ~$50.
-Ken

 

[BobaBird]

You need to get the smart card that came with the receiver, they have to be sold/transferred as a set. Having no smart card should be seen as a red flag to stay away unless you're talking about the newest models (x11, x22, 625, 942) that have an empty card slot and the electronics built in.