Install fee for box change?

[Mr Tony]

Dish is on the roof. Pretty easy access (near the edge, off the back of the house). It's actually only on the lower roof line, so it's not the full 2 stories up (Got a 4 level split, so I've got more roof lines than needed)

oof that still sounds high

That's part of the reason I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I can talk some sense into the installer "with that 4th box I'm planning soon...." and having him setup a 34 switch, so everything is connected in a centralized location and I can just mark the cables.

actually you would want a DPP44+ switch. The 34 you would need two cables from the switch to the 922 instead of one. The DPP44+ allows one cable install to the dual tuner receivers (like the 722, 922)

So realistically, I'd like to just disco everything and just hookup 3 dedicated lines for the dish. Eliminate all of the clutter and label what I can (in case I need to connect any of these free-hanging lines back up)

thats what I did a while ago. Reran all new cabling and pulled what was in the house out (it was old stuff anyways)

 

[RaymondG@Dish Network]

having him setup a 34 switch

If you would like a switch installed in case you decide to add additional receivers later on, I would recommend going with a DPP44 instead of the DP34. The reason I make this suggestion is because the DP34 does not support a DPP separator, so you would need two lines run to your dual tuner receivers. With the DPP44 you can use a DPP separator and this will cut down the amount of lines that would need to be run from the switch to the receiver.

 

[glowrdr]

Cool. I'll see what can be done. I figured the 34 based on the 3 sat feeds, and no power. Didn't know the 44 added the seperator functionality (not that I need it now, but might as well do it right the first time)

Thanks for the info guys - in all reality, the likelyhood of me hooking up any other TV's is pretty slim (Maybe a garage TV someday?), so if nothing gets resolved except getting the TV to work in the basement, I will be happy. Anything else is just icing on the cake