I had a Dish tech come out to look at upgrading my equipment. Currently I have a 722 receiver with 2 TVs. The receiver is in the basement with a TV that has the HD signal. On the first floor I have a second TV with the SD signal.
The plan was to upgrade to a Hopper 3 in the basement, a wired Joey on the first floor, and a wireless Joey up on the second floor for a 3rd TV, all with HD.
The tech had 2 issues with the upgrade and I ended up cancelling until I could figure out my options.
Issue 1: Distance from the receiver in the basement to where I want the wireless Joey on the second floor.
Issue 2: Rating of the current cables.
For the first issue, my understanding is that Dish will install an access point connected to the Hopper 3 with an Ethernet cable, and that will provide the wireless signal to the Joey. Is there any reason why the access point has to be collocated with the Hopper 3? I have a network drop on the first floor, which I can connect to a network drop where the Hopper is installed in the basement. Are there any issues with putting the access point on the first floor and connecting it to the Hopper through the drops?
The second issue is the thornier one. Where the cables come into the house from the dish, there is a splitter with the following labels / connections:
SAT : Line in from dish
In/Out: Line to the receiver, labelled E154366-S (UL) CM RG-6U 18AWG 700285
VHF/UHF: Line to the first floor television, labelled RG59
I believe the cable that runs to the receiver is carrying the signal from the dish to the receiver and is also carrying a signal back, which goes to the first floor television.
I have some RG6 3Ghz cable, and I am able to run new lines to the receiver without too much difficulty. Replacing the line that goes to the first floor television would not be easy, so I want to avoid it if I can.
I can run a new 3Ghz cable to connect the line from the dish to the Hopper 3, then use the existing RG-6U cable to come back from the receiver and connect it to the RG59 that goes to the first floor television. Is my picture quality on the first floor television going to suffer greatly with this arrangement? I could go ahead and run another 3Ghz line to the receiver while I’m at it, with the idea that if I someday manage to get a new line to the first floor I could have the better cable all the way up.
Thanks for any input.
The plan was to upgrade to a Hopper 3 in the basement, a wired Joey on the first floor, and a wireless Joey up on the second floor for a 3rd TV, all with HD.
The tech had 2 issues with the upgrade and I ended up cancelling until I could figure out my options.
Issue 1: Distance from the receiver in the basement to where I want the wireless Joey on the second floor.
Issue 2: Rating of the current cables.
For the first issue, my understanding is that Dish will install an access point connected to the Hopper 3 with an Ethernet cable, and that will provide the wireless signal to the Joey. Is there any reason why the access point has to be collocated with the Hopper 3? I have a network drop on the first floor, which I can connect to a network drop where the Hopper is installed in the basement. Are there any issues with putting the access point on the first floor and connecting it to the Hopper through the drops?
The second issue is the thornier one. Where the cables come into the house from the dish, there is a splitter with the following labels / connections:
SAT : Line in from dish
In/Out: Line to the receiver, labelled E154366-S (UL) CM RG-6U 18AWG 700285
VHF/UHF: Line to the first floor television, labelled RG59
I believe the cable that runs to the receiver is carrying the signal from the dish to the receiver and is also carrying a signal back, which goes to the first floor television.
I have some RG6 3Ghz cable, and I am able to run new lines to the receiver without too much difficulty. Replacing the line that goes to the first floor television would not be easy, so I want to avoid it if I can.
I can run a new 3Ghz cable to connect the line from the dish to the Hopper 3, then use the existing RG-6U cable to come back from the receiver and connect it to the RG59 that goes to the first floor television. Is my picture quality on the first floor television going to suffer greatly with this arrangement? I could go ahead and run another 3Ghz line to the receiver while I’m at it, with the idea that if I someday manage to get a new line to the first floor I could have the better cable all the way up.
Thanks for any input.
