Re-use existing DirecTV cables for Hopper?

Dimitri S.

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Mar 18, 2012
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San Francisco, CA
If we already have 2 cables, coming into our living room, from the outside satellite dish. They're connected to a non-HD DirectTV satellite.

1) Can the Hopper reuse these same cables? Or, at least, can the installation person yank out the old cables and fit the Hopper's cables through the same holes?

2) I've read somewhere that Hopper needs 3ghz-rated RG6 cables. Is there an easy way to tell if my cables are those type (well, without stripping the cables, since I don't want to disrupt my existing service, until the installation day comes).

3) Does the Hopper use one cable or two? (We only plan to have one Hopper with no Joeys.)
 

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