Let the story begin... Dish Network called. "We had techs call in and there are none available in your area. We tried everything we could." I'll say this much... The person on the phone was quite happy.
I'm now scheduled for tomorrow 8-12. I'll probably have to call off work however. I want to be here when they install. Not that I don't trust my wife, I do! But, I just want to be here. At least now, I get to go get my dish washer, washing machine, and heater today.
I made out a little better. Tech showed up at 9:00 or so, after calling first. He had a few problems, mainly with my 2 legacy receivers & DPP44 switch. The main problem was he installed legacy adapters for them. After screwing around for over an hour checking the lines & switch he wanted to try a different receiver. I finally did a net search for wiring diagrams and showed him the legacy adapter wasn't needed with the DPP switches. He didn't believe it and was shocked when it worked after removing the adapters. "Never heard of that" he said.
Glad for the information found in this forum. Some other gems from the installer:
1) He wanted to run another coax to where the 722 was going. It's a major SOB to do, there's hardly any room in the crawlspace above where the TV is. I asked him why he couldn't use a DPP separator. "A splitter?" he replied? After insisting 2 tuner receivers ALWAYS need 2 coax runs, he said he would try it. Of course it works fine.
2) I have a wireless bridge in the entertainment center. I told him I would hook the 722's ethernet up to this to avoid the $5 "2 tuner" fee. He said that wouldn't work, I'd need to have a phone line.
I ran a temporary one across the floor to make him happy.
3)I wanted him to switch where the current D500 & the proposed new 61.5 dishes were going to be located. When the trees leaf out I lose 119. He said fine, but then didn't do it. I'm not sure if he refused or just misunderstood me. No big deal, I'll do it myself in the spring.
I'm glad I took the plunge though. I played around with the 722 last night. Seems to be a real nice unit. My first recordings were 2 four hour blocks of the Playboy channel for .02 each.
Gotta break the thing in right.
One more thing. My online account info now shows an upgrade fee of $199. It appears that the $50 credit that was on there previously was just to reduce the price to the $149 I was charged before. Nothing to do with getting the rebate instantly.
