DishPro Plus 44 Switch Review

**keitheva** · 07-21-2004 02:38 PM

Scott,

Does the DPP44 include the power inserter?

Thanks,
-Keith

**Scott Greczkowski** · 07-21-2004 02:57 PM

Keith, yes it comes with everything you need except the seperators and the coax jumpers.

**SimpleSimon** · 07-21-2004 04:18 PM

Originally Posted by slimoli

Scott:

Can this single line from the DP44+ also carry the OTA signal from a roof antenna, therefore feeding the 2 satellite and the OTA inputs in the receiver, using a diplexer?

Many thanks for the nice job, again.

Sergio

I have NOT tried it, but it should work. Make sure the diplexers are 'inside' all other devices.

DPP44 ----> Power Inserter ---> Diplexer ----> Diplexer ----> Separator ----> Receiver

**JohnDoe#2** · 07-21-2004 05:15 PM

Originally Posted by sampatterson

My DPP44 came in today. Am I understanding correctly that I can add a 148 dish now so I can get CBS-WHD? I didn't want to go through the hassle with the sw21s, etc. Currently I have 119, 110, and 61.5.

Like you I assumed that the DP+44 could be used for any 4 orbital locations. I intended to swap out my legacy LNBFs and SW64 cascaded with SW21s in order to receive 61.5/110/119/148. Many others have expressed an interest in this as well in order to receive West Coast locals from 148 and, for example, Sky Angel from 61.5.

But the DISH Pro Plus 44 Switch Installation Considerations sheet states:

-As with any switch, do not connect both 61.5º and 148º.

I am emailing a contact at E* engineering but maybe Scott can shed some light on this in the meantime.

**dfergie** · 07-21-2004 05:27 PM

I have had just 61.5 and 148 hooked thru a sw21 back when I first got my 6000 (before they migrated stuff to 110)and had no problems. But if I can't hook them to the dpp44 then I will keep what I have.

**mike123abc** · 07-21-2004 05:37 PM

The installation guide that comes with the DPP44 switch does not list any limitations on which satellites can be hooked up. They only recommend that 105/121 be hooked up to the 4th satellite input. The reason they recommend that is that old receivers do not know how to receive 105/121, so they will just see the first 3 satellites.

The 2800, 3900, 4900, 6000 are the only legacy receivers listed as being able to see more than 3 satellites slots. So, when 105/121 is on the forth slot they see it as a SW21/SW64 combo. I can confirm this with my 6000, it sees 119/110/61.5 as a SW64 on side one of a SW21, and it sees 121 on the side 2 of the SW21 (the DPP44 emulates the SW21/SW64 for legacy receivers).

The new receiver that are DishPro compatible have no trouble seeing all 4 satellites and the switch test is just 4 steps as it goes through each of the 4 connections. The DP receivers are all supposed to be able to see 5 satellites if you hook up a DP21 switch in there, but I have not tried this since I only have 4 dishes up at this time.

I have a 821, 6000, and a 301 hooked up with no issues seeing 119/110/61.5/121. My 921 should be here on Friday for me to try out the DPP separator. As far as 61.5/148 at the same time the issue has been duplicate program numbers in the guide, but people report that it has worked in the past, so I would bet it would work with the DPP44. I do not think it is a switch issue, just a confusing guide in the receiver.

I talked to Claude this morning at
http://www.dishstore.net

and he still had some DPP44s in stock. He somehow managed to get the entire supply for the area shipped to him

**Stargazer** · 07-21-2004 05:40 PM

I read a while back where there were channels on 61.5 that were also in use on 148. If this is the case then I would say that is why they do not want 61.5 and 148 at the same time. I am not sure if this is true or not though.

**bpasker8** · 07-21-2004 07:22 PM

Please forgive my ignorance, and maybe this isn't the place for this, however....

What does a switch do for you? Allow you to obtain more then one satellite feed into your home? if so do you need more then one dish on your roof? And why would you want more then one feed? Are there channels I don't get now b/c I only have one dish? I'm assuming that depends on my location, and if so how do I find out?

**Scott Greczkowski** · 07-21-2004 07:35 PM

This switch allows you to

A) Run only one wire from the switch to a multi tuner reveiver (322, 522, 721, 921) instead of 2.

B) Use Legacy Equipment with DishPro LNB's without the need for $50 Dishpro adapters.

C) Serve up to 8 Dish Pro Plus tuners from 1 switch with only 4 cables.

**A_Pac** · 07-21-2004 10:10 PM

i noticed on picture that showed which sat's were connected there was space for 5 satelites. is there way to cascade with dp44 or do i smell dp54 on horizon?