dish netwrok and cox cable

**rasputinlv** · 11-08-2009 03:31 PM

Hi everybody.
I'm new to dish.
I'm trying to install dish netwrok dish and receiver by myself.
I already have cox cable and house is prewired.
Can I use same rf cable for cox signal and dish to come from the side of the house and come out on the same jack in the living room.
Or I have to run new cable just for dish.
my receiver is 311and I have dp34 switch.
thanks an advance

**jerryez** · 11-08-2009 06:47 PM

Disconnect Cox, you will not need it anymore.

**ercjncpr** · 11-08-2009 07:35 PM

Originally Posted by rasputinlv

Hi everybody.
I'm new to dish.
I'm trying to install dish netwrok dish and receiver by myself.
I already have cox cable and house is prewired.
Can I use same rf cable for cox signal and dish to come from the side of the house and come out on the same jack in the living room.
Or I have to run new cable just for dish.
my receiver is 311and I have dp34 switch.
thanks an advance

I doubt if you can use the cable for cox..use a new one according to DN specs.

I agree that you are doing overkill by keeping both Cox and Dish

**TheKrell** · 11-08-2009 08:59 PM

If Cox did the wiring, it's almost certainly already RG6. I haven't done this but... Can't you diplex the cable signal onto the same RG6 as the satellite antenna signal?

**rasputinlv** · 11-09-2009 04:03 AM

thank you very much for responses.
House was pre-wired already, built in 97. How can I tell if it's RG6?

**TheKrell** · 11-09-2009 04:46 PM

You need to read the coax jacket to find out the type. If you have a distribution panel with cabling exposed out the back, then read it there. Otherwise, you'll have to unscrew a wall plate and pull out enough of the cable to read what it is. It's potentially RG-59 which is marginal for satellite signals in short lengths, and probably completely inadequate at longer lengths.