As long as you are using a DPP or Hybrid dish, yes, it should be plug and play. If you are on a really old installation that uses DP or legacy equipment then you will be limited to one tuner. You can check your satellite dish model on system info (Menu > 6 > 1 > 3), and then look at the box labeled H.
Not sure what you mean here, if you are talking about watching something then changing to the secondary tuner that is recording in the background then yes, this can be done by pressing input on the remote while it is in SAT mode. Also worth mentioning, even though the Wally has two tuners it cannot operate two TVs independently like your current 722k can, it only has a single TV output. You can get creative and split said output to multiple TVs (similar to your 722’s “single” mode). Not a problem if all you want it to do is serve one TV while a different show records in the background.
Yes, the same cable that goes into the separator (or triplexer) on the back of your ViP722k can be used for a Wally instead, without any need to change anything about the dish or LNB.
To swap to the other tuner, you may press the Options button on the remote, and select TV Activity. From the TV activity screen, select the other tuner to tune to that channel. Keep in mind that the second tuner will only be used while the Wally is actually recording. Wally does not have PIP, nor does it have the ability to simultaneously buffer Live TV on two different channels. Another way to switch to the second tuner would be to simply select the recording from the DVR screen while it is in progress.
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You guys both forgot to mention that any diplexer needs to be removed and the cable from the dish and from the TV need to be barreled together
Wherever its cheaper. DishForMyRV, SolidSignal, Amazon. I would avoid used sites like Ebay/CL unless you trust the seller or can get proof of the receiver being paid off beforehand.
Yep, I forgot the diplexer, though, since I have never used that with my own ViP722k installation. I used long cables connected to the composite (yellow/red/white) TV2 outputs to run to the other room instead. I always just used the provided triplexer as a simple separator for the two satellite inputs.Patty mentioned it here
Thank you sir. One of our DVR 625s is 9 yrs old and the other is 13 years old -- both COMPLETELY trouble free and still working well. We've run thu a few remotes though -- the last couple I had to buy on eBay.
Did you at least replace your old CRT TV's with a flat panel HDTV I hope?
Yeah, we've had Sharp 42-in HDTVs for 13 years now. Like I said, TV watching isn't as important to us as it is for most folks we know -- some we know seem to live for watching TV -- nothing else ???!!!
