Recent content by Rina Rinardo

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    Trying To Hookup a Second Receiver

    By elliptical, I mean it isn't round like the dish for the locals. Maybe that isn't the proper term. I have a quad on this not-round dish. Or, maybe it is round, but anyway, I get 2 satellites on it, and it has 4 places to run the cable from the LNBF to the receiver. I would guess it doesn't...
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    Trying To Hookup a Second Receiver

    Thanks. So, the easy way would be to just run a cable from the quad on the Dish to the receiver. I could do without all the local channels on the other dish. Most of them might become available on the elliptical dish anyway if they aren't already. Do I need to run the cable from the closest...
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    Trying To Hookup a Second Receiver

    You are right; it is an SW21. So, I just need to get another SW21, and copy the first hookup. The Dish 500 has a quad mounted on it. The dish for locals has one LNB, but it is on a mount with a place to add another LNB. I can't tell if the one that's on it is a single or a double. So, I...
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    Trying To Hookup a Second Receiver

    I have already looked at the switch faq, but I'm not familiar enough with the terminology to decide what I need. I have a Dish 500 dish and a dish for my locals, that were professionally installed. What switch/switches do I need to add a second receiver in the same room? I have a dual LNBF...