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    Questions about getting Dish ( currently fed up with Comcast )

    Yeah, I've tried both. Just can't seem to turn it at all. In fact, some of the metal came off when trying to unscrew it.
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    Questions about getting Dish ( currently fed up with Comcast )

    Thank you. This is what I wanted to do. Now the other problem...for the life of me, we can't get that coax disconnected from the diplexer. We have tried and tried, and it just won't unscrew. (no, we're not turning it the wrong direction.) Do you think it was maybe soldered on there? I can't...
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    Questions about getting Dish ( currently fed up with Comcast )

    As it is now, my daughter can watch one tv station while I watch another one. I did find this by searching on the internet. You an click on the various names (diplexer, splitter, etc.) and maybe tell me what I need. I think I must currently have a diplexer...
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    Questions about getting Dish ( currently fed up with Comcast )

    And this is how it's hooked up now.
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    Questions about getting Dish ( currently fed up with Comcast )

    This is a simple drawing of the way it is currently wired.
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    Questions about getting Dish ( currently fed up with Comcast )

    One TV is HD, which is the main one that is hooked up. I have one more HD TV that is not hooked up, and all 3 of my TVs are the old tube type tvs. One of my tube type Tvs is currently hooked up and is able to watch tv shows differently from what my daughter is watching. The way the wiring...
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    Questions about getting Dish ( currently fed up with Comcast )

    Thank you. Now one more stupid question. Where do I hook this up? Do I replace the 8 way connector I currently have, or does this connect to the box somehow, or to the tv somewhere? Do I eliminate the 2 way splitter, or do I eliminate the Charter 8 way splitter? I'm still a little lost.
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    Questions about getting Dish ( currently fed up with Comcast )

    I'm so sorry to be such a pain! I have no idea where to look to even go buy one. Everytime I go to the store, some guy assumes I'm an ignorant old lady (which in this case I am!), and they try to take advantage of me. If I'm getting the car worked on, they assume I know nothing (which there...
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    Questions about getting Dish ( currently fed up with Comcast )

    Where would I buy one, what brand do I need, what kind/size do I need, where do I hook it up, and oh, my, I'm Dorothy in Kansas and totally lost!
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    Questions about getting Dish ( currently fed up with Comcast )

    Thank you so much, Osu1991. That's what I was trying to ask, and since Dish said I couldn't use the Charter 8 way splitter, I was looking to buy a new one, but if this will work without burning up my box, or dropping the signal strength, then that's what I want. after all, the most tvs anyone...
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    Questions about getting Dish ( currently fed up with Comcast )

    I have a son who knows all this stuff, but he's so busy proving his genius that I don't understand a word he says! I am in Eastern Missouri. Thank you for your compliment as well. lol I should have joined this forum years ago. You all are making me feel good about myself. lol
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    Questions about getting Dish ( currently fed up with Comcast )

    For some reason, Navychop, I keep trying to post to you, and it keeps telling me I'm one letter too short, to make my post longer. Thank you for your help and for your compliment. Anyway, my line coming in goes to an 8 way splitter installed by Charter. The DishNW guy told me it won't work...
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    Questions about getting Dish ( currently fed up with Comcast )

    I do have a VIP222k, and I'm still not sure how to do this. While I appreciate the help from navychop, he is too technical for me to understand. So what is a distribution amp, where can I get it, what brand is it, etc. The way my current coax is run throughout my house, one line comes in. It...
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    Questions about getting Dish ( currently fed up with Comcast )

    Navychop, not sure if you were responding to my post or not, but as it is now, I have the ability to have different channels on 2 tvs with only 1 Dishnetwork box, so why not be able to just carry the remote to the various tvs and use that? I am an old 62 year old widow, so I have no tech savvy...
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    Questions about getting Dish ( currently fed up with Comcast )

    I have unfortunately wasted a lot of money for Charter Communications, which NEVER worked properly, so after getting fed up, I recently went to Dish Network. I don't need a hopper, or a joey, or a bob, or a jane, but I do need just basic TV for the 120 channels I'm paying for. I have 5 tvs. I...