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Last reply Nov 11, 2006 · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Need Advise on connecting 4 receiviers/2dual

I need some advise....If I am in the wrong forum, please direct me to the right place.
rI have 4 receives (625, 721, 501, 7200) in 4 rooms. I have two switches where the lines come into my house (SW64 and a SW44). However, the SW64 switch has gone bad and now my 501 receives no reception, and my 721 sees one satellite.

So I called Dishnetwork and asked about upgrading to DishPro (I'm not even sure what I'm talking about here) so that I didn't need all those wires going everywhere and the old switches.

They suggested that I either purchase the warrantly for 5.99 (or so) a month so that the SW64 switch would be paid for OR I could upgrade one of my receivers and get the DishPro equipment and do away with the old switches. It seems to me I should get rid of all the old stuff (legacy stuff I gather) and go with the new stuff (DishPro stuff).

My questions are:
Is DishPro a different satellite dish for my yard? Or different LNB's? What exactly ar they talking about upgrading?

Can anyone paint a picture in my mind of what cables would come into my house and where they would go? What switches would be included?

Should I upgrade my 7200 to DishPro equipment like a 625? If so, then I would have 7 tuners/channels (or whatever) coming into my house. Would that create another problem?

And if I know switch my 7200 to a 625, then I end up paying a DVR fee since I don't have the everything package.

What should I do?

How exactly IS the best way for me to hook up these receivers (or an upgraded 7200)?

ANY comments welcome. I'm confused and trying to fill in the gaps of understanding here. I NEED all my tuners/receivers to at least work!

Thanks.... Anna

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stone phillips420

Nov 11, 2006

i presume you have a dish 500 and ill guess dual legacy lnb?
i would add the protection plan and get the sw64 from dish, if i got the sw64 from dish i wouldnt upgrade 7200
if not i would upgrade lnb to dpp(dish pro plus) then get the dpp44(look on ebay for cheaper prices than dish or check some of the sponsers here)
then instead of you having to run 7 lines assuming you upgrade 7200 to 625 you could have 4 lines off your dpp44 coming into house using the dualtuner dpp line seperators
:welcome

to satguys
im sure others will chime in to help ya out as well

Claude Greiner

Nov 11, 2006

dpp 44 IS THE BEST WAY TO GO, OTHERWISE ADD THE WARRANTY, PAY $29 FOR A SERVICE CALL AND LET A DNS TECH FIGURE IT OUT./

netspirit

Nov 11, 2006

Thank you... Yes I do have a Dish 500, but I'm not sure what type of LNB. Are there any advantages to DishPro? Better reception for example?

stone phillips420

Nov 11, 2006

yes with dish pro plus dpp and the dpp 44 switch you could run all your receivers off of 1 line each, this includes switching 7200 for 625
so you would only have four lines coming into house instead of 7
reception has nothing todo with it
the reception would be based on your signal strengths for each satellite and transponder
the main advantage is a cleaner run or look with less wires going into house and shall you wan to upgrade in the future to high definition the dpp 44 switch would make that upgrade easy
so you can spend money now to upgrade to dpp 44 or youll probably have todo it in the imminent future
if you do upgrade switch setup to new dpp 44 make sure you also upgrade your 7200 to a 625

future high definition upgrade is easier for people in midwest usa as they can use dish 1000 a dish that sees satellites 110 119 129 on one dish
for the east and west in lots of areas they cant see 129 so they have to put up separate dish at 61.5 or 148 so they need 2 dishes
it all depends upon your location

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Charter/Spectrum tv app works with more brands

The Charter/Spectrum tv app has been updated to make it downloaded with more tv brands. I recently added it to my LG Oled tv.

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Bobby

Supporting Founder Lifetime Supporter

Last reply 23 minutes ago · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

4K Events Discussion Thread

This thread is a place to discuss the 4K events that appear on channel 540. We are getting, at this point, one college football game a week. Let's hope there is more coming.

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long_time_Dish

Oct 23, 2026

No NASCAR in 4K on Sunday? Bummer...

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Jim5506

Oct 24, 2026

long_time_Dish said:
No NASCAR in 4K on Sunday? Bummer...

It's on Prime.

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long_time_Dish

Oct 24, 2026

Jim5506 said:
It's on Prime.

Ah, ok, thanks!

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Foxbat

Oct 24, 2026

The World Series Game 1 quality was excellent, the Dolby Surround put us in the seats. Thanks, Dish!

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sasmith

Yesterday at 9:22 PM

Not seeing many 4k games on the 148 channels lately?

Also I do not see the 4KFox channel on 148-01; I also do not subscribed to our Local Houston channels.

Maybe I need to subscribe to locals or add the National Action Pack? Not sure the extra cost is worth it??

thx for any info or suggestions

S

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jsmit86

23 minutes ago

sasmith said:
Not seeing many 4k games on the 148 channels lately?

Also I do not see the 4KFox channel on 148-01; I also do not subscribed to our Local Houston channels.

Maybe I need to subscribe to locals or add the National Action Pack? Not sure the extra cost is worth it??

thx for any info or suggestions

S

Most of the 4K action on the 148-xx channels will be on Saturday for College Football. For whatever reason, the guide does not show the games until later in the week. The Fox Big Noon game will show up, and there will usually be a couple of other games, some on Fox, and some on ESPN.

I don't know if you need to be subscribed to locals to get them.

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ewindowman

Lifetime Supporter

Last reply 24 minutes ago · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Dish Bankruptcy - Business as Usual

Looks like dish is Bankrupt. Filling tomorrow Tuesday June 30th

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slow_poke_pete

Yesterday at 6:38 PM

https://www.phonearena.com/news/att-reshoring-customer-care_id184650

Meanwhile att is getting rid of overseas call centers

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comfortably_numb

Yesterday at 6:52 PM

slow_poke_pete said:
https://www.phonearena.com/news/att-reshoring-customer-care_id184650

Meanwhile att is getting rid of overseas call centers

Too bad their service is expensive and their coverage sucks compared to the other two of the Big 3

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Juan

Yesterday at 9:50 PM

comfortably_numb said:
Too bad their service is expensive and their coverage sucks compared to the other two of the Big 3

Was that a back door compliment for Verizon?

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dishstaller

Yesterday at 10:00 PM

slow_poke_pete said:
Meanwhile att is getting rid of overseas call centers

Too little too late.

I can actually shed some light on the corp attitude towards call centers.

2015-2017 I was on the Viasat Dealer Council. They would fly us out to CO or CA and wine and dine us. Pretty cool but I was there to give my input because I was a top retailer and I wanted things to improve.
Anyway, at one of the meetings I brought up the fact that customers constantly complained about the overseas call centers. The VP of the company told me that I just didn't understand....those people cost something like 25% of what US employees would cost. Well, as usual when I went out to these meetings, I was loaded for bear....ie facts. I gave them an example of a customer who spent over an hour with one of these call centers and still never got her issue resolved. She called me the next morning after we opened and I had her situation fixed in 2 minutes. I told him "So you guys paid this overseas call center X amount but the customer still wasn't taken care of. I on the other hand, and a US call center probably would have as well because there wouldn't have been the language barrier, had her taken care of in 2 min. so your savings just went right out the door because a US call center would have taken care of her and MANY other customers while your overseas call center did nothing more than PISS off a customer.
Blank stares was all I got.

And THAT was when I realized just how incompetent most of the people are who run these companies. It WAS an enlightening experience.

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Almighty1

Today at 5:30 AM

Even 23 years ago, Verizon was known for having quality customer service. T-Mobile had quality customer service too but just poor mobile service. AT&T when it was still known as AT&T Wireless, Cingular Wireless both had poor customer service. This was when all three were providing customer service from the U.S. so even in the U.S., some companies are still better than others as it still depends on who they hire. That's the same reason AT&T Broadband Inc. which was basically their Cable TV never gotten far and got sold to Comcast.

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comfortably_numb

25 minutes ago

dishstaller said:
And THAT was when I realized just how incompetent most of the people are who run these companies

I wouldn't call it incompetence necessarily, it's just that the customer is only a device now, the old idea that you need to spend money to make money has been forgotten. They're not looking at the long game. They're looking at immediate exposure and shareholder value. Spending a lot of money on local call centers might be a good long term investment, but it doesn't do anything for them in the short term. That's what the blank stares were about, they thought YOU didn't get it.

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comfortably_numb

24 minutes ago

Juan said:
Was that a back door compliment for Verizon?

And TMO. If anybody's lagging behind the most, it's ATT.

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dishstaller

Pub Member / Supporter Lifetime Supporter

Today at 8:50 AM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

FDA issues new warning for Ozempic - can cause eye-stroke

Now after reading this story I walked away thinking that this is being blown out of proportion because of the incredibly low numbers of those affected.....BUT....I've read posts by some of you who are taking this drug so I figured it was worth posting.

FDA issues new warning for Ozempic saying it can cause blindness

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Monday that it was requiring manufacturers to add a new warning to the label for weight loss drugs.

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Today at 8:42 AM · posted in TWiT Tech Podcast Network

Jensen Huang, NVIDIA, and the Alleged Foreign Spy #shorts

Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!

View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gOEC7EJLO3M

Direct YouTube Link - Jensen Huang, NVIDIA, and the Alleged Foreign Spy #shorts
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dfergie

Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU!

Last reply Today at 8:19 AM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

Gas Price Info With National Gas Temperature Map

Stumbled across this ... http://www.gaspricewatch.com/USGas_ZipSearch.asp
I found no local prices, although it did show stations at my location...
Added these to this post...
USA National Gas Temperature Map
State By State Gasoline Taxes
Gas Buddy

Ethanol Free Stations

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osu1991

Saturday at 11:49 AM

$3.55

reubenray

Saturday at 12:47 PM

$3.45 in Jane, MO.

Bobby

Yesterday at 11:04 AM

Regular$5.299
Premium$5.859
Diesel$7.599
at Costco, Rohnert Park.

harshness

Yesterday at 4:41 PM

Finally! Some big movement in California diesel pricing (and no, there is no such beastie as a diesel "winter formula").

Crude (combined pricing) is around $90/barrel now, so prices should have, at least, fallen in step with the crude futures.

dishstaller

Today at 8:19 AM

harshness said:
Finally! Some big movement in California diesel pricing (and no, there is no such beastie as a diesel "winter formula").

Just curious here.....then why is diesel so much higher out there than it is elsewhere. Bobby just posted $7.59/gal, locally it is $5.59.....that's two bucks difference. :eeek

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Scott Greczkowski

Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU! Cutting Edge

Last reply Today at 8:07 AM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

Song Name Game Part 3!

Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!

So let the game continue!

The last song was added by Bobby who posted...

One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters

CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!

Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game

Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.

Example:

Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow

Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

Another example:

Ride the Lightning -- Metallica

Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne

Get it?

An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....

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