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Last reply Nov 28, 2006 · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Dish Install with VIP 622

Hi there, I been reading this forum and I am hoping some of you very knowledgeble folks can help me out here because I really want to get Disha nd get rid of Comcast!

Ok, I am in a new prewired home and we prefer not to have the installer drill any unnecessay holes to run cables etc. So here ist he problem, even though out home was PREWIRED, the didn't tell me HOW MANY WIRES! The only gave me 2 cables, 1 black for CAble and 1 white for dish, both lead to the media distribution center in house and into outlets in each room etc.

I have 2 HD sets and 2 SD sets that I would like to Power. I understand the VIP 622 can power 1 HD and 1 SD set. Will I be able to lease 1 CIP 622 and BUY another vip 622 to complete my task here? I gues my question is can 2 Coax run 2 622 units? I was told the cable I currently use for COmcast cable can be used to dish as well.

Please help.

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dfergie

Nov 19, 2006

Your Welcome, Look on the cables it should say on them if they are RG-6...

castcore

Nov 27, 2006

dfergie said:
Your Welcome, Look on the cables it should say on them if they are RG-6...

They do say RG 6. I have another thing I am not sure about.

Lke I said above, I have only 2 cables(black and white) in the outside of my house coming in. Each of my outlets have 1 black and 1 white coax in the panel(in each room) I have a cable cener in my closet with all the black and white cables congregate.

My question is, to install 2 VIP 622 and using it to power 4 TVs as I decribed above.(I know 2 must be SD) How will this work?

S Looking at the vip622, I assume I conect TV2 in another rom using the Home dstribution? IF so, can I do the following.

I would assume I have to find the cable(lets say we use the white one) coming from outside of the house in my cable center and connect it to the right cable leading to the port where my receiver is. I assume that will go into Sat 1 in the vip 622. But now here is the problem, to connect to TV2 in anther room, how would I do it without running new cables and the white outlet is taken up already? I am thinking the only way is to use the black cable outlet and run it to tv two.

For the other VIP 622, I would use te black cable from outsde house and connect it in cable center again to outlet closest to VIP 622 (#2) and for the tv 2 in this setup, I would use the white outlet to connect to tv 2 in the other room.

IS my thinking here fairly correct?

PS. I just did somemore digging, will a DIPLEXER help me here and since I am having a 2 tv instal for the 622, will the dish guys install the diplexer?

WiCkeDuDe

Nov 27, 2006

Yes you will need a total of 4 diplexors to do the job here. In your closet you will plug each of the two lines from the dish into the SAT port on each of the diplexors. Connect the other two TVS (TV2) to the VHF/UHF port on each of the diplexors. Now connect the two lines to the 622's the the remaining port. At the recievers you must run a short piece of coxial from the seperators to the SAT port. Run another line from the TV2 output (Home Distribution Port on 622) to the VHF/UHF port on the diplexor. Connect the diplexors into the line coming from the cabinet into the remaining port. Run check switch and you should be set. Note this only works if you have a Dish Pro Plus LNB at the dish.

castcore

Nov 27, 2006

WiCkeDuDe said:
Yes you will need a total of 4 diplexors to do the job here. In your closet you will plug each of the two lines from the dish into the SAT port on each of the diplexors. Connect the other two TVS (TV2) to the VHF/UHF port on each of the diplexors. Now connect the two lines to the 622's the the remaining port. At the recievers you must run a short piece of coxial from the seperators to the SAT port. Run another line from the TV2 output (Home Distribution Port on 622) to the VHF/UHF port on the diplexor. Connect the diplexors into the line coming from the cabinet into the remaining port. Run check switch and you should be set. Note this only works if you have a Dish Pro Plus LNB at the dish.

Thanks for help! What is the Dish plus pro LNB? My understanding is that the DP 44 switch is able to take signals for even 3 Sats and put it into one at this switch? Am I wrong?

mdonnelly

Nov 27, 2006

castcore said:
Thanks for help! What is the Dish plus pro LNB? My understanding is that the DP 44 switch is able to take signals for even 3 Sats and put it into one at this switch? Am I wrong?

The switch takes three sat inputs, and makes the data for each available at each switch output. It's still 3 cables in, and four cables out (one per receiver).

castcore

Nov 28, 2006

mdonnelly said:
The switch takes three sat inputs, and makes the data for each available at each switch output. It's still 3 cables in, and four cables out (one per receiver).

Thanks! That clears it up a lot. So in terms of diplexers, anyone have ay recomednations about which and where to get them? ONline?

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ewindowman

Lifetime Supporter

Last reply 10 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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comfortably_numb

Today at 9:27 AM

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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ERSanders

53 minutes ago

The short term financial thinking by MBAs is what killed Xerox. Ask me how I know!

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navychop

36 minutes ago

So you have a MBA?
:devilish

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Juan

11 minutes ago

ERSanders said:
The short term financial thinking by MBAs is what killed Xerox. Ask me how I know!

I thought it was when Bill Gates stole DOS

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dishdude

10 minutes ago

Juan said:
I thought it was when Bill Gates stole DOS

And Steve Jobs stole the mouse and GUI

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juventusbrown

Last reply 12 minutes ago · posted in C-BAND Satellite Discussion

40w transponder

Hi guys, is anyone getting any quality on transponder 4135 L 30000 I'm not getting any quality few weeks now.

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Satfaca

12 minutes ago

No problem here (in central Europe) with a 10-footer. Do note that 9.4 dB required for the lock.
The mod is DVB-S2 8PSK with FEC 5/6.

Scott Greczkowski

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Last reply 48 minutes ago · 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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dfergie

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Last reply Today at 10:44 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...
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State By State Gasoline Taxes
Gas Buddy

Ethanol Free Stations

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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

harshness

Today at 10:25 AM

dishstaller said:
Just curious here.....then why is diesel so much higher out there than it is elsewhere.

California has a ~93¢ per gallon consumer tax rate on automotive diesel, along with significantly higher refinement standards.

The fact that consumers can only buy some new full-sized truck models and a couple of vans with diesel power makes the fuel an odd duck in refinery priorities.

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Today at 9:47 AM · posted in Cable Television and Fiber Providers

Charter/Spectrum tv app works with more brands

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Bobby

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Last reply Today at 9:27 AM · 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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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

Today at 9:27 AM

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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