adding 3rd receiver and combatibility questions

[87hardbody]

Hello, I currently have a 722 in my living room, (and a 322 in one bedroom) I want to run the 722 in single mode and get a 3rd SD single tuner receiver

to use on the tv that currently is hooked up to TV2 on the 722. If I purchase a used receiver either a 301 or a 311 will I have any problems activating it? I read on the forum that some receivers have smart cards and others have them built in, my LNB says it is a DPP twin.

Since I will not have the cable going to "TV2" from the 722 can I remove the splitter/diplexer from the back of the 722 and use the single cable coming in to the 722 with the splitter/diplexer to feed both of the sat. inputs? currently there is 1 cable coming in going to a diplexer than 1 cable goes to sat in, the other cable goes to a second diplexer in which 1 cable goes to sat in 2 and the other goes to "TV2".

Will I need to run a seperate cable from the dish to the new receiver?

If a used receiver is not a good idea any suggestions on where to purchase a new or reconditioned one fairly cheap?

Thanks

 

[WiCkeDuDe]

You will need 3 lines off the dish, 1 to each receiver. The dual tuners require the DPP seperator to work properly and no you cant split off the signal there to another receiver. You would need to upgrade to a Dish 1000.2 or add a DPP44 switch to add a third receiver with this setup.

Most newer receivers have built in smart cards. Activation is not a problem as long as you get a receiver that is not leased and does not have a balance on it. Ebay sells alot of used receivers for cheap. Ive bought several and never had a problem. The dish store also sells them for a good price with great service.

 

[boba]

See what DISH will charge you for an upgrade 800-333-3474

 

[87hardbody]

"The dual tuners require the DPP seperator to work properly and no you cant split off the signal there to another receiver."

That's not what I was saying, I asked if I could eliminate the 2nd splitter/diplexer behind the 722 since I would no longer need the line coming out from the "TV2" jack

I called Dish today they want $79 for a remanufactured receiver, this was after they told me I couldn't do what I wanted to as I have the 4 tv pkg. and adding a 3rd receiver would make 5 tv's, than when I explained that i would still only have 4 tv's connected because I would have the 722 running in single mode the lady said i could do it.

what is the "dishstore" I'm very new to Dish Network? How do I know whether I have the Dish 1000.2 or not?

 

[rcdallas]

ab187

that won't work.

Here's a read...

http://www.dishuser.org/dishpro.php

 

[ab187]

Thanks rcdallas, now it makes more sense.

 

[BuddyBoy]

That's not what I was saying, I asked if I could eliminate the 2nd splitter/diplexer behind the 722 since I would no longer need the line coming out from the "TV2" jack

It would have been a lot less confusing if you had referred to the the DPP Separator as DPP Separator and not a diplexer. It is a diplexer, but calling it a diplexer confuses its function with a traditional (TV + Satellite) diplexer, and you've got one of those too.

I think this is what you have now:

Single cable into DPP Separator
One leg of DPP Separator into Satellite 1
One leg of DPP Separator into Diplexer
Satellite leg of diplexer into Satellite 2
TV leg of diplexer into TV 2 output

And you are asking if you can get rid of the diplexer connected to TV 2, and just connect the DPP Separator to Sat 1 and 2. The answer is of course, that's how most people have it set up. I actually have TV 2 hooked into the single cable coming into the DPP separator, rather than diplexing it onto one of the two legs coming out of the DPP separator.

How do I know whether I have the Dish 1000.2 or not?

 

[87hardbody]

so what is needed to install a 3rd receiver, and what single tuner Sd receiver will work? Sorry about all the questions this is confusing to me compared to direct tv I had before. My wife is ready to call Dish up and cancel and go back to direct tv I'm trying to find an alternative, I really don't want to pay 23 months of cancellation fees.

What's got her crazy is TV1 on the 722 is recording a program in living room, we are watching TV2, her daughter wants to watch a program on TV1 but can't change the channel because it will cancel the recording, etc. I figured adding the 3rd receiver for TV2 would solve the problem as tv in living room in single mode would be able to record 1 program while watching a second and 2nd tv (formerly TV2) will be seperate from 722 receiver all together.

If I can get a receiver from Dish would they normally do what ever has to be done to make this work for free as part of the install??

Thanks again for your replies.

 

[WiCkeDuDe]

Yes under a dishin it up they would do the work as part of the upgrade. However being a new customer Im pretty sure you would not qualify for DIU at this time.

Any single tuner receiver should work. If you have a DPP twin now they you have a dish 1000.

As we said above a dish 1000.2 or DPP44 would be what you need to add the third receiver.