Can I hook up Dish 500 to 1000.4?

[cruzmisl]

Hi,
The 1000.4 dish was insatlled yesterday but I lost an SD local that was on the 500. Its available on the 1000.4 but its HD and my DVR will fill up quickly with all the wife's "stories". Can I run a coax to the 1000.4 from the 500 to get the channel back?
Thanks!
J.

 

[Dah-Henny]

You can run a coax from ONE of the LNB's on the 500.

 

[sca]

yep. but it depends on what lnb you have on the 500. if its an integrated switch then depending on which port you hook up too, you should get one sat or the other integrated into the 1k4....and it should turn off the switch in the 500 lnb. if its a dp dual i can gaurantee it will work fine. if that makes sense.
at any rate you wont hurt anything by trying.

 

[garys]

You don't want to use an lnb with a built in switch on the dish500. You should switch it out for a dp single or dp duo on the slot that provides your sd locals and run the coax from that.

 

[cruzmisl]

OK sounds good. Once I can get to the dish I'll run a coax. Its a DP dual if I recall. I have a singe DP from my 61.5 bird I can probably hook up to it if thats the best way. Why couldn't I just use the 500? Just curious

 

[sca]

you can. its just never a good idea to use a switch with another switch...often causes problems. dp dual has no switch.
edit : by dual that means a 'single' eye lnb with 2 outputs. an lnb with 2 eyes is a twin, and has a switch.

 

[Frank7004]

If your dish is still up, it should be really really simple to integrate. Pop a single lnb into either the 110 or the 119 slot on the bracket and tie that into your k4 on the far right port. Check sw and it should be there.

 

[chainblu]

Well, either one depending on which sat the SD Locals are on...

 

[boba]

Wouldn't it be easier to just add an external hard drive?

 

[garys]

Wouldn't it be easier to just add an external hard drive?

? How does this add sd locals?

 

[boba]

? How does this add sd locals?

He was worried about running out of hard drive space with his wife recording HD locals. With free activation of rxternal hard drive it seems like it would be as cheap and easier to add hard drive space.

 

[sca]

ah. that makes even more sense, actually.

 

[dwarren2]

Did the leave the Dish 500 dish on your roof? They removed mine. If they removed yours there is no way you will be able to get the SD feeds. Your best bet is to get an external HD if your receiver supports one and move her "stories" to that. They have dropped the activation fee on most receivers. While you can have only 1 drive at a time connected, there is no limit to the number of drives you can use.

 

[dwarren2]

? How does this add sd locals?

It doesn't. If they aren't are a satellite your aimed at, you can't get them. The EHD just gives you unlimited storage.