Background
I've had a Dish 1000 installed for a couple years - work done by a DishNetwork contractor. I've been a DishNetwork customer since 1996... The current dish has one cable running from the dish into my basement where all the rooms in the house have their TV cables run to the same corner. At time of original install, I only had one receiver - a DP301 (single tuner). So that one cable ran through a barrel connector to the one TV. easy-peasy
I've recently obtained 2 more DP301 receivers (cheaply) and would like to connect them to the Dish 1000. After reading posts here, I've read that I can use a DP34 as long as I run 3 cables (RG6) from the Dish 1000 the multiswitch, and then run a single line to each receiver (these are already pulled). I realize this won't support dual-tuner receivers and I'm OK with that...
Currently there is only that one cable running from the Dish1000 into the house. At the dish, there are 3 cables coming out of the LNB arm. It appears 2 cables, which are short, are connected/looped together through a barrel connector on the back of the dish/arm, and the 3rd cable runs to the house.
The Questions
What's up with the 2 cables being fed back into each other - and how are all 3 satellite signals getting into the house on a single cable? How do I get from that cabling, to where I need to be - i.e. 3 cables from the Dish to the house? What do I need to do at the Dish 1000 - unscrew and detach the 2 short cables and replace with the ends of the new longer RG6 runs? Can I leave the LNBs connected, or do I have to unscrew/disconnect them to get the new cables attached? I'd hate to have to realign the dish just so I could hook up some cables...
If I have to take the LNBs off - what will the insides look like - i.e. will there be more than one coax connection there for me to (mis)connect to, or will it be obvious which one I should connect to?
Thanks in advance for any help...
I've had a Dish 1000 installed for a couple years - work done by a DishNetwork contractor. I've been a DishNetwork customer since 1996... The current dish has one cable running from the dish into my basement where all the rooms in the house have their TV cables run to the same corner. At time of original install, I only had one receiver - a DP301 (single tuner). So that one cable ran through a barrel connector to the one TV. easy-peasy
I've recently obtained 2 more DP301 receivers (cheaply) and would like to connect them to the Dish 1000. After reading posts here, I've read that I can use a DP34 as long as I run 3 cables (RG6) from the Dish 1000 the multiswitch, and then run a single line to each receiver (these are already pulled). I realize this won't support dual-tuner receivers and I'm OK with that...
Currently there is only that one cable running from the Dish1000 into the house. At the dish, there are 3 cables coming out of the LNB arm. It appears 2 cables, which are short, are connected/looped together through a barrel connector on the back of the dish/arm, and the 3rd cable runs to the house.
The Questions
What's up with the 2 cables being fed back into each other - and how are all 3 satellite signals getting into the house on a single cable? How do I get from that cabling, to where I need to be - i.e. 3 cables from the Dish to the house? What do I need to do at the Dish 1000 - unscrew and detach the 2 short cables and replace with the ends of the new longer RG6 runs? Can I leave the LNBs connected, or do I have to unscrew/disconnect them to get the new cables attached? I'd hate to have to realign the dish just so I could hook up some cables...
If I have to take the LNBs off - what will the insides look like - i.e. will there be more than one coax connection there for me to (mis)connect to, or will it be obvious which one I should connect to?
Thanks in advance for any help...