DP+ with OTA?

[CowboyDren]

I'm on a simplification kick, again, and I want to know if it's possible/practical to combine signals from an OTA antenna into my Dish wiring. Currently, I have a single LNB (unsure of it's model) on a wing dish at 129W running into a Dish Pro Plus (110W, 119W), which then runs into my house, through a separator, and into my 722. I do have HD programming, which I suppose is why I need the wing dish.

Can I use a diplexer to inject the antenna signal between the wing and the 500, or after the 500, or at all? I'd assume that I would put a similar unit just before the separator on the 722 as well.

Side note: what happens if I just plug an OTA antenna into the LNB in port on a 1000.2 or 1000.4 dish, or on a D500 that doesn't use a wing?

 

[RandallA]

You can combien OTA and the satellite signal on the cable that goes from the LNB (110, 119) to the DP Separator. Like you said, you need a diplexer just before the DP Separator.

"Side note: what happens if I just plug an OTA antenna into the LNB in port on a 1000.2 or 1000.4 dish, or on a D500 that doesn't use a wing?"

Nothing, it's not designed for OTA input. Maybe interference if anything.

 

[Pepper]

"Side note:..." it will feed LNB voltage into whatever is connected, possibly damaging something.

 

[CowboyDren]

Anybody know how Terk uses this LNB voltage to their advantage and injects the TV44 signal into the bundle of snakes out back?