Equipment required for additional receiver

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ndcart

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• Apr 25, 2006

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Third topic of the day, here goes. I have a Dish 500 system with a 522 receiver. It has two SW 21 swictes on it out of the dish. I would like to add a third receiver for another room, but am not sure what equipment other than the additional receiver that I would need. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

RandallA

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• Apr 25, 2006

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You could go with a Quad Lnb that can feed up to 4 tuners (2 for the 522 and one for the third receiver). Or you can get a DPP Twin, with the DPP Twin you can have a single run to the 522 using a separator and another run to the third receiver.

I would go with the DPP Twin.

Are you sure those switches are SW21s? Since you have a 522, most likely you have DP21s. Do you have a second dish?

 

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ndcart

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• Apr 25, 2006

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RandallA said:

You could go with a Quad Lnb that can feed up to 4 tuners (2 for the 522 and one for the third receiver). Or you can get a DPP Twin, with the DPP Twin you can have a single run to the 522 using a separator and another run to the third receiver.

I would go with the DPP Twin.

Are you sure those switches are SW21s? Since you have a 522, most likely you have DP21s. Do you have a second dish?

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Thanks for the info. I do not have a second dish, and just double checked the switches. They are SW21s. I'm fixing to look up that part on the DishStore. Thanks again!

 

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ndcart

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• Apr 25, 2006

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Ok, so now I can't find a listing for DPP Twin? Could you send me a link to one?

 

RandallA

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• Apr 25, 2006

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Here you go:

http://www.dishstore.net/product_info.php?cPath=40&products_id=229

So you have legacy dual lnbs. Like I said, just upgrade your lnb to Dish Pro Plus and you should be set. One more thing, make sure that the cable you have is RG6 and rated to 2200Mhz it should say in the outside of the cable.

 

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ndcart

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• Apr 26, 2006

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Thanks Randall! I appreciate the help.

 

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• Apr 30, 2006

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The Switch Selector chart on the EKB lays out most on the LNB/switch combinations needed to feed any number of tuners.