Hey Larry, thanks a lot for doing this... it's really appreciated.
I've read all this thread, but I'm still a little confused about which way to go.
Right now I have 1 Dish 500 dish with a DP Quad LNBF, fully functional and connected to both a 311 and a 811 (both 'parked' for the past 4.5 months since I put my account on hold with E* for $5 a month when I moved to Voom).
Now that E* has the Voom package, I'm thinking about reactivating my account and requesting it (Voom's) to be added to my previous programming selection, but I don't want to pay the $100 for the extra dish.
I have quite a bit of extra E* hardware laying around in my storage unit. This is a list of it:
- 1 Dish 500 dish
- 2 DP Twin LNBFs
- 2 Legacy Dual LNBFs
- 1 DP34 switch
- 2 SW21 switches
- 2 Dish 500 Y brackets
Also, I have:
- 1 Voom dish
- 1 Voom LNBF (which I'm guessing is like a legacy one from Dish, right?)
What I want is the ability to have 3 sats (110, 119 and 61.5) feeding a 311 (kid's room), a 811 and a 942 (or any other future HD-DVR that I decide to get from E*).
What's the best advice you can offer me on how to achieve this? remember, I already have a fully functional Dish 500 + DP Quad LNBF feeding a 311 and a 811.
Can I use that Dish 500 + a DP twin LNBF to get it? or should I try to use Voom's dish + a legacy dual LNBF? or what? I'm really puzzled with all this.
Help me Obi Wan Stotler, you're my only hope (hehehe, had to do it with EPIII being so close now).
Buying any extra item I may need is OK (that's what eBay's for).
Mounting/installation of the extra dish will not be a problem... I've done it before and I have all the tools and gadgets (compass, signal finder) required to do it.
Again, thanks for you time, willingness to help and for having to put up with us,
The H