Since my local cable company has decided to increase their fee by a "modest amount" (actually about 23% for me) I've decided to look into satellite tv.
DishNetwork seems to have something that sounds almost perfect for me, a simple 522 reciever that I can hook up to 2 tv's. I do NOT qualify for local stations but I can make up most of that from Distant Network a la carte.
I will need an OTA antenna to pick up the local ABC and NBC stations. According to antennaweb.org I'm 8 and 11.1 miles from the transmitters, so it shouldn't be a big problem.
The questions I have are about how they works together
If I get some kind of OTA antenna that mounts to the dish or on the roof I'm assuming I'll need a diplexor that will connect the antenna and sat onto one coax, that will come into the house, then does it need to be resplit or can it go directly into the 522?
If it needs to be resplit then I assume the sat plugs into Satellite In while the OTA antenna plugs into the Antenna/Cable In on the back of the 522.
It also appears from the 522 manual (the online pdf version) that this will only work for TV1 and for TV2 I'll have to connect the OTA antenna directly to the second TV. Is this correct?
Most importantly how do I switch from viewing a program coming from the satellite to one coming from the antenna? Can I use the DVR to record programs from the antenna?
There's probably a dozen more questions, but it's been a long 2 days seaching the web, reading pdf's and forums and my brain is fried
I apologize if any of this is unclear, I'm very new to satellites and DBS.
...and btw, this forum has already been an incredible resource for me, you guys are awesome.
DishNetwork seems to have something that sounds almost perfect for me, a simple 522 reciever that I can hook up to 2 tv's. I do NOT qualify for local stations but I can make up most of that from Distant Network a la carte.
I will need an OTA antenna to pick up the local ABC and NBC stations. According to antennaweb.org I'm 8 and 11.1 miles from the transmitters, so it shouldn't be a big problem.
The questions I have are about how they works together
If I get some kind of OTA antenna that mounts to the dish or on the roof I'm assuming I'll need a diplexor that will connect the antenna and sat onto one coax, that will come into the house, then does it need to be resplit or can it go directly into the 522?
If it needs to be resplit then I assume the sat plugs into Satellite In while the OTA antenna plugs into the Antenna/Cable In on the back of the 522.
It also appears from the 522 manual (the online pdf version) that this will only work for TV1 and for TV2 I'll have to connect the OTA antenna directly to the second TV. Is this correct?
Most importantly how do I switch from viewing a program coming from the satellite to one coming from the antenna? Can I use the DVR to record programs from the antenna?
There's probably a dozen more questions, but it's been a long 2 days seaching the web, reading pdf's and forums and my brain is fried
I apologize if any of this is unclear, I'm very new to satellites and DBS.
...and btw, this forum has already been an incredible resource for me, you guys are awesome.