Planning on adding a 4th receiver. What are the costs associated?

[--sexy-warlock--]

I will buy the receiver on my own (211k) and have them install it. What are the average costs of having someone come out and add in a 4th room? It has had a cable connection in there before, so the wires should be there.

 

[boba]

What do you have for existing equipment? Is a new switch needed to allow the 4th receiver? How simple is your access to the dish and points where connections are needed? There are variables that make it hard to answer without familarity with your setup.

 

[--sexy-warlock--]

I have 2 VIP 612, and a 211k already installed. Dish access is possible, but I would rather have them come out and install it.

 

[boba]

Call DISH and buy the 211 from them with installation. If you have a 1000.2 or a 1000.4 you probably have the switch maxrd out and will need a DPP44 switch added to your system.

 

[KKlare]

Would you have been happy with 2 622/722s instead of 612s? Then you would have 2 HD and 2 SD outputs with 4 tuners instead of your current 3. This would be cheaper than a Dual plus 2 singles. You didn't say what you have now. A 1000.2 or 1000.4 would drive each of those with single cable. You would still have to cable the TV2 from each to the other sets. If you have 3 or 4 HD sets, say so.
-Ken

 

[--sexy-warlock--]

Sorry, I have 4 HD sets, so the dual tuners wouldn't have worked.

 

[BobaBird]

"What do you have for existing equipment?"
"You didn't say what you have now."

We need to know which dish, and external switch if any, you have in order to tell you what you need.

 

[aklarvanto]

I'd say don't add 4th receiver unless you must. It is a red flag to audit team. More about that in other thred.

http://www.satelliteguys.us/dish-network-forum/186073-how-many-boxes-one-account.html

 

[Stargazer]

Listen to what aklarvanto says. You should switch to Directv if you cannot keep a phone line or broadband connection connected to the receivers AT ALL TIMES when wanting four or more receivers on an account and if you cannot remember to every week to make sure they are all connected. If you get audited and you read off all the numbers, they still might say you failed. If this happens guess what happens? That owned receiver you paid for will become a door stop. You will not be able to use it, you will not be able to sell it because nobody else will be able to activate it either. Also you will be expected to return the leased receivers that they say failed the audit or they will charge you full retail price for the receivers. There will be NO exceptions and no way out of this.

Dish Network is great until you run into this problem then you might as well switch providers. You are guilty until proven innocent, heck, you are never proven innocent, you are always guilty with the audit team.