cpdretired said:
Your existing VOOM dish and LNB will work. You will have to buy a switch compatible with your existing system.
http://www.dishnetwork.com/downloads/pdf/technology/installation/install-4.pdf
Only true if your current DishNetwork setup uses legacy LNB's. If you currently have a 500 with DishPro LNB's and switches, or a SuperDish the LNB that is currently on the Voom Dish will not work because it is a legacy LNB.
Below are two possible solutions if you currently have DishNetwork DishPro equipment:
1. Swap out the Voom Legacy LNB on the Voom dish with a DP LNB (but the way it mounts to the LNB arm on the dish looks differant so i think some kind of adapter bracket will need to be used/created)
2. Is it possible to use the DP Aptapter in the opposite direction then it was designed for. If so you may be able to make the current VOOM dish/legacy LNB work with the DishNetwork DP syestem buy just buying a DP21 and a DP Adapter ( both can be bought for less then $30 total on Ebay). I currently have a SuperDish, and one 811 HD receiver, and 3 SD receivers. So 3 of the 4 outputs from the DP34 go to my 3 SD receivers, the 4th output goes to one of the DP21 inputs. Then take the coax from the Voom legacy LNB and connect it to the DP adapter (but in the reverse direction that it is supposed to be used), then connect the other side of the DP Adapter to the other input on the DP21, then connect the output of the DP21 to the 811. If this works, the current voom owners could use their Voom Dish as is, and possibly get it working with their DP DishNetwork setup by only using a DP21 and a DP adapter. To make this work though, it has to be tested, because we will be hooking up the DP adapter in the opposite direction then its intended use, but if it still just converts stacked to unstacked frequecies i think this may work.