Moving to another side of my duplex

[gregory]

I'm renting one side of my duplex out to my sister and they are moving out. I'm moving next door to where she lived. Should I call D* to move the dish for me or should I just leave the dish where it is and run new lines myself? I don't have any multiswitches or anything fancy, just two lines and one TV. I'd assume they would charge to do that?

If I run it myself how long can the wires go? If they can't go very far I could move the dish but then I'd want to know how to seal up the holes in my roof from the existing location!

Thanks for your input.

[Tom Robertson]

Assuming for the moment that you will rent the other side out, you might want to consider installing a switch, and then running lines to the part of the duplex you are moving into. That way, both halves can use the one dish, and it becomes a selling point to potential renters.

As for cable runs, I have about 160' cable feet on the longest run in my house. So far all has worked well.

Cheers,
Tom

[rdiedrich]

Assuming for the moment that you will rent the other side out, you might want to consider installing a switch, and then running lines to the part of the duplex you are moving into. That way, both halves can use the one dish, and it becomes a selling point to potential renters.

As for cable runs, I have about 160' cable feet on the longest run in my house. So far all has worked well.

Cheers,
Tom

Agreed. Is there some sort of home owners association though? They may have issues with running wires between the two units. If not I would go with the multiswitch option. If you need help identifying the proper type of multiswitch just let us know and we can guide you.

Randy

[gregory]

Tom knows how the duplexes work here in Utah, they're rampant! There aren't any homeowner associations to worry about. I hadn't thought of a switch. I don't know much about those. Do they install right at the dish? How much are they? I've just got 1 HR20. I've already got renters and I don't think they care about D*.

Is it "legal" to just add my spare Tivo R10 on the side the renters are on with a switch and charge them a portion of the D* bill? Anyone do that? If I did a switch would D* just use that in the future for a completely separate bill/account?

[Tom Robertson]

Typically the switch goes in a central location, very often an attic and cables then run from that location to the receivers.

BTW, you might qualify for a movers connection installation and get DIRECTV to install that setup. :)

And, if the two parts have separate addresses, with two families... yeah, you really need two accounts.

Cheers,
Tom

[carl6]

Gregory,

It would be legal to run lines from the dish to them to use.

But it is not legal to put a receiver in their unit on your account. They would have to set up their own account with DirecTV.

If they are not interested in DirecTV, just run the two coax lines you need from the dish to where you need them.

Carl

[gregory]

Sorry to resurrect an old thread but I think I need to get a switch. If the renters were going to get their own account but I wanted them to use the existing dish, what kind of switch do I need to get? One one side of the duplex is an HR20 and on the other side I think it will be just a standard receiver...maybe a dual tuner DVR...I don't know. Thanks.

[RobertE]

For any HD setup you'll want either a WB68 or WB616.

[samrs]

Of course Slimlines do have a built in switch good for four tuners.

[Tom Robertson]

RobertE has the simplest, best answer (he does that often). If any receiver is a new HD, use the WB68 or WB616.

Cheers,
Tom

[gregory]

Of course Slimlines do have a built in switch good for four tuners.

I"ll look into getting a WB68 or WB616. If just the two receivers are being used, will the built in switch work?

[Tom Robertson]

Yupper, the 4 ports built into the dish will work fine.

In wiring the receivers, I suggest running the wires from the dish to a central location, in an attic for instance, then onward to the receivers. That way, when more ports are needed, the central location becomes the place to put the switch for more lines.

Good luck,
Tom