BarkingGhost
01-06-08, 09:03 AM
Currently, I have a 3-LNB dish mounted on my rear deck's 6x6 pier. That pier is nine feet in the air, and coming off the 3-LNB dish are four (4) RG6 cables runs that enter my daylight (walkout) basement. The rear desk provides the best location for a fairly clear view of the southern horizon (from SE to SW), and I'd imagine its the easiest location for the installer, too.
Once inside the basement, these coax cable runs are grounded to the copper water pipe and then go onto a powered Zinwell 4803 4x8 m/s. From there, two RG6 coax runs go to a Hughes SD DVR-40 in the formal living room, two RG6 coax runs go to a Hughes SD DVR-40 in the family room, and a single RG6 coax runs upstairs to the second floor to a Samsung SIR-TS160 HD STB.
I have been told this m/s will not work for the new MPEG-4/5-LNB service, which instead will use a Zinwell WB68 m/s. If this is the case, and that I have plenty of extra RG6 coax cable to consume, I am thinking of making new dedicated runs for the two new HR21 HD DVRs locations to a common point in the basement where the new m/s can be located and also were the m/s<-->grounding points will be.
This idea would work in having the installer not touch the existing service and setup--leaving it As-Is. With the new dish installed on another deck pier, the installer could get the new equipment setup and tested without compromising the existing equipment. Once I am satisfied, I could then call D* to deactivate the two Older SD DVRs and simply change a coax cable run to feed the old HD STB that will remain active.
Anyone see any problems with this approach?
Once inside the basement, these coax cable runs are grounded to the copper water pipe and then go onto a powered Zinwell 4803 4x8 m/s. From there, two RG6 coax runs go to a Hughes SD DVR-40 in the formal living room, two RG6 coax runs go to a Hughes SD DVR-40 in the family room, and a single RG6 coax runs upstairs to the second floor to a Samsung SIR-TS160 HD STB.
I have been told this m/s will not work for the new MPEG-4/5-LNB service, which instead will use a Zinwell WB68 m/s. If this is the case, and that I have plenty of extra RG6 coax cable to consume, I am thinking of making new dedicated runs for the two new HR21 HD DVRs locations to a common point in the basement where the new m/s can be located and also were the m/s<-->grounding points will be.
This idea would work in having the installer not touch the existing service and setup--leaving it As-Is. With the new dish installed on another deck pier, the installer could get the new equipment setup and tested without compromising the existing equipment. Once I am satisfied, I could then call D* to deactivate the two Older SD DVRs and simply change a coax cable run to feed the old HD STB that will remain active.
Anyone see any problems with this approach?