New House Install, Cable Modem ?'s

[soonerfann]

My wife and I are moving into a new house this week. It is of course pre-wired with RG-6 for cable, with a distribution box in the master closet. I plan on installing the PVR508 in the living room and 301 in the master bedroom. What are my options for installation. E* is giving me the free installation, so I'll be using their man. Will they hook into the dist. box that sends all of the coax to the rest of the house, or is it best to run all new coax so that the signal is only split 2 ways as opposed to 5 (5 outlets in entire house)?

My other concern is about a cable modem. I know this concern has been raised before, but I don't feel it was answered very well. Cox unfortunately will be my only choice for cable modem and they will need to install using coexisting wire in the house. Would it be best to run the satellite on 2 new RG-6 like I posed earlier? If not, how would they install if the E* guy already has tapped into the dist. box? Would the signals be allowed to coexist, or would they interfere?

The more I think about this, the more I say, run 2 new wires to to receivers and leave already existing wires to Cox. Am I right?

Thanks!

John
soonerfann@cox.net

[Cyclone]

I would definately read up on the Dish Pro technology that was featured in the dishretailer page about a week or two ago. You can not split a satellite signal like you can a cable TV signal. But with special Dish Pro technology equipment, you can get most of that versatilty though.

The cable modem will need its own cable from the closet to wherever you want to be. You should have a feed from the outside of the house to the closet. Are you going to put the cablem modem in the same room as a satellite receiver? If not, then you likely won't have to add more wiring.

[ClearCom]

Very easy to do. First you can diplex the satellite and cable modem signal on the same existing RG6. Yes you can use the distribution box to feed the 2 receivers you are interested in. The installer should simply feed the wire from the dish to the two wires in the distribution box, then if you wanted to feed the other TV's with either signal from either receiver, you can reverse diplex the RF signal out to the other TV's. Really trick install. We do them all the time.
Most DNSC installer will not reverse diplex, only local retailers usually know the proceedure.