D* Install alongside cable questions

[pteronaut]

We are considering making the switch from Comcast back to DirecTV now that they carry Indianapolis & Lafayette locals for the Tippecanoe County, IN market, but we wish to keep Comcast High speed internet in the process.

The cable enters the house and is split 4 ways in the roof space.

Typically, how will a D* installer setup a multi-receiver install in a house that was previously wired for cable?

Will the installation be more than the free Professional Installation, if I require that the cable from the dish not be spliced to the existing cable that travels through the exterior wall?

[dishrich]

The D* tech will probably run a new cable from the dish into your roof space where the existing splitter is. Now the only question is, is the cable run between your modem & the splitters a direct run? (NO other TV's or splits on it) If so, it's a piece of cake - he can just take the incoming cable from cc & connect it directly to the dedicated cable modem. He can then use the remaining cable runs for your D* receivers - if you are getting any DVR's & he's using an SWM dish, then both tuners will work just fine with the single cable runs & he'll replace the cable splitter with a special SWM splitter.

If you have a TV on that cable modem run, &/or he is NOT using SWM, then it's going to be more complicated...

[dirtyblueshirt]

I had a similar situation. The D* installer ran a line into the attic, where the cable splitter was. Since the living room is where my cable modem is, the installer ran a second line to the living room, and the original cable line remained on that splitter. All the other bedroom connections were taken off the cable splitter and put onto the D* splitter.

[joe diamond]

AND diplexers do interfere with the HD signal and CATV internet.

Expect the standard installation: surface wire to the receivers. Pulling cable inside walls is an extra. After 125 feet of cable, expect extra charges for the cable & fittings.

Joe

[pteronaut]

Thanks for all the replies, currently the cable is split thusly: 4 ways from the outside leading to 2 bedrooms, 1 game room & the living room where it is split again for a cable modem & HD-DVR (Surprisingly, I get a faster than the advertised internet connection & no dropouts in picture/sound).

I am pretty sure that I will be charged extra to have a separate cable run to my living room which is where my modem, router, media server is setup, especially as the room is on the northeast corner of the building.

I am intending to have the cable in go purely to the cable modem , Router & media server (by running an extension into the main bedroom closet.), and let the satellite installer use the 4 remaining cables to feed the recievers. But will look into the cost of running network cabling to the living room.

[jdspencer]

You are on the right track. Just make sure there aren't any hidden splitters left over from the Comcast install.

The cost for network cabling should be small and is a great DIY project.