Help with 721

[mancow]

Please forgive me for I'am sure this has been ask before.
I now have two 301's I want to change out one of the 301's for a 721. What do I need? quad lnb, switch of some type? both? or just one of the above.? If only one of above witch is better, lnb or switch?

Also the 721 has a recording capacity of about 90hr. is that for one HD or the two combined?

Thanks in advance for any info.

[EvanS]

mancow,
it will somewhat depend on your current installation. But let me assume that you have a Dish500 with Twin LNB, and one cable going to each 301.

In this case the best would probably be a legacy Quad LNB to replace the current Twin. This will give you (4) output of a combined 110/119. The existing cables that run to your current 301's will remain in place and use 2 of the Quad outputs. Now you will need to run a 3rd cable (which will be the 2nd one to the 721). This gives full 110/119 sat view to each of the 721 tuners.

As for the 721 - it is 90 hours TOTAL record time. When you say "HD" I must assume :blush: you mean hard disk drive. There is only 1 hard drive in the 721 (I think it's 120 MB).
If by chance when you say "HD" you mean High Definition...well, the 721 does not support HiDef.

hope this helps :hi:

Evan

[mancow]

EvanS Thanks, this is a big help, All of your assumptions where correct. (dish 500,twin LNB, hard drive.) Thanks again, now I know what to plan for.

[engelb15]

I have a question to add. Since the 721 has 2 tuners, would I have to pay an extra $5 a month as if I had 2 receivers? and does this mean that I would be limited to recievers in 3 rooms?

Sorry, that was 2 questions....

[scooper]

The 721 does NOT equire an extra $5 mirror fee right now...