The installer most likely ran a third line from the Ka/Ku (at-9) dish and coupled this new line directly to the line the HD was originally installed on. Look for a barrel (coax splicer) by your multiswitch, connected to another line bypassing the multiswitch. This is the line directly run from the dish spliced into the line going to where the INSTALLER initially put the HD service into. If there are only 3 lines coming to the dish and you have 4+ receivers, you can only have HD to one room, as you can have standard definition TV via a multiswitch with the other 2 lines to any number of rooms using a multiswitch. To ADD hd service to a second room, with 4 or more boxes, you will need 4 lines from the new ka/ku dish at least a 6x8 WB68 multiswitch for more rooms, and/or/if you have one or more DVR's.
Sorry, this wasn't very easy to read, after I read it.
On an HD upgrade for just one room a shortcut/cheaper way for the installer is to just run a third line from the dish, identify the line from the multiswitch going to the room where the HD box is going to be installed, disconnect the line from the multiswitch and couple it directly to the third, independent line from the dish. This saves cable costs by running a single rather than dual, and saves the time of installing/replacing a multiswitch.
This is what D* forces installers to do with the rates they pay and the price of cable.
MSB
Sorry, this wasn't very easy to read, after I read it.
On an HD upgrade for just one room a shortcut/cheaper way for the installer is to just run a third line from the dish, identify the line from the multiswitch going to the room where the HD box is going to be installed, disconnect the line from the multiswitch and couple it directly to the third, independent line from the dish. This saves cable costs by running a single rather than dual, and saves the time of installing/replacing a multiswitch.
This is what D* forces installers to do with the rates they pay and the price of cable.
MSB
