PVR 721 and 119 only

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marshalk

Discussion Starter · Jul 10, 2002

I was just told an interesting thing. I was told by my local vendor that for the 721 to work it has to "see" both 119 and 110. Up here in southeast alaska we can only see 119 reliably. While we can get 110 we need a two meter dish. So, can the 721 work with just a signal from 119? I have two receivers and still want to use my old 4000 and the new 721. I had been assuming that I could use a switch to split the signal from my dual LNB, sending one to the 4000, two to the 721 and terminate the left over. Scott or anyone else, do you know if this will work? Thanks...marshal

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scooper

· #7 · Jul 10, 2002

Hold fire on that MarshalK - You CAN'T simply "split" a DBS cable like you can a regular TV cable. You'll need to get a 2x4 Multiswitch (both LNB outputs to the "2" side of the multiswitch, all tuners on the "4" side of the switch). Or, you could get a Dish SW44 or SW64 to accomplish the same thing.

Otherwise - I can't see any reason why the 721 shouldn't work fine with just a 119. As ScottG pointed out, we KNOW the 7-9 day guide is only available on the 110 satellite, yet the 501 also works just fine on 119 only.

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