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We've really gotten fed up with our 4900, so I bought a DishPlayer [510].
I'm not exactly sure how to connect it.. what I have now is a Dish 500
dish, but apparently the DVRs want a "Dish Pro" dish. Can I connect it to
my 500 or do I need to call DISH and have an installer come and put in a
new one? Also, it says: "you must use only RG-6 cable -- do not use
existing cables such as RG-59./ be sire that any outdoor connections are
made using waterproof F-connectors". Idon';t even know what all those
words mean [I wouldn't know an RG-59 cable if I tripped over it; I haven't
a clue if I can get RG-6 cable at my local hardware store]. The prospect
of ripping out and replacing all the wiring that the nice DISH
installer-folk put in doesn't thrill me either...

I was really hoping I could just plug the dishplayer in in place of my 4900
and be good to go [and indeed, I'll probably try doing that], but should
the installation really take all that extra work? Should I have someone
who knows what they're doing come in and take care of it? Thanks!

/bernie\
--
Bernie Cosell Fantasy Farm Fibers
bernie@fantasyfarm.com Pearisburg, VA
--> Too many people, too few sheep <--

Bernie Cosell wrote:

I was really hoping I could just plug the dishplayer in in place of my 4900
and be good to go [and indeed, I'll probably try doing that], but should
the installation really take all that extra work? Should I have someone
who knows what they're doing come in and take care of it? Thanks!

/bernie\

Bernie,

You can just plug in your new 510 in place of your 4900.
Everything you have (dish 500 and cable) will work with the 510.
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Bill R.

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Bill R <No-Junk-Mail-brosen@iglou.com> wrote:

} Bernie Cosell wrote:
} >
} > I was really hoping I could just plug the dishplayer in in place of my 4900
} > and be good to go

} You can just plug in your new 510 in place of your 4900.
} Everything you have (dish 500 and cable) will work with the 510.

Much thanks -- ignoring all that techie gobbledygook and just going ahead
and connecting up the 510 worked like a charm. Thanks! [it does leave me
wondering what all that re-cabling and such was about, but it seems not to
matter]

/Bernie\

--
Bernie Cosell Fantasy Farm Fibers
bernie@fantasyfarm.com Pearisburg, VA
--> Too many people, too few sheep <--

that's because your installer used rg-6
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Bill R <No-Junk-Mail-brosen@iglou.com> wrote:

} Bernie Cosell wrote:
}
} > I was really hoping I could just plug the dishplayer in in place of my
4900
} > and be good to go

} You can just plug in your new 510 in place of your 4900.
} Everything you have (dish 500 and cable) will work with the 510.

Much thanks -- ignoring all that techie gobbledygook and just going ahead
and connecting up the 510 worked like a charm. Thanks! [it does leave me
wondering what all that re-cabling and such was about, but it seems not to
matter]

/Bernie\

--
Bernie Cosell Fantasy Farm Fibers
bernie@fantasyfarm.com Pearisburg, VA
--> Too many people, too few sheep <--