Re: Only 2nd cable needed?

On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 01:24:44 GMT,  posted to rec.video.satellite.dbs:

> Klaatu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>> Three receivers in the house, all in different rooms.
> 
> So now you have "four".  Three obvious ones, but count the DTivo
> twice. 

I thought maybe the DirecPC line might have counted as the "fourth", but 
it sounds like not. That's good to know.

>> Question 1: Does it sound like all I need is a new cable strung from
>> the satellite dish to the DTivo to use the 2nd receiver? If not, what
>> would I need? 
> 
> Yep.  Your multiswitch probably has four outputs on it, three are used
> now. Add one more cable from the dish/multiswitch to the DTivo.

That's exactly what I needed to know. Thanks.
 
>> Question 2: Since I already called DirecTV and they switched service
>> from my old receiver to this new one, is there an additional charge
>> (e.g., the 4.99/mo for another receiver) for the two connections into
>> the one box, even though there's only one access card? 
> 
> There is one receiver charge for the dual receiver in the DTivo. 
> There is a separate DTivo programming charge of $4.99 that covers more
> than one DTivo, but your bill will increase by $4.99 over what it used
> to be if you don't already have the top package, where the DTivo fee
> is included. 

Thanks again. It was not clear from what I've read if this was the case. 
Yes, I should have mentioned that I was not speaking of the regular 4.99 
DTive fee, as I added that when I called them with the new receiver 
access card numbers. I thought initially that there'd be an additional 
4.99 charge for the second feed into the DTivo from the dish, but it's 
good to know that there is not. Now I just need to pay some installer to 
string the cable. 

Thanks to you and Jack both for quick and accurate responses. I've 
gleaned a lot of useful information from this group in a short time. I 
find lurking is, for me, the best way to learn, but these two questions 
were bugging me.

I think I'll just have to give it some time to get a handle on this whole 
Tivo thing, but I really like what I've seen so far. I just ordered an 
upgrade kit from weaknees.com, as it just doesn't seem like 35 hours 
would be enough. So by this time next week I'll have a 240 hour Tivo (2 
160GB drives). :)

HAND