Question:
1. How is the
DTV installation done? 4 cables from the dish to the receivers? or one cable to the main
HD Receiver and then out to the other 3 regular receivers?
---> There will be 4 cables from the dish (or
multiswitch); not 1 cable to the main receiver.
2. Will the
installers try to use the cable that is underneath the house currently or will the string new cable. The existing cable has been there for years(with cable splitters)and I'm not sure as to it's compatability with a new Sat hook up.
---> Yes they will try to use it because running new coax costs them time and money (remember, they are subcontractors). If the existing cable has been there for years it is likely RG59. If you are willing to crawl under the house yourself then run new RG6. Remember - NO SPLITTERS - run a dedicated cable from each room out to a common point near where the dish will be located. You can find out a rough location where the
installers will put the dish by using the direction finder in
Sadoun's website. The dish will point either southwest (if you live in the eastern U.S.) or southeast (if you live in the western U.S.).
3. Possibly where the dish will be installed will not be where the current cable TV comes in to the house therefore missing all the cable runs to the 4 rooms.
---> If you choose to keep the existing cabling then it will be the installer's job to bring his new cables from the dish to join your existing cables; just remember to get rid of any splitters first.
4. I assume with the 4 receivers that any room can watch what they want and not restricted to one master receiver?
---> This is correct.
kat