Can I activate HR10-250 without installer?

[summerall]

The installer was supposed to come out today and hook up a new oval dish and run two more lines into my family room, for a total of 4 (I already have a SD tivo in the family room). Unfortunately, he had to reschedule :mad:. Anyways my question is can I take one coax off the SD tivo hook it into the HD tivo and activate it myself? Will the installer still get "credit" for installing it if I activiate it myself? Will there by any problems with the HD tivo if I only have 1 coax attached for a week (new install date 1 wk away).

I'm just anxouis to view HD. I'm thinking I can view local OTA HD until the installer comes to connect the new dish.

Thanks!

[Dssturbo1]

yes, you can do it. just have your ID and unit serial number and card access numbers handy. one line will work and you will need a phone line connected also for first intial call in.
of course it will only watch record from 1 program till you hook second line into it next week. no problem. if your using ther old round dish you will only have sat a 101. a few of the hd are on sat b and sat c so they will be missing till they install the oval dish.

[SuperTech217]

i would agree however i recently had a service call in which an hr10-250 had only one line connected and i found that the customer was losing some channels, upon talking to directv iss i was informed it can happen with only 1 line connected

[Yog-Sothoth]

unit serial number and card access numbers handy

Don't forget the Receiver ID!

Make sure you run Guided Setup and set it for Round Dish, one input only.

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=298370