Can you hook an HR20 to a 3LNB Dish

[slydog75]

I'm going out to pick up an HR20 from Circuit City tonight but the installer won't be around till next week to put in the 5LNB dish. Can I hook up the HR20 to my current 3LNB dish until the swap? Will I recieve the current HD lineup that I've been getting on the HR10-250?

[rminsk]

Yes and Yes.

[JimSpence]

Just select the 3LNB dish during setup. You can change it later.

[jerryj]

I'm in the same situation. The CSR told me to leave it in the box. She said that if I installed it, the installer would call it a service call and charge me $70. At least that's what I was told.

[rminsk]

I'm in the same situation. The CSR told me to leave it in the box. She said that if I installed it, the installer would call it a service call and charge me $70. At least that's what I was told.I do not know where the CSR came up with that "information". Of the 10 boxes I have had an installer has never install a single receiver. I have installed them I. I installed the original 2-lnb dish but at my home I let DirecTV install the 3-lnb and 5-lnb dishes (had to fix things after they installed them). With both the 3-lnb and 5-lnb I had new hardware which I installed.

[slydog75]

I'm in the same situation. The CSR told me to leave it in the box. She said that if I installed it, the installer would call it a service call and charge me $70. At least that's what I was told.

They never said a word about that to me. It's up and running on the 3LNB as we speak.

I miss my Tivo.

[TyroneShoes]

Yes and Yes.

+1

I've seen it done, by folks shipped a receiver and blown off by the installer 4 times in a row. At least you still get the old channels that way.