Dish Network RV Service
Hi, I have a leased 222K Dish receiver that I want to move from my house (dont use this anymore at home) to my RV, and change the billing from home service to RV service. I was told by Dish today tha...
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Bill.Satellite wrote:
Homeowners with Hopper's are a bit of a special case since you cannot connect a standard receiver to the wiring used by the Hopper/Joey setup.
Not correct. You not only can have a Hopper and 211 on the same account, but you can also wire them to the same dish.
Since the Hopper was released, DISH has had wiring diagrams that show how to create a Hopper/VIP receiver network (PDF) (see pages 9 & 17).
BTW, the original DISH drawings just said "Optional VIP Receiver", not "Optional VIP Receiver (Tailgater)". It looks other VIP receivers could work besides the 211.
These mixed networks are complicated, but an RV Hopper/VIP network (PDF) is certainly doable.
