In most cases you are unable to hookup a Blu-Ray or DVD player through a DISH receiver since they only have outputs, and no inputs.
If your Blu-Ray player does have an input, all you would have to do is run a cable from the receiver to the input on the Blu-Ray device, then from the device in to your TV. Make sure it's on the correct input and you're good to go.
"A Dish Network receiver is connected to a television through something that is called a Coaxial cable, which is usually located on the back of a television."
We need more information to properly answer this question. If you already have DISH Network service, are you replacing the TV and adding a DVD player? The DVD player normally plugs directly to the TV either with a RCR, component, or HDMI cable. To find the picture for the DVD player just cycle through the input settings for the TV. If you don't have service now, you would need to call to setup an account. If you already have a receiver, you can provide the receiver and smart card number to the representative to activate the receiver. If you don't have a receiver, they can setup to have the installation done at your home.
The LNB takes the signal reflected off the dish, sends that signal through the coax cable to the receiver, where the receiver decodes the signal unlocking the channels you subscribe to.
You don't connect the DVD player to the DISH Network receiver. It connects directly to your TV using an available connection on the back of the TV. Most DVD players will put the TV on the correct input setting to begin viewing. If yours doesn't, cycle through the input settings till you find the picture.
A DISH Network receiver can only work with a unique Smart card. The card in the DISH Network receiver that you are referring to would be the smart card.
Actually, you can use a legacy receiver with a DISH Pro dish. An adapter is needed at the receiver to get the proper signal for that receiver. No, Dish Pro is a stacked technology, which the older 3700 will not recognize.
only if you have an RCA output from the dish to run into the receiver. The receiver does not have the standard coaxial input.
You may not have your Dish satellite receiver on the correct channel if it is a duo (dual receiver). You will need to tune it to either 60 or channel 73. Also, make sure your power to your Dish Network receiver is on -- for the Dish TV duo receiver, you should see a light for TV2 and TV1.
Call Dish.
To get HD programming, you need a Dish HD receiver and a HDMI cord which connects from your Dish TV receiver to your HDTV.
As long as it is a Dish Network receiver that is current, it is allowed. However, it has no effect on monthly charges if you choose to use your own receiver.
When installing a dish receiver or satellite, one may consider that the dish receiver does not cause inconvenience to the neighbors, therefore choose a more isolated place with little interruption, such as the back of the house.