New to Tivo

I am finally going to switch to Tivo after years of lurking.



I have FIOS and will order a Roamio Pro with lifetime service and a 3 year warranty. I will also order two minis.



1) I plan to get a slide remote to use with a mini in my MBR because I watch TV at night and a backlight would help. I see that it needs a dongle. Does it come with the dongle?



2) Any tips for FIOS? I will order the mstream card. Do I need to do anything other than activate it?



3) I assume that if I order everything from Amazon, I can just activate like normal. Any advantages to ordering from Tivo directly?



Thanks