SWM, is this possible?

[dodge boy]

Ok let me give you a rundown of my setup...
(1) R15-100
(1) R15-300
(1) R22-100
(1) HR22-100

I have a SLIMLINE III dish and a standard mutli-switch with 6 feeds coming out of it.

2 feeds run up the back of my house and go into my computer room.
the other 4 feeds run into my basement, 3 go into my living room, 1 exits the house, runs up the outside of the house and into my bedroom.

Can I have an installer come in and cut the 4 feeds in the basement and install an SWM down there? I don’t want this to affect to 2 feeds going up the back of the house, they are connected to an R15 an if it dies and I get an R22 or whatever (down the road) I can run 2 cables to this. I had an R15 in my bedroom with just one line “crap out” and am getting an R22 through the PP. The SWM should allow me to run 1 cable to my R22s and HR22 to get both tuners.
Also what is a fair price to pay and installer to come out and do this (The installer will also provide the switch unless I find a cheap one)?

Thanks

[putty469]

The installers don't supply SWM8's. They were meant for multiple dwelling units. There are SWM Slimline dishes now that have one wire run to a splitter from the dish. Then the splitter can send one line to the receivers. However, no support for R15's on the SWM Slimline. The R15 is supported as a legacy receiver on the standalone SWM8, but it still requires two lines.

With the WB68 in place already you can easily swap an SWM8 that you buy on your own. Both need four wires from the dish, and you simply put the power inserter on one of the existing lines.

[Mertzen]

Buy your own SWM8 and do it yourself. make sure to follow the path of the power correctly and put the remaining R15 on the legacy side.

[dodge boy]

Buy your own SWM8 and do it yourself. make sure to follow the path of the power correctly and put the remaining R15 on the legacy side.

I was reading the instructions on it, and I was under the impression that the switch had to go inside, I see now it's only the power inserter that goes inside. That's why I wanted to install it downstream of my multi switch. I see I can install it outside, and split it into 4 lines run the two to my computer room off the legacy ports (for now), delete my BBCs and get 2 tuners on my MPEG4 receivers with 1 cable at each. and put the inserter inside and connect it to an empty line and "cap" it., actually I would have 2 capped lines (both spares in my living room since I have 3 lines in there).

[putty469]

That would work...

[hdtvfan0001]

I was reading the instructions on it, and I was under the impression that the switch had to go inside, I see now it's only the power inserter that goes inside. That's why I wanted to install it downstream of my multi switch. I see I can install it outside, and split it into 4 lines run the two to my computer room off the legacy ports (for now), delete my BBCs and get 2 tuners on my MPEG4 receivers with 1 cable at each. and put the inserter inside and connect it to an empty line and "cap" it., actually I would have 2 capped lines (both spares in my living room since I have 3 lines in there).
Yes - only the Power Inserter needs to be inside....the SWM is fine outside (sealed watertight). And yes, cap the unused ports.