Need help with first SWM install

[Regw3]

i have a customer that currently has 1 hr22 and 2 old sony recievers.
he wants to add 2 hr22.
its a 2 story house, all rooms are wired with single coax.
there is no way to drop additional lines, as the rooms are on the first floor.

i want to use a SWM setup for the new and the existing dvrs.

will a SWM set up still allow him to use the old sony recievers?

[netraa]

will a SWM set up still allow him to use the old sony recievers?

nope.

[kevinwmsn]

You could use the legacy ports for your old sony recievers, but you will need SWM8 not a SWM Slimeline LNB. You will need to run all 4 wires from your dish to the SWM8. How are your recievers wired up? Do they run straight from the dish to the boxes or do they run to a multiswitch?

[BattleZone]

Keeping in mind that SWM8's are commercial equipment, not supplied by DirecTV, and are completely "do it yourself" items. But it sounds like the best solution to this problem.

[GordonT]

Rather than start another thread, I thought I would ask my question(s) here.

As shown in my sig, I currently have an HR20, an H20, an HR10-250 plus a legacy Hughes SD receiver. These use 6 of the 8 outputs from my WB68. I am seriously considering upgrading as follows:

Replace the Hughes with the existing H20 so that when I replace that SD TV with an HD TV, it will be ready
Get an H21-23 to replace the H20 in order to take advantage of current/future networking offerings.
Retire the HR10-250 and replace it with another HR2x.


As I understand it, these changes alone would not require any additional ports be used on the WB68, but I would also like to route the signal from my OTA antenna to the other receivers, but I really don't want to have any more cable runs added. Currently, the OTA only goes to the HR20 in my family room. If I understand all the posts I have read here, in order to diplex OTA on an existing coax, I will need a SWM8 switch, correct?
I also understand that at this time, SWM8's are not available from D* for existing customers, so I would have to purchase one.

I suppose I could do that and with all the helpful posters here I could manage to figure out how to install the SWM8. Is it correct that in my situation it would replace the WB68?

On the other hand, how likely is it that in the not too distant future, D* will start making the SWM8 an upgrade option, especially for a customer planning on adding 2 new HD receivers?

[randyk47]

Typically DirecTV only uses SWM-8 on multiple dwellings like apartment buildings, though there are exceptions. They don't seem to be headed in the direction of making the SWM-8 a standard option for single family homes. Locally they hardly know what a SWM-8 is but they are using SWM LNBs on new installs. Installing a SWM-8 is really pretty simple and straight forward. Took me all of thirty minutes from start to watching TV again. There are a number of us here who have gone through the drill and would help out with at least kind words and some instructions. :)

[BattleZone]

On the other hand, how likely is it that in the not too distant future, D* will start making the SWM8 an upgrade option, especially for a customer planning on adding 2 new HD receivers?

Very close to zero.

SWM-8s are considered commercial equipment, intended for use by commercial installers installing big MDU systems and such. They were never intended to be supplied for residential use* due to cost and added complexity compared to the SWM-integrated LNBs that they do use for (some, new) residential installs. DirecTV makes several pieces of equipment for their commercial installers, and none of them are ever supplied for residential installs.

SWM8 are BIY, DIY, SIY. (Buy it yourself, do it yourself, support it yourself.)