[OrlEngr]

I have a slimline dish and was told by directv that it would be functional with the HR-34. But my reading indicates I need SWM [I'm not sure what that is fully] Does the Slimline dish have this?

 

[Davenlr]

The DISH is fine, its the LNB you have on the dish that matters.

If it has FOUR coax cables going to it, and does NOT have a SWM8 or SWM16 multiswitch connected to those 4 cables, it will not work for the HR34 without upgrade.

If it has ONE coax cable going to it, and is powered by a power inserter and uses splitters to divide the signal with one coax going to each current box, then you will be OK with the HR34 as long as you do NOT have more than 8 total tuners (not boxes) connected to it.

 

[WJS]

The DISH is fine, its the LNB you have on the dish that matters.

If it has FOUR coax cables going to it, and does NOT have a SWM8 or SWM16 multiswitch connected to those 4 cables, it will not work for the HR34 without upgrade.

If it has ONE coax cable going to it, and is powered by a power inserter and uses splitters to divide the signal with one coax going to each current box, then you will be OK with the HR34 as long as you do NOT have more than 8 total tuners (not boxes) connected to it.

Silmilar question, but my Slimline dish has 2 coax cables going to it.

I'm thinking of going to the HR34 in a month or so when inventories catch up and some of the bugs get fixed.

 

[Davenlr]

Silmilar question, but my Slimline dish has 2 coax cables going to it.

I'm thinking of going to the HR34 in a month or so when inventories catch up and some of the bugs get fixed.

Any dish with more than one coax connector on the LNB will need to be upgraded to an SWM multiswitch, or SWM LNB. Note: Coax connector. If it has 4 coax connectors and only one coax, it still wont work for a HR34 without the multiswitch.

EASY way to check. Hit the "-" button on your remote. If it doesnt say "SWiM Connected", it wont work on the HR34.

 

[OrlEngr]

So I have 4 coaxials (2 for each DVD)connected ... Will DEV upgrade me for free. Can I install? If it is powered is that more wiring to run

Thanks for info

 

[dwcolvin]

So I have 4 coaxials (2 for each DVD)connected ... Will DEV upgrade me for free. Can I install? If it is powered is that more wiring to run

Thanks for info

If you have to ask, you'd better have DirecTV do it, whatever it might cost.

I'm sure you can find numerous posts from the earlier days of SWiM, but the short answer is, from the ground block the 4 coaxes go to, you need to run 4 coaxes to a SWiM-8 multiswitch (which requires a power inserter). From there, you run some RG-6 to a SWiM splitter (the green label variety), then you attach one of the two coaxes that previously ran to your DVRs to connect to the leftmost coax connector on the DVR (remove any BBCs). The other one is no longer used. Reboot the DVRs and they will be on SWiM. Note that if you are adding an HR34 and keeping the 2 existing DVRs, you will need a SWiM-16 multiswitch and two SWiM splitters,
since you will have more than 8 active tuners.

Now, there's DECA. If your existing HD DVR's aren't HR24's, you need a DECA adapter between the coax and the DVR, which will also connect to the DVR's Ethernet RJ-45 jack. If the new HR34 isn't near your router, you need an Internet connection kit (either wired or wireless) that bridges the DVR's DECA network to your home Ethernet network.

It (kind of) made sense to DIY in the early days, before installers figured all this out. But now, they can probably do it right, and whatever the charge is, it will probably be less than buying all the hardware from Solid Signal.

 

[NR4P]

So I have 4 coaxials (2 for each DVD)connected ... Will DEV upgrade me for free. Can I install? If it is powered is that more wiring to run

Thanks for info

If you add the HR34 to your existing 2 DVR's, you will need a SWM16 since your tuner count will go 9. Or you can send back one DVR or, if you keep both, change one DVR to one tuner.

 

[OrlEngr]

Thanks for all the info. They install on Sat. $219.50 for DVR + install

 

[matthpd195]

Anyone have any info if the HR34 can be the only DVR on your account? I currently have 2 HR20's that I'd like to replace with the HR34 that's being installed next Saturday.

The csr said I would need to keep at least 1 HR20 since I cant hook a TV directly up to the HR34, which I don't buy either since the 34 has an HDMI port!

Thanks!

 

[Caromsoft]

Anyone have any info if the HR34 can be the only DVR on your account? I currently have 2 HR20's that I'd like to replace with the HR34 that's being installed next Saturday.

The csr said I would need to keep at least 1 HR20 since I cant hook a TV directly up to the HR34, which I don't buy either since the 34 has an HDMI port!

Thanks!

I only have the HR34, replaced a DirecTivo. No other HR boxes. It is hooked directly to my TV via HDMI

 

[matthpd195]

Great news, thanks!