[Eddie L.]

I just recently added a second HR20 to my home, and the room where it is located only has one D* line installed in there. I've got the 5 LNB dish with 4 lines coming out, and the other 3 lines are already being used (two on the other HR20, one on an H20). I don't currently have a multiswitch installed anywhere, so I don't have any experience with them. I understand how they work and what their purpose is, but I just don't have a lot of knowledge about them.

My question is this: is it possible to use a multiswitch on a single line to create just 2 D* feeds? In other words, is there a multiswitch out there that I can use on the single line running to my new HR20 that will allow me to split it and utilize the dual tuners on the new HR20? This is the only area in the house that needs an additional D* line, so I am trying to keep it simple.

Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[carl6]

No, there is nothing that will let you take the single line that you currently have and turn it into two lines.

You need to either (1) add a regular multiswitch (WB68) or (b) add an SWM. In either case, you have to run four coax from the dish to the multiswitch (you can put the multiswitch near the dish). With the WB68, you have to run unique coax to each tuner (2 to a DVR). With the SWM, you can feed two tuners in a DVR with only one coax feed.

Carl

 

[Eddie L.]

No, there is nothing that will let you take the single line that you currently have and turn it into two lines.

You need to either (1) add a regular multiswitch (WB68) or (b) add an SWM. In either case, you have to run four coax from the dish to the multiswitch (you can put the multiswitch near the dish). With the WB68, you have to run unique coax to each tuner (2 to a DVR). With the SWM, you can feed two tuners in a DVR with only one coax feed.

Carl

Thanks for the reply. It looks like the SWM may be the best choice. Here's a very uneducated question about the SWM. If you use the SWM to combine the signals onto the single wire, then you use a SWS splitter to split it inside the house, right? I'm assuming I would use a SWS-8 to split it into 8 feeds inside the house (I need two feeds each for each of my 2 HR20s and 1 feed for my H20). If the SWS-8 is located in a central "hub" spot inside the house (where the pre-wired coax cables split to go to the various rooms in my house), how do you get 2 feeds across the single pre-existing coax to the room where the HR20 is located? Do you use additional SWS splitters to combine and then reseparate the signals in the individual rooms?

Again, I am very uneducated when it comes to this, so please let me know if I am incorrect in my thinking above.

 

[Mertzen]

Nope. With the SWM technology you need to run only a single line to a compatible DVR. so you would only need a SWS4

 

[Eddie L.]

Nope. With the SWM technology you need to run only a single line to a compatible DVR. so you would only need a SWS4

I am really showing my ignorance here. So, when you use a SWM, do you only run that one coax into one "Sat In" input on the HR20? Does the HR20 then automatically use it for dual tuner capabilities?

 

[Mertzen]

Yes. it will run dual tuner off one line. You do have to take off the BBC filter. Make sure it is also hooked up to the SWM line on the back of the box.

 

[Eddie L.]

Yes. it will run dual tuner off one line. You do have to take off the BBC filter. Make sure it is also hooked up to the SWM line on the back of the box.

Thanks a bunch, both for your help here and with my diplexer question in the other thread! That makes it clear now...I see why that is easier than the traditional multiswitch with multiple coaxes! Thanks!