[oilsfan23]

Hi, I am new to the SWM talk. I bought an HR 34 online and just found out yesterday that I can't connect my receiver without a SWM 16 multiswitch. I will have the HR 34 and 2 HR 22's in my house. My question is about wiring from the multiswitch to the actual receivers. I have been reading these threads like crazy trying to figure it out but was hoping for some clarification to see if I am correct.

Will I need to have one cable coming out of the SWM 1 on the multiswitch that goes to the power inserter and then from the power inserter to the HR 34?

Then one cable out of the SWM 2 on the multiswitch to a splitter that will use one cable that goes to the SAT 1 input on each of the HR 22 receivers? The SAT 2 input will have nothing connected to it? So there would only be 3 actual cables (1 to each receiver) that I will be using instead of the normal 6 (2 going to each receiver).

 

[nike5580]

Welcome to DBStalk. What you have planned sounds right. Will you be connecting any of your receivers to the internet?

 

[oilsfan23]

Thanks nike. I have learned a lot reading all the threads on here.

I currently have the wireless connection kit hooked up to my hr22. I am assuming I can keep that hooked up to the 34? I wasn't planning on having the two hr 22s hooked up to the internet but what would I need for those receivers if I wanted to hook them up to it?

 

[nike5580]

If your wireless connection kit looks like this

then you should be able to use it hooked up inline with the HR-34. For your two HR-22 you will need receiver DECA.

 

[oilsfan23]

yes, that is the one I have. So run a coax to the kit instead of an ethernet cable from the kit to the receiver? Then 2 deca receivers for the HR-22's?

 

[oilsfan23]

does this require the whole house deal or is this just to access the on demand channels for each receiver?

 

[nike5580]

Actually, I think you could hook it up either way, and it should work if you connected it to the HR-34. As the HR-34 does not disable its internal DECA when an ethernet cable is connected to it. Some one can correct me if I am wrong.

 

[David Ortiz]

You do not have to subscribe to Whole-Home DVR service. If you get the receiver DECAs for the HR22s, then you would have access to On Demand, Music & Photos, DIRECTV2PC, TV Apps, and YouTube from all DVRs. If you have an iPad, you can use DIRECTV's app to control them as well.

 

[oilsfan23]

thanks David. Im from Merced, small world. Does it matter how I hook up the wireless connection kit? (ethernet cable from kit to receiver or coax cable to kit) I have an extra coax now that only one cable goes to the receiver.

 

[David Ortiz]

thanks David. Im from Merced, small world. Does it matter how I hook up the wireless connection kit? (ethernet cable from kit to receiver or coax cable to kit) I have an extra coax now that only one cable goes to the receiver.

I don't think it matters. If you use the extra coax, you'll need a 2-way splitter somewhere on the SWM 1 leg. (The splitters should be green label for DECA compatibility.)

The beauty of the CCK is that it can go behind any of your DVRs. So I would put it where you have the best Wi-Fi signal strength. The CCK will also work wired if it can be placed somewhere near your router.

 

[oilsfan23]

good to know about the CCK. So if I keep the CCK behind the HR-22 I wouldn't need a white deca receiver for it right? Just one deca for my other HR-22 and the HR-34 doesn't need anything does it?

 

[David Ortiz]

good to know about the CCK. So if I keep the CCK behind the HR-22 I wouldn't need a white deca receiver for it right? Just one deca for my other HR-22 and the HR-34 doesn't need anything does it?

Correct, but since the CCK passes the DECA signal, you would need to put a band stop filter between it and the HR22, as well as the short ethernet cable.

 

[oilsfan23]

A band stop filter on the HR-22 connected to the CCK or the HR-22 connected to the deca receiver?

 

[veryoldschool]

A band stop filter on the HR-22 connected to the CCK or the HR-22 connected to the deca receiver?

Any receiver that:
Doesn't have an internal DECA,
Doesn't have an external DECA,
Needs a bandstop filter added to its input, if connected to a DECA networking system.

A CCK in pass through mode, doesn't change this.

 

[oilsfan23]

oh ok I think I got it. The HR-22 connected to the CCK needs a band stop filter. The other HR-22 needs a deca receiver. The HR-34 needs nothing.