Ricawn said:
They could not get the line into the wall to run two in one jack. There are town homes on both sides so they have no access to the outside wall next to the living room. There is no crawl space between the second and third floor, and no attic. They would have had to drill a whole through the exterior wall in the back bedroom of the home (which was the main problem) and then run about 75 feet of cable under the carpet to the living room and then drill another whole in that wall. I probably could have done it. But I was concerned about damaging the carpet and I know that drilling wholes in those two walls would not have made my landlord happy if he had noticed.
I only want the DVR to work on that receiver which is the brand new HD DVR receiver available from directv. I'm concerned that the SWM linked above will not work with this receiver but only with older versions.
SWM is only for newer receivers, and will definitely work with your HR22 unit.
As for your description of your install issue, that now makes lots of sense, and an SWM is probably the cheaper route to go anyway...
As for only wanting the dvr to work on that receiver, ok. But that's not the issue. What is your full setup? All your boxes, and how they are all wired right now? SWM units change the way the entire system works, so if you have more than two older units in your system, (and assuming they are all homeruns from the dish) yo can still use an swm for your DVR, but there may be additional things you need to do, and there are several options. (cost varies from free to probably $40 or more, depending) If you explain your full setup, we can give you better advice...