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One Slimline dish output to 2 HR20 tuners.

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My current setup is Au9S Slimline with builtin 5X4 multiswitch (?) and an HR20-700. I have dedicated 2 of the dish outputs to the HR20 tuners but want to reclaim one of these cables for another use. Can I install a 21VDC Power Inserter (PI-21) and a SWS-2 wide band splitter to reduce my cables to the HR20 to just one?

In several places I have read the BCCs are completely removed from this configuration. Also in the D* SWM field operations training document implies that only ONE RG6 is connected to the HR20. If that's the case why do I need the SWS-2 splitter? Is the new software magically making the 2 tuners work off just one RG6 in SAT IN port 1?

Thanks,
Jim
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No, you cannot.

In order to "split lines" with your existing LNB, you'd need all 4 lines going to a multiswitch, and separate lines from the multiswitch to each tuner.

OR

You would need to change over to SWM equipment. Assuming the HR20 is the only receiver you have, you could get a 5-LNB SWM-enabled LNB and power inserter. This LNB only has one output, which is run to the power inserter, and from the power inserter, is split as necessary to feed a single coax to each receiver. On a dual-tuner recever like your HR-20, once coax from a SWM to the Tuner 1/FTM input will run both tuners. A SWM LNB supports up to 8 tuners.

You could also get an external SWM-8, but from what you describe, the SWM LNB would be much easier, provided all your receivers are SWM compatible.
N5SBP said:
My software release is 0x0254, downloaded around July 23rd but that is not firmware is it?
In this case, it's the same thing (it's a case of people using the wrong terminology). If your receiver is active right now, it has the latest software, and you'll be fine.
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