[DLegler21]

I have an HR20 and an R15 with 3 lines running from the dish to the receivers, leaving me one tuner short. So I am going to get an SWM and have a source for either the SWM-5 or SWM-8.

Other than the ability to add additional tuners in the future, is there any reason not to use the SWM-5? If I understand correctly, I can connect the HR20 with the SWM and the R15 with the two legacy ports. Have looked around the forum and haven't found any issues with the SWM-5 but wanted to ask.

One other question: if I'm using only the one line to the HR20, do I still need the splitter for the SWM line?

DL

 

[veryoldschool]

SWM5 have been discontinued and SWM8 is all that is made now.
Each DVR only needs one cable to feed both tuners.

 

[Rich]

SWM5 have been discontinued and SWM8 is all that is made now.
Each DVR only needs one cable to feed both tuners.

So you only have to plug in one cable to the No. 1 cable port?

Rich

 

[hdtvfan0001]

So you only have to plug in one cable to the No. 1 cable port?

Rich

Yup.

 

[veryoldschool]

So you only have to plug in one cable to the No. 1 cable port?

Rich

And no BBC needed either.

 

[DLegler21]

SWM5 have been discontinued and SWM8 is all that is made now.
Each DVR only needs one cable to feed both tuners.

I understand that the SWM5 has been discontinued but have a used one I can buy.

To your point about only needing one cable for both tuners, I thought from the research I've done on the forum that the R15 isn't compatible with SWM and will need to use the legacy ports - is that correct?

Regardless, the questions still stand:

1. Other than the ability to add additional tuners in the future, is there any reason not to use the SWM-5?

2. If I'm using only the one line to the HR20, do I still need the splitter for the SWM line or can I connect it directly to the HR20?

DL

 

[66stang351]

I understand that the SWM5 has been discontinued but have a used one I can buy.

To your point about only needing one cable for both tuners, I thought from the research I've done on the forum that the R15 isn't compatible with SWM and will need to use the legacy ports - is that correct?

Regardless, the questions still stand:

1. Other than the ability to add additional tuners in the future, is there any reason not to use the SWM-5?

2. If I'm using only the one line to the HR20, do I still need the splitter for the SWM line or can I connect it directly to the HR20?

DL

Yes, you will have to use the legacy ports for the R-15. No, you will not need to split the SWM line to the HR20...just connect it to SAT 1. No reason to get the SWM8 unless you plan to have more than 5 SWM tuners in the future.

 

[veryoldschool]

A SWM5 will work as a SWM8 does, but one less legacy port, no OTA input, and only 5 SWM tuners total.
R15 would need to legacy port(s).
The SWM5 has two SWM outputs.
You can either connect two HR20s to both of these or use FTM #1 and split it to feed two HR20s.
Each HR20 only needs one cable input