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I've been researching the use of a SWM for my setup and I think I understand what I need but I wanted some confirmation before I pull the trigger.
I currently have a Slimline 5LNB dish and two H21-100 receivers (only one receiver is hooked up at the moment, but the second one is activated. So I have a single coax line running from the dish through the wall down to the receiver. I wanted to just run a second line from the dish to the second receiver but after crawling around in the attic I found that fishing the line would be too difficult for me. This led me to the SWM option.
(1) I believe all I'll need to accomplish this is a SWM8 and a 1X2 splitter to provide signal to the second receiver. The power inserter is included with the SWM. Is this correct?
(2) I'm assuming that I can use the existing coax cable and connect that to the SWM1 port on the SWM (since I can get to this cable in the attic), and then get four coax cables to connect the dish to the SWM to complete the hookups?
A couple of other questions:
(3) I currently receive local HD channels through DirecTV. Will I continue to receive them after installing the SWM and splitters?
(4) Where can I get the cables with the correct fittings for the four lines from the dish to the SWM? I see that you sell "patch cables" that are 6 ft or less, but I'll need something longer for the Dish-SWM lines.
Thank in advance. I'm really looking forward to getting this all set up.
I've been researching the use of a SWM for my setup and I think I understand what I need but I wanted some confirmation before I pull the trigger.
I currently have a Slimline 5LNB dish and two H21-100 receivers (only one receiver is hooked up at the moment, but the second one is activated. So I have a single coax line running from the dish through the wall down to the receiver. I wanted to just run a second line from the dish to the second receiver but after crawling around in the attic I found that fishing the line would be too difficult for me. This led me to the SWM option.
(1) I believe all I'll need to accomplish this is a SWM8 and a 1X2 splitter to provide signal to the second receiver. The power inserter is included with the SWM. Is this correct?
(2) I'm assuming that I can use the existing coax cable and connect that to the SWM1 port on the SWM (since I can get to this cable in the attic), and then get four coax cables to connect the dish to the SWM to complete the hookups?
A couple of other questions:
(3) I currently receive local HD channels through DirecTV. Will I continue to receive them after installing the SWM and splitters?
(4) Where can I get the cables with the correct fittings for the four lines from the dish to the SWM? I see that you sell "patch cables" that are 6 ft or less, but I'll need something longer for the Dish-SWM lines.
Thank in advance. I'm really looking forward to getting this all set up.
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