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First off I'd like to thank weaKnees for their great products and all the help I've gotten over the years. I've got an ancient DirecTivo that I bought from you guys with an upgraded drive, and it's still going strong. And my upgraded HR-21 has been flawless over the last couple of years.
I'm going to be moving in a couple of weeks and my new home has a distributed RG6 wiring setup. There's one line in from the outside of the house leading to a panel in the utility room. All the cable lines to each jack in the house connect here are are labeled. I currently have 3 HD DVRs and a DirecTivo and plan to use SWM. My understanding is that when I do the DirecTV mover's connection, they will not install a SWM LNB due to my non-compatible DirecTivo (which is fine with me). I plan on upgrading the Tivo to an HD DVR, but I would prefer not to have the SWM LNB due to the fact that it can't be expanded. So I'll be ordering a SWM8, mounting it on the outside of the house, and connecting the SWM1 port to the line that goes to the distribution box. Then, inside the box I'll use a 1x4 splitter and connect each jack that will have a receiver. I think I've got this part straight, but I still have some more questions.
1. Does it matter where I place the power inserter? I have an outlet in the distribution box, but I would prefer to run it off a UPS (like my DVRs) so I don't lose signal when the power flickers. Would it be OK to plug the inserter into a UPS behind my entertainment center and place it in between the jack and the DVR?
2. Right now I have two DVRs in my family room and I'd like to keep that setup. Is there a way to split the cable at the jack in order to run 4 tuners? If so, would a SWM 1x2 splitter be the part that I need?
3. With my current wiring setup, is there any way to have more than 8 tuners given the fact that I only have a single line leading to my distribution box? It appears that the dual SWM8 setups as well as the upcoming SWM16 all require the use of two SWM ports to run more than 8 tuners. I have access under the house and it's probably feasible to run a second line from the SWMs to the utility closet, but I'd rather not.
Thanks for any help or advice you can provide!
Gabe
I'm going to be moving in a couple of weeks and my new home has a distributed RG6 wiring setup. There's one line in from the outside of the house leading to a panel in the utility room. All the cable lines to each jack in the house connect here are are labeled. I currently have 3 HD DVRs and a DirecTivo and plan to use SWM. My understanding is that when I do the DirecTV mover's connection, they will not install a SWM LNB due to my non-compatible DirecTivo (which is fine with me). I plan on upgrading the Tivo to an HD DVR, but I would prefer not to have the SWM LNB due to the fact that it can't be expanded. So I'll be ordering a SWM8, mounting it on the outside of the house, and connecting the SWM1 port to the line that goes to the distribution box. Then, inside the box I'll use a 1x4 splitter and connect each jack that will have a receiver. I think I've got this part straight, but I still have some more questions.
1. Does it matter where I place the power inserter? I have an outlet in the distribution box, but I would prefer to run it off a UPS (like my DVRs) so I don't lose signal when the power flickers. Would it be OK to plug the inserter into a UPS behind my entertainment center and place it in between the jack and the DVR?
2. Right now I have two DVRs in my family room and I'd like to keep that setup. Is there a way to split the cable at the jack in order to run 4 tuners? If so, would a SWM 1x2 splitter be the part that I need?
3. With my current wiring setup, is there any way to have more than 8 tuners given the fact that I only have a single line leading to my distribution box? It appears that the dual SWM8 setups as well as the upcoming SWM16 all require the use of two SWM ports to run more than 8 tuners. I have access under the house and it's probably feasible to run a second line from the SWMs to the utility closet, but I'd rather not.
Thanks for any help or advice you can provide!
Gabe
I can get by with the 8 tuner setup for a while, but I suppose I'll be pulling one more cable when the SWM16 comes out later this year. I really can't complain, though. I spent many hot and dirty hours pulling multiple cables to all the tuners in my current house, so at least SWM has spared me that torture! Thanks again for the help.
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