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I have just finished my install of swm with DECA last weekend and called Directv to have them activate Whole Home DVR. They informed me that I do not have the proper equipment. After doing some research I found that my LNB on the dish has four cables coming from it instead on one. Further research has concluded that my dish is not SWM capable. I currently have the four cables coming from the dish to the swm multiswitch, then one cable going out of swm1 to my pi-29, then out to a 1x8 splitter. My questions are can I just buy a swm capable lnb only and just bolt it to my existing dish or do I need the entire dish? Once I have the swm lnb, do I install a 1x4 splitter before the swm multiswitch? Do I need an additional pi? If not, do I need to move my pi in my setup or is it good where it is at? If so, where do I wire it in? Thanks for your help!
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A SWM8 is just as capable of Whole Home DVR as a SWM LNB.
They must mean other equipment.
What are the model numbers of the receivers?Been here a long time . . . -
hr20-100, and two hr22sComment
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As long as you have the DECA package for the HR20-100 and DECAs for your HR22, then DIRECTV was simply wrong. If you have the right equipment installed (you DON'T need a SWM LNB), then just call DIRECTV and try again and talk to someone with a bit of knowledge.
BTW, the HR20-100 requires a special DECA setup, see:
http://www.weaknees.com/directv-deca-networking-mrv.phpComment
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That is what I thought too. I did purchase the package for the hr20-100 with the band stop filter. I will try to call directv again. Thanks for your help.Comment
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