What is SWM & How To Install It (by request)

[Feralhog]

Maybe I'm not understanding this BUT...... if I only have one line running from the LNB and currently have two HD receivers in the house, all I should have to to do is procure an HR22 (and activate it, etc), replace one of the HD receivers, and I'm good to go?

Thanks!

[HeidigsAntenna]

you can connect any model directv receiver with a swm8 however you may not use the swm lnb. Reason being you would be using two multi-switches which is a no-no. The concept is to use the swm 8 like a wb68 switch, i.e. it has 6 inputs 4 which are commonly found on any ka/ku multiswitch with two flex ports. Flex ports are only used with multiple dishes. The outputs of the swm8 are for swm splitters and the swm port 1 is where the power inserter is located. You still may only hook up 8 tuners to the swm ports but if not using swm port 2 it must be terminated. The 3 legacy ports will not pass signals from the 99 and the 103 satellites so it would act like a 3 lnb (101, 110, 119) which makes sense because if it is not a swm receiver then it won't take those two satellites anyway This is not a normal install but who wants to get rid of their TIVOS?

[HeidigsAntenna]

yes that is correct make sure the software download is performed and you connect to the swm port on the dvr. the only possible problem you could have is that the installer may have only used a 2 set swm splitter where as in your case you would need at least a 4 way...(2 dvr tuners and 1 hd tuner)

[NFLinHD]

Have a question about a SWM dish.

If I only have 1 HD-DVR (HR22-100), do I need the splitter? Or can I just run the 1 line from the SWM to the receiver in this fashion: SWM Dish<-->PI<-->HR22<-->LCD

Thanks for the help!