Connect DTV H24 to 18" round dish
This has been discussed before but here is my experience. H24 is hooked up for HD at home with a dish separate from the house. It uses a SWM device. I had previously used a simple SD receiver in t...
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When we are home the HD dish is attached to the rear of the trailer with two RG6 cables. One of the cables is attached to the SWM from the inside of the connector that goes through the wall to the outside. The other side of the SWM is connected to the receiver. The receiver is set up for LNB3 with single wire multi-switch (SWM). The second cable from the HD LNB goes through the wall directly to the bedroom receiver.
When we are camping we use a 18" round dish withh a dual LNB and without a SWM. The first cable comes in through the wall and must be connected directly to the receiver thus bypassing the SWM. In order to do that the SWM must be disconnected from both the LNB cable and the receiver so that the LNB cable from the dish can be connected directly to the receiver.
To avoid all the cable switching I built the DPDT bypass switch with 4 connectors. I know if no way an A/B switch with only 3 connectors can be made to work.
When we are camping we use a 18" round dish withh a dual LNB and without a SWM. The first cable comes in through the wall and must be connected directly to the receiver thus bypassing the SWM. In order to do that the SWM must be disconnected from both the LNB cable and the receiver so that the LNB cable from the dish can be connected directly to the receiver.
To avoid all the cable switching I built the DPDT bypass switch with 4 connectors. I know if no way an A/B switch with only 3 connectors can be made to work.
