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Community Alumni
Apr 25, 2015

Direct TV Genie and Aiming the antenna question

In my RV I have the Direct TV receiver non HD using the 18 inch antenna that I can aim and set up. I have a house with the Genie in it and all set up to run there. Question: What problems is the...
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Bill_Satellite
Explorer II
Apr 26, 2015
donn0128 wrote:
The Genie is a SWM only receivet. Your round dish is not. In other words it wont work.


This is only partially correct. Your round dish will work just fine but you need to add a SWM8 switch and a PI29 power inserter to the mix. It's super simple and less than $100. The Genie will be able to receive all of the channels in SD quality only so no HD but it will work.

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