Direct TV question

hpdrver wrote:
I trying to install a swm kit to my Winegard T4 dome. I plan on mounting the swm 8 on the roof and connecting the two coax feeds from the dome to the swm8. I will now have two coax leads on the roof with one going to the living and the second one going to the bedroom.

The swm8 wire diagram shows one lead coming into the rv and being connected to a power inserter and a lead coming out of the inserter and going to a coax splitter which then feeds two receivers. I plan on using my H24 in the bedroom and the HR5400 receiver in the living.

Here is my question. Can I connect the coax going to the living to the inserter and then to my receiver without using the splitter. Can I then connect the coax from the bedroom directly to the swm8 to feed my h24 receiver. Thanks

You DO NOT want to use the splitter with that setup. The SWM8 switch has 2 coax outputs and either coax can go to either receiver. What you MUST do is put the PI29 (not a household Power Inserter) on the coax that goes to the SWM1 output of the SWM8 switch on the roof. The PI can be connected at either receiver, just insure that that coax is the one coming from the SWM1 output.
SWM does mean single wire but you will run mulitple wires to multiple receivers and all the necessary channels will be send down the SINGLE WIRE. You will still have a max of 8 channels available so your Genie will take 5 channels and your H24 will take a 6th with 2 channels left over!