Can I use a slimline 3 dish with a HR 24 DVR (living room) and HR 25 HD Receiver (bedroom). The base of the LNB arm has 4 connectors, which one is used? Am I correct in my assumption that I will need a power inserter and a splitter to send the signal to the two receivers? What settings will I use for the receivers? I'm checking out tv4rv.com for the equipment to support and aim the dish.Thanks for your response.

Unless you outfit your rv with a SWM setup, you will need to run two separate coax cables from the dish then one directly to each receiver with no splitters. It doesn't matter which pigtail you use on the slimline dish. I run two HD receivers in my fiver and run two cables from the dish. One goes to the "satellite prep" feed to the living room TV receiver (direct run). The other cable runs from the dishto the "cable in" feed to the 2nd TV receiver. I had to modify the rv's factory coax wiring to isolate the "cable in" feed from the antenna amplifier for this to work.

kab449 wrote: Am I correct in my assumption that I will need a power inserter and a splitter to send the signal to the two receivers? What settings will I use for the receivers? .For a SWM dish, yes, the PI should come with its own special splitter. You can use one coax for the DVR instead of two using SWM. Setting=SWM3, dual tuner.

Is your bedroom receiver an H25? I don't believe there is an HR25. If it is an H25, that receiver requires a SWM setup. Which you could do, if you want. You'd probably want a SWM8 switch and then you'd need a power inserter for the SWM8. You'd plug all four wires from your dish - probably right at the dish - into the SWM8 and run one wire to your trailer. That one wire would plug into the power inserter, and the satellite output from the power inserter would plug into a 2- way SWM splitter; one output to each TV.Or, you could forget the SWM setup and run two outputs - any two - to the HR24; with the two inputs, you'd be able to watch one channel and record another (which will also work with one SWM input). But then your H25 won't be able to work.

One of mine is a HR23 the other is a HR700. The HR700 requires a b band converter. I use the slimline 3 multi switch setup.

I was planning, if the dish would work, to set up the SWM PI and splitter in the front compartment right aside of the convenience center where the cable runs to the living room and bedroom start. They are dedicated runs for satellite. The DVR is a HR 24 HD Receiver and the one I am putting in the bedroom is a HR 25 HD Receiver. I guess I only need a source for the Power Inserter and the DC pass splitter.

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2oldman
Explorer II
May 04, 2013
mikestock wrote:
Believe it or not, my SWM will feed my HD DVR directly without the PI or splitter.
Then your receiver must be capable of pumping 21v. Which one is it?
Bill_Satellite
Explorer II
May 04, 2013
Just tried it (for grins) on my own setup and it did not work.
It may have something to do with the receiver you are using, I cannot be sure since I have not been able to duplicate it.
mikestock
Explorer
May 04, 2013
OK. I guess I am misunderstanding. I said that I found that a SWM horn will feed one receiver without a PI or splitter in the circuit and you said I was wrong. I have been trying to get you to try it for yourself and you have not done so.

When accusing someone of an erroneous post the least you can do is see if you can duplicate the process before disputing. Doesn't look like you have tried it yet but that's OK. If you have,in fact,tried it then I understand your bowing out.
Bill_Satellite
Explorer II
May 04, 2013
Clearly you are not reading what I am writing.
No worries, enough said. I have no bone to pick and I will bow out of this conversation.
I will use a PI with any SWM setup and you can do as you please.
mikestock
Explorer
May 04, 2013
As I can see, you still haven't tried ti.
Bill_Satellite
Explorer II
May 04, 2013
The splitter is never necessary unless there is more than one receiver connected, but if it is truly a SWM head it will need a power inserter.
mikestock
Explorer
May 04, 2013
Take the PI and splitter out of the circuit. If it is in the circuit you didn't have the same setup.
Bill_Satellite
Explorer II
May 04, 2013
I just had that exact setup. One of my techs could not get any signal from the SWM antenna. Turned out the PI was not plugged in. No power. No signal.
mikestock
Explorer
May 04, 2013
Bill.Winegard wrote:

Believe it or not, my SWM will feed my HD DVR directly without the PI or splitter.

Thanks for the "believe it or not" option since a SWM LNB will not work without the PI installed. No splitter required, but the PI is required. There are also non-SWM LNB's (they look almost exactly alike) but a SWM LNB cannot work without a PI.

Hate to be argumentative, but please don't dispute this unless you have actually tried it. I know the difference between a SWM horn and a legacy horn. I did this while troubleshooting a 785 (can't communicate with dish) error. Finally found out that I had a bad circuit through the PI. Replaced the PI and am using the same SWM horn normally, feeding my 2 DVR's in my fiver.

After you've tried it, we'll talk.
Bill_Satellite
Explorer II
May 04, 2013

Believe it or not, my SWM will feed my HD DVR directly without the PI or splitter.

Thanks for the "believe it or not" option since a SWM LNB will not work without the PI installed. No splitter required, but the PI is required. There are also non-SWM LNB's (they look almost exactly alike) but a SWM LNB cannot work without a PI.

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