DirecTv- will I need a power inserter
I'm looking at having DirecTv change our home over to the Genie in the near future. We have the H24 DVR, (2) H25 rcvrs, and a D12 rcvr. I currently take the D12 receiver and an 18x20 dish along on the...
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Bill.Satellite wrote:
You only need a splitter with the number of outputs equal to (or greater than) the number or receivers you are using. If you have 2 receivers you only need one 2-way SWM splitter (but a 4-way would work with 2 unused ports). Even if that's a Genie with 5 tuners you will only need one coax per box. That's the beauty of SWM (single wire multi-switch).
My experience last week, at the stick house seems to contradict this:
My home Genie, when installed, overloaded my available signals. I originally had 9 lines, 4 DVR,s and 1 receiver, supplied by an 8 way with one of the outputs from the 8 way feeding a 2 way with a 28 volt PI. When the Genie was installed replacing one DVR, feeding from the two way, I had to set the remaining three DVR's to single line, as opposed to dual. This is the only way they would all work since the Genie needed 3 more lines than before. The problem was resolved by simply replacing the two way with another 8 was. The tech said I had to have another 8 way even though only two ports were used. He was apparently correct since everything works now. All DVR's are set as "Dual".
