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Hunter11
Explorer II
Feb 04, 2015

DTV SD Receiver Question

We have had DTV for many years now in our B&S house and now in our RV full time. We have a Winegard Carryout dome which gives us SD on both TV's which is fine with us. My wife was looking at our account today and I guess we can get a free equipment upgrade which I think we would like to do since we have had our current receivers for several years now. Our current receivers are model #D10-300 SD, if we get new receivers what model # new receivers will work P&P with the Carryout? Thanks for any help.
  • Bobbo's avatar
    Bobbo
    Explorer II
    Feb 05, 2015
    Get one that works on the legacy cabling. If it is SWM only you will have to change the RV's cabling to SWM. I have a D12-100 in my RV. It does not require SWM, although it is compatible with it.

    To change the cabling to SWM, you would need a SWM8 and a Power Inserter (PI). The receiver's coax goes into the PI. The PI's coax goes into the SWM8. The SWM8's coax goes to the antenna. The PI requires a 110v outlet.

    ON EDIT: you will also need to run 2 coax cables to the antenna from the SWM8 or you will only get half of the channels. Either the even or the odd transponders, but not both.
  • Hunter11's avatar
    Hunter11
    Explorer II
    Feb 05, 2015
    Thanks for the info. I thought I had read at one point that on some of the newer receivers you had to change something to make them work with the Carryout but it is good to know all the new ones are P&P.

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