BEV Home Signal Switching/Splitting/Cabling Discussion Thread

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Rhy, can you tell me if the splitters you bought at Home Depot were the ones that say powerpass on one side of the splitter? I don't quite understand what effect this will have on the set-up. Thanks.
 
Could i do this?

Using the Dual LNB dish I have now, run the 4 cables into an SW44A (from that i can hook up 4 recivers using SW-64PIs), then continue the Sat feed from the SW44A to a SW44 and then other two recivers from the SW44...

Would this work?

Also, whats the "power supply" in the daigram? (in the SW-64PI connection)
 
""Keep in mind that each Power Inserter will need an AC outlet to connect to. It is your typical power plug with the DC converter box at the end of the plug""
Just a quick question, I am just doing the electrical now, how close will I need an outlet for the power inserter?
Also any1 hear if then 9220 is back up for sale yet?
 
check the back of the 5100 receiver and see if you see a "D P" logo. I don't think that receiver is DishPro compliant.

You could also go with a legacy quad. A DPP twin with a separater would allow one cable to the 5200 and one cable to one more receiver.

If you already have another dish...........that is the cheapest.
 
It would probably be the cheapest solution especially if you already have an extra dish and SW44 (or will get them included in the PVR box).

If you don't have room for another dish or just don't want more clutter on your roof, another solution would be to use a SW44A infront of the SW44 for a total of 8 outputs.

Check out this thread:

http://www.digitalhomecanada.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16557
 
I live just south east of Vancouver. I had quite a few rain outs with the 18" dish.
I complained a few times to Bell and finally they offered to send me a 24" dish
free but I would have to install it. What a difference that made!!! Signal
strength went up on some transponders to 98%-99% while the lowest signal
strength I see is 79%.

When I go to HDTV I will buy a 30" dish for the HDTV satellite and keep the 24" for the SD sat.

FaxCap
 
Actually, you can have 8 connections with 1 Dish... I do it wish 2 SW44 switches and 4 HF splitters.
 
That correct hf splitters from the LNBF before the switches, then use 2 x SW44's, each SW44 will have a power inserter to provide enough power to keep it all working properly..
 
Does anyone know which type of High Frequency Splitter to use to hook up two SW44's? I have been looking at these splitters on the internet, but there are ones that have only one port with Power Pass and ones that have both ports with Power Pass. Which one works with this configuration? Thanks.
 
Right now I have my 6100 working on one line throught a sw21 and another line feeding my 5900. I have a 4700 at the cottage that I want to incorporate into the mix for the bedroom. What do I need to make it work?
 
Need both sides pass through. Just make sure when you split sat 1A it goes into sat 1A on the other sw44 and so forth.

Dubble
 
Absolutely must check to make sure all receivers are dishpro compatible (i.e. has the DP logo on the back). I do believe that the 5100s (aka Dishpro 501 for Echostar) is DP compatible.

Justed looked on ebay, lots of dispro quads on sale for around $26 plus S&H. Good luck.
 
Thanks Dubble. That is what I suspected, but could not get anyone to confirm. Thanks again.
 
I got some good quality 2 MHZ splitters for $2.50 each and the correct (2 MHZ with DC pass on one leg only) splitters for $3.50 each. At least you didn't pay $40 each for "Monster" splitters. Markups on these things are astronomical.


The power inserter can be next to the receiver as long as your cable runs are under 200 feet. Over that you might have other problems anyway.
 
I wouldn't go with the one side pass through. Depending on the other switch 44 sucks. The way the lnb's/switch works in simplistic form, you are designating one output of the lnb with 18v, while the other output of the lnb to 12V. When you access a channel through your receiver it will put voltage to the correct lnb input via the sw44 (master). If you access a channel from the receiver on the blocked dc splitter side, the sw44 will be unable to put voltage onto the lnb, thus depending on the master sw44 to place the voltage. eg. If you have all the receivers off on the master side, no voltage will be supplied to the lnb's, so the receivers on the dc blocked sw44 side will not work. Another example. If all the receivers are on the same channel on the master sw44 side, then the dc blocked sw44 will only have access to half the possible channels.
Go with a high frequency splitter without any dc blocking

Dubble
 
Digicon works great aswell. Just make sure it fits ok into the compression tool. I had to exchange my tool cause it wouldn't physically fit. The old tool did fit the thomas and bretts snap and seal. The digicons in my opinnion looks better, the satellite installer used the T&B connectors.

Dubble
 
What I think I will do, based on the great advice I'm getting here, is get an SW-44A and start off by running 2 more cables, and see if I can make everything work. Once it's doing what it's supposed to do, then I'll seal up the holes and batten everything down (in my neck of the woods, as it were, one does not leave holes into one's house open for any longer than necessary; you'd be surprised how small a hole a mouse or a squirrel or a coyote can fit through).

If it doesn't work, and what works for everyone else often does not work for me, then I'll run 4 more cables through the same holes, in anticipation of mounting another dish. It's not the drilling that I'm avoiding, it's my insistance on neat-and-tidy wiring that will take up the time. :rolleyes:

Thanks for the help, folks! Much appreciated!

Chuck
 
Hi guys, just looking for opinions between the two. I've read that the compression style connectors make for less signal loss as compared to the crimp style. Just wondering what you guys might think regarding the two and wheither it's worth the extra $ to spring for a compression style crimper, about a $30.00 difference.
 
This would work.

The SW-64PI Power Inserters come with the SW-44A and SW-44 switches. There is only 1 (one) SW-64PI power inserter required for each switch . You do not need one for each receiver connection.

They are needed to maintain the signal strength through the switches to each receiver port. It does not matter which of your receiver's you connect to the Power Inserter. Keep in mind that each Power Inserter will need an AC outlet to connect to. It is your typical power plug with the DC converter box at the end of the plug.

You will notice that the SW-44A has those 4 additional "Pass Through" connections on the bottom that would allow the sat signals to continue through to the regular SW-44.

Each receiver (up to 8 total with this configuration) would be connected to each of the cable connections on each side of the switches (notice that there are two on each side of each switch).

The SW-44A's run around $130 Cdn and the SW-44 is around $110 Cdn. Each of these switches come with the required single SW-64PI Power Inserter.
 
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