BEV Home Signal Switching/Splitting/Cabling Discussion Thread

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Here is my scenario.
I am at a RV park on a seasonal site. My neighbour has BEV with 2 lnb. His buddy on another site is using his dish as well. He has kindly offered for me to hook into his dish as well. I plan on using my 3100 from home and bring out there.
Now, since there are 3 of us using the same dish I obviously need a multiswitch. In reading some of these scenarios, the issue of me getting channels through my antenna would require also the multiswitch and/or a diplexer. What would be the correct setup?

There is also the issue of boosting the power. Do I need to? I have minimal distance between the dish and my trailer.

I also take it that RG6 cable is to be used throughout.

Finally, would one of you fine people recommend a good multiswitch and or diplexer (if needed).

thanks, Armeee
 
You should be able to use the RF-coax input on the VCR for the antenna, to record analogue stations. You can then use the composite or S-video connection from the BEV receiver, along with analogue (red/white) audio.

See the Digital Home FAQ "How to connect a VCR & STB". Since you don't have cable there is no "split" upstream, but the rest should be just about the same.

If you're not familiar with these connections, see the Digital Home FAQ "Cables & Connections."
 
This has been discussed a lot on this board already. I suggest you search for SW44 and diplexer.

You will need a SW44. A diplexer is usually not necessary unless you cannot run an extra coax. Two diplexers are necessary, one to combine the signals and one to separate them. Some switches have built in diplexers but not the SW44. If you are a new customer, you might also consider installing the supplied dish. A standard metal fence post works well as a mounting post. Mobile RV dishes are also available.
 
It sounds like I am having a similar problem. I am trying to add a second independent reciever to my bell expressvu system.

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Current setup:

Outside:

- 2 x Dual LNBs
- 2 x SW21s

Inside:

- Two coax run from outside to inside to my main panel.
- Then I route the two coax to my dual tuner 9200 series receiver
- The output of the 9200 go to another TV and controlled by an UHF remote

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Are there splitters/switchers that will work after a SW21 so that I can make the split of one of my lines to feed one of my dual tuner inputs and my independent reciever input.
 
Thanks! Everything makes sense, but just to be sure.

Mom, will need to have the VCR on to watch BEV (BEV only has one set of outputs). Is there anyway to split the only set of outputs from the BEV to eliminate this (connect it directly to the TV)? Is this recommended?

Rick.
 
There are some splitter y-connectors that you could try (The piggyback audio cables are mentioned in the FAQ, you'll need to find something similar for the video). There are also switches you could try.

Recommended for video - probably not, doable - probably.
 
SW44's are meant to be used with 2 dual lnb's for both 91 and 82 to provide signal's from both sat's. A simple 2X4 multiswitch is all he needs for 3-4 feeds on just 91.

I'm not sure if this causing your problem, but I believe it most likely it is.

9200_sw44_2.jpg
 
I recently upgraded to a 5200 receiver and I diconnected a 3100 receiver to get the dual tuner capability. I want to eventually reconnect the 3100 and possibly my old 5100. I have an extra 18" dish available.

My question is are there any cons in hooking up the second dish and attaching the other receivers to it or am I better off buying an SW44 switch. I'd rather not spend the money on a switch and put the extra dish to use but am not sure if the SW44 is the better way to go.
 
Cons of 2nd dish:
The ugly factor and you have to run extra cables which also can be unsightly and you have the cost of running more RG6 and you have to do more work!
 
Thanks guys. I ended up buying the one at Home Depot. What a difference in preparation. Much easier than the crimp style. I got speaking with the guy there and his explanation of why these connectors are better made a lot of sense. He was explaining that any alteration of the center of the cable (the white conductor) will degrade the signal. The crimp style connectors compress this part of the cable causing loss where as the commpression fittings do not.
 
Thanks for the quick reply , can you direct me to which kind fo 2x4 switch works best for express vu (91 only) to use with 3 recievers:p
 
ken0042:
I could not wait for a 20" Dish, and besides, I already had a spare 18" Dish, so my current setup has two 18" Dishes (1 pointed at 82 and the other at 91).

I have 4 Receivers (2-3100's; 1-5100; and 1-6000), but I still need the SW-44 (mounted inside my house electrical panel) to take the 4 cables (two from each dish) and allow each receiver to be able to watch programming from both satellites.

I am not certain if the single 20" Dish with Twin-Dual LNB's would have 4 cables as well, or it might only have two if there is a SW21 mounted right at the dish. Someone else may be able to better answer that one.
 
This will work fine for two receivers. You can mount the SW21 at the dish and save running an extra cable into the house. For more than two receivers you will need a SW44.

Don't use cheap, unpowered 4 way switches with dual sat. They may work with some receivers but can cause problems.
 
An SW21 is a switch. The receiver sends a command to it to pick one of the two inputs. In the parallel SW44 configuration you need splitters between the LNBs and the SW44s so that each SW44 sees the same signal. Inputs 1a would see 92 even, 1b would see 92 odd, 2a would see 82 even and 2b would see 82 odd.
 
I am wondering what signal splitter I would need to split one line in into two lines inside my home. When the dish was professionally installed, the installers didn't run a second line in so it is hard to get one through the sealed hole they drilled and I don't want to drill a second hole. Went to FS and they directed me to a splitter which I purchased but upon hook up, you can only watch channels that are on the same satellite and the same odd or even transponder (transponder can be different but must be odd or even number).

What would I need to be able to split this feed into two seperate lines and be able to watch sat 82 on one tv and 91 on the other?

P.S. - If it helps, I have an extra SW21.
 
Hi everyone,

I have my BEV dish setup with dual LNB's and a SW21 (setup outside at the dish, by Bell) with a single cable coming into my living room. I have a spare 3120 IRD that I would like to hook up into our bedroom.

My question is, can it be done at all without running additional cables from my LNB's ? Im not sure if this could be achieved with a SW44 (kinda overkil for my purpose).

Thanks In Advance

AK
 
There is no such thing as "splitting" in the satellite world. If you were to attempt it, it would only work if both receivers were on the same transponder at the same time; which is pretty rare.

Get an SW44. It's not overkill, it just does exactly what somebody in you position needs it to do.
 
Thanx.

Someone suggested running out of one SW44 (1b and 2b) into another SW44. That way we could get 4 sd recivers on the second SW44 and run a HD 6100/6000 on the first SW44 out of the 1a and 2a. the 6000/6100 would have the power inserter on 1a

what do you think
 
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