Recent content by seandarcy

I must be dense. So all I need is 1. Standard issue D dish, coax running to basement. 2. I buy a diplexer; attach the D coax and the coax from the OTA antenna to the diplexer. 3. Output coax from diplexer goes to splitter. 4. Attach coax from TVs to splitter 5. At each TV, buy another...

OK, I know I can drop a second coax to each TV, but that doesn't come close to meeting the WAF. So how do I ( can I?) get DTV and OTA on one coax to a TV?

OK, I'm confused. I want to install DTV, and keep using my OTA setup. This isn't an exotic use case. I'd I have both the coax from the OTA antenna and the coax leads to the TVs in the basement. I want to combine the OTA with the DTV and use the existing coax to the TVs. I'd understood I...

But I need SWiM if I want to also use an OTA feed, right? How do I tell DTV I want SWiM? How do _I_ write on the installation ticket? I don't want DTV without OTA. What happens if the tech shows up without SWiM? Do I just say no thanks and cancel the order? If I only order 1 HD reveiver, can...

So I shouldn't order online, but call? Are the call center operators that good? I've assumed SWiM is only/primarily used where you also want OTA. I'm in SW Connecticut. Anyone have a clue whether SWiM is used here? sean

So if I get the HD-DVR from weaknees, I still pay the $5/month?

After a lot of help here - Thanks - I've decided to get DTV to supplement my OTA. I want DTV to install an SWM antenna and power inserter, run it to a basement closet, install a splitter for 3 existing coax cables. ( BTW, where do I attach the coax from the antenna?). DTV also gives me 2...

So for three locations, I can get DTV to install an SWM with a power inserter ( so I don't need an SWM 8?) in the basement. I can connect the OTA feed to the SWM in the basement. Doesn't DTV install a splitter for the 3 existing room drops? At each room location I'll need (from weaknees)...

I must be dense. I have the cable coming from the IRD port of the Power Inserter (located in the basement) into the living room. In the living room I connect that cable to a diplexer which gives me two cables. One cable I connect to the HD-DVR. The other cable I connect a. to the cable-in...

OK, went to the weaknees site to look at some wiring diagrams. So I get that you connect the OTA feed and the DTV feed into the SWM8. Then SWM8 to Power Inserter. Now I get confused. Let's assume I only have one HD-DVR. Do I just connect IRD from the Power Inserter into the HD-DVR? Will the...

harshness, sorry for being so clueless, but what is SWiM? But in any case the answer is that unless I want the installer to do a bad job installing a second coax, I've got to use the existing coax, so I won't be able to see OTA if I install DTV. sean

I've been on uverse. But now want to switch. With uverse I've been using cat5 to reach my 3 tv's. 2 also have coax, which I've connected to an antenna for OTA. The 3rd only has cat5. If I switch to DTV, must I have coax to each tv? Can the DTV STB's use cat5? While uverse stinks, it's great...