Directv called me, shocking, and said I needed a 200-2150 splitter. Went to best buy and they had a 4-2150 diplexer.....yup that doesnt work either
THANKS AGAIN DIRECTV
Unless you have a SWM installed, a splitter will NOT work with a D* system.
Here's the reason why.
D* uses to different voltages plus a control tone that is sent from the receiver back through the lines to the LNB to select the satellite and transponders. These are 13/18 VDC and 22kHZ, which gives you 4 possible combinations.
13VDC, no tone = odd transponders on 99 and 101 sats
18VDC, no tone = even transponders on 99 and 101 sats
13VDC, 22kHZ tone = odd transponders on 103/110/119 sats
18VDC, 22kHZ tone = even transponders on 103/110/119 sats
Because of this, there are actually two issues associated with the use of splitters. First of all, not all splitters will pass a DC voltage back through the splitter into the common wire.
Secondly, and most importantly as it pertains to D* is this. When a signal is split and sent to two different receivers, you are going to have voltage control issues. While this is not a problem when the receivers are using the same satellite and odd/even transponder selection, it is a problem when they are not.
18VDC will always drown out the 13VDC signal, just like the presence of the 22kHZ tone will make the LNB think that both receivers are requesting those transponders.