Coax adapter?

[xterra]

Just was wondering what kind of adapter the installer used when hooking up my directv hr44 dvr? It's a ac plug in adapter to coax, then Ethernet wire to router. Guess it's so I can stream movies. If I move router can I just plug in the hr44 straight to the router, and get rid of adapter? Thanks

 

[trparky]

If it looks like this... Don't touch it. That's your LNB power inserter. You need that to power the dish's LNB.


If it looks like this, then if you have an HR44 you don't need it. It basically just inserts Ethernet into the DirecTV COAX system. This is the DECA bridge. You can get rid of it if you want and just plug in the Ethernet cable directly into the back of the HR44 Genie and it would then act as the DECA bridge without an extra piece of equipment. The older HR34 Genie (now retired) did need this but the newer Genie setups don't.

 

[xterra]

Yup I just found an article on it http://forums.solidsignal.com/docs/Coax Networking White Paper.pdf. I thought maybe it was for my HR34 unit. Thanks for the help! So glad I switched from Dish to Directv.

 

[peds48]

If it looks like this... Don't touch it. That's your LNB power inserter. You need that to power the dish's LNB.
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If it looks like this, then if you have an HR44 you don't need it. It basically just inserts Ethernet into the DirecTV COAX system. This is the DECA bridge. You can get rid of it if you want and just plug in the Ethernet cable directly into the back of the HR44 Genie and it would then act as the DECA bridge without an extra piece of equipment. The older HR34 Genie (now retired) did need this but the newer Genie setups don't.
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Actually the HR34 didn't needed either.