DIRECTV AU9-S-SWM-B-PWS Five LNB Ka/Ku Slim Line Dish

[RandallA]

Just making sure I'm ready to make the jump. Currently with Dish, I have 3 RG6 cables running from the dish to a switch to feed the receiver. I need to know if I need to run a 4th RG6 to the switch for a SWM8 switch.

Why not let the installer run it? I ran these 3 cables and they can barely be seen from outside. I hid them pretty well and I would like to keep it that way. Plus, Directv uses white RG6 cable which I dislike. I will be getting the core programming, spanish programming and HD. I will be getting 1 HD-DVR, 1 SD-DVR, 2 HD receivers, and 2 SD receiver for a total of 8 tuners.

Can they install the AU9-S-SWM-B-PWS Five LNB Ka/Ku Slim Line Dish (sorry for the long name) and just run one cable inside to an 8 way splitter? or can they install the same dish and use two of the lines to 2 4 way splitter? or will they install a 5 LNB dish and run 4 cables to a SWM8?

Just learning how Directv dishes and switches work now.

 

[Bob Nielsen]

With the SWM dish, only one cable will be used and you can use a splitter inside (you will also need a power inserter ). Non-SWM dishes will feed one cable for each tuner (or to a multiswitch if there are more than 4 tuners). They don't usually install SWM8s, but use SWM16s (with non-SWM LNBs) for more than 8 tuners. With SWM, only one cable is required for a DVR (there is an internal splitter to feed both tuners).

 

[Jimbo]

As for the white coax, that must be what the guy had on the truck at the time, I've never had white coax run, but it would be a GREAT thing for me as my siding is white !

The majority of the time it's Black coax RG6

 

[RandallA]

White coax seems to be the norm around here for Directv. When I had Dish installed, the installer was a Directv installer too and he also used white coax. I replaced them all with black coax.

Thank you Bob, that's what I understood from my research. I hope the installer uses a SWM dish.