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Have you tried a search for SWM (single wire multiswitch)?
Here's a thread on this forum. (oh it's yours).
http://www.satelliteguys.us/directv-forum/111282-two-tuners-one-cable.html
And one on DBS Talk.
When is the SWM Wiring Hardware Coming? - DBSTalk.Com
Here's a thread on this forum. (oh it's yours).
http://www.satelliteguys.us/directv-forum/111282-two-tuners-one-cable.html
And one on DBS Talk.
When is the SWM Wiring Hardware Coming? - DBSTalk.Com
I really hate it when someone asks a question and then doesn't come back and acknowledge the replies.
why you want him to acknowledge your reply? sine he wont i will thanks jd, btw the swm was originally called ftm(Frequency Translator Module)
The DirecTV SWM module allows up to eight tuners to tune eight transponders selected from any of DirecTV's satellites off one coax. Presently, it is not readily made available to the public, but as the linked DBSForum threads show, some company called weaknees sells the module and power supply for $400 and a DBSTalk member has been selling them for around $300.
If a new customer needs one for his installation, DirecTV will usually furnish one as part of the installation, but I don't believe that the customer service rep can actualy enter that part into the installation order.
The price of this device to consumers is presently being held up by the fact that multiple dwelling unit demand can absorb all the units that can be made at present. Once that pent up demand is satiated, I expect the price of an SWM to be no greater than that of DPP44 and probably less.
A word of warning to anyone who gets his hands on one is that the receivers send control signals upstream at 2.3MHz, but most diplexers block that signal, so if you need to diplex off-air into that coax, you will need to either use a NAS diplexer that is designed to pass the 2.3MHz signal on the satellite port, or you can sometimes get away with using high frequency splitter/combiners in place of the diplexers.
If a new customer needs one for his installation, DirecTV will usually furnish one as part of the installation, but I don't believe that the customer service rep can actualy enter that part into the installation order.
The price of this device to consumers is presently being held up by the fact that multiple dwelling unit demand can absorb all the units that can be made at present. Once that pent up demand is satiated, I expect the price of an SWM to be no greater than that of DPP44 and probably less.
A word of warning to anyone who gets his hands on one is that the receivers send control signals upstream at 2.3MHz, but most diplexers block that signal, so if you need to diplex off-air into that coax, you will need to either use a NAS diplexer that is designed to pass the 2.3MHz signal on the satellite port, or you can sometimes get away with using high frequency splitter/combiners in place of the diplexers.
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