Moving HR54 server

[so2344]

Directv installed our main HR 54 on our second floor and we want to move it to the basement to use a 4K genie mini.

Can we simply swap the positions of the two wires on the outside splitter so the powered one goes to the basement? Is that safe since it’s grounded?

They wanted at least $49 to come and do this. Thanks!

 

[harshness]

Directv installed our main HR 54 on our second floor and we want to move it to the basement to use a 4K genie mini.

To confirm, the 4K Genie Mini is going to the second floor?

Is this C61K something new to you?

Can we simply swap the positions of the two wires on the outside splitter so the powered one goes to the basement? Is that safe since it’s grounded?

That depends on whether or not the HR54 is powering your antenna. If there's something that looks like this on the second floor (or perhaps elsewhere), you're good to go:

They wanted at least $49 to come and do this.

If you don't understand how it all works, having it installed professionally absolves you of responsibility if something goes wrong.

If you're upgrading through DIRECTV to get the C61K, I'm a bit surprised that they wouldn't install it for free.

 

[AZ.]

To confirm, the 4K Genie Mini is going to the second floor?

Is this C61K something new to you?

That depends on whether or not the HR54 is powering your antenna. If there's something that looks like this on the second floor (or perhaps elsewhere), you're good to go:

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If you don't understand how it all works, having it installed professionally absolves you of responsibility if something goes wrong.

If you're upgrading through DIRECTV to get the C61K, I'm a bit surprised that they wouldn't install it for free.

I thought the HR 54 had an internal power supply?

 

[Tom Speer]

The HR54 has it's own power supply. But not everyone uses it. But if this was a recent install, there is no external Power inserter involved. If there is just a 2-way splitter, as long as you keep the HR54 on the red port (the one that passes power to the SWM LNB, there should be no problem swapping the HR54 and the C61K mini. If you get it backwards, there is no harm, you just won't get any signal, because the LNB on the dish won't get any power. On any DirecTV green label splitter, only port 1 (the red one) passes power to the incoming port on the other side. The rest are blocked for DC to keep multiple power sources from burning each other out.

 

[harshness]

I thought the HR 54 had an internal power supply?

All Genies >= HR44 have external power supplies. The HR54 and HS17 both feature built-in Power Inserters to power an SWM dish where the earlier receivers did not.

 

[so2344]

To confirm, the 4K Genie Mini is going to the second floor?

Is this C61K something new to you?

That depends on whether or not the HR54 is powering your antenna. If there's something that looks like this on the second floor (or perhaps elsewhere), you're good to go:

View attachment 162652

If you don't understand how it all works, having it installed professionally absolves you of responsibility if something goes wrong.

If you're upgrading through DIRECTV to get the C61K, I'm a bit surprised that they wouldn't install it for free.

 

[so2344]

Yep, the 4k mini genie is going to the second floor. Believe the H54 is self powered, since there’s no power supply like that.

We called for a Gemini but they offered the C61K instead!

Thanks all, we’ll probably just swap the two on the outside splitter.

 

[harshness]

We called for a Gemini but they offered the C61K instead!

The C61K may be less inclined towards support issues at this time.

That said, DIRECTV is asking $49 for any Geminis over 4 so I'd imagine the C61K is a lot better value for them.