I bought a brand new DPP44 on eBay for $61.00 and went ahead and installed it in my setup over the weekend and I repeat again it's brand new.
I found out something very interesting about my DPP44, if I unplug the power inserter all receivers lose the signal. I also have a DP34 cascaded off the DPP44 and all the receivers on the DP34 lose the signal too. WTF?
I don't like that because if the power inserter fails then you're SOL on all receivers. I know the power inserter is there by design but the switch should continue to work if the switch is still drawing power from the receivers. Also the pass through to the other switches should continue to work and it isn't on mine.
I'm gonna have to swap them around so the DP34 will be first in line and will continue to work if there is a power inserter failure. But would like to know if this is happening to everyone out there with a DPP44 switch or my DPP44 is "special".
I also confirmed what others have said before about long stingers for the DPP44 switch, yes you need them long. Everything else seems to be working fine.
I found out something very interesting about my DPP44, if I unplug the power inserter all receivers lose the signal. I also have a DP34 cascaded off the DPP44 and all the receivers on the DP34 lose the signal too. WTF?
I don't like that because if the power inserter fails then you're SOL on all receivers. I know the power inserter is there by design but the switch should continue to work if the switch is still drawing power from the receivers. Also the pass through to the other switches should continue to work and it isn't on mine.
I'm gonna have to swap them around so the DP34 will be first in line and will continue to work if there is a power inserter failure. But would like to know if this is happening to everyone out there with a DPP44 switch or my DPP44 is "special".
I also confirmed what others have said before about long stingers for the DPP44 switch, yes you need them long. Everything else seems to be working fine.