I am wanting to switch to D* and I have been doing some research on here and reading up on these SWM's that seem to be hard to come by, and then word of this upcoming Slimline w/ SWM built in. But I guess I'm a little confused at what all the SWM does.
My situation is that I have one coax run to each room in the house which was pre-wired before the house was finished. The way our house is laid out, and the way things are in the attic, it is essentially impossible to run another coax to our living room. Also, all of the cable runs come out on the side of the house below where our existing dish (E*) is installed.
So, I know that currently without the SWM, you would need two coax runs to each room that has a D* dual tuner receiver. The SWM would seem to allow two separate sat signals to run through one coax. But I am also reading that the SWM is used for allowing multiple receivers to get a signal from one run from the LNB.
So I'm guessing then that the SWM allows you to split the signal into multiple coax runs, but at the same time combines two sat signals into one coax to allow dual tuners to work with just one wire. Are both of these correct? I guess I'm just a little confused about all this.
Any input is greatly appreciated!!!
My situation is that I have one coax run to each room in the house which was pre-wired before the house was finished. The way our house is laid out, and the way things are in the attic, it is essentially impossible to run another coax to our living room. Also, all of the cable runs come out on the side of the house below where our existing dish (E*) is installed.
So, I know that currently without the SWM, you would need two coax runs to each room that has a D* dual tuner receiver. The SWM would seem to allow two separate sat signals to run through one coax. But I am also reading that the SWM is used for allowing multiple receivers to get a signal from one run from the LNB.
So I'm guessing then that the SWM allows you to split the signal into multiple coax runs, but at the same time combines two sat signals into one coax to allow dual tuners to work with just one wire. Are both of these correct? I guess I'm just a little confused about all this.
Any input is greatly appreciated!!!