The Gear:
SWM Slimline 5-lnb Dish (single wire SWM Lnb)
SWS8WB-P Switch/Multiplexer
P1-21 (SWM Power Supply)
1 HR23-700 (HD-DVR)
4 H21-200 (HD Box’s Shipped with BBC’S) SWM Firmware Ver. 2.0.20
1 D12-700 (SD Box)
Signal Strength Numbers: Taken from the HR-23-700 (the H21’s do not show the SWM in the signal meter or the 99’s)
101-98%
99c-92%
99s-Not acquired on signal meter-shows 9-16 transponders 74-97%
103s-34%
103c-93%
SWM-100%
My HR23 & D12 work fine but when I connect the 4 H21’s without the BBC’s I am not getting all the HD channels (such as CNN and locals). If I connect the H21’s with the BBC’s in-line all 3 boxes hang at a message “searching for satellite” I also got a message on one of the H21’s saying “multiplexer error” but the message went away after doing a reset and went back to the “searching for satellite message”.
I have tried unplugging power to all boxes, unplugging SWM power supply, disconnecting coax cables from each box. I then plugging back in SWM power supply & plugging in one receiver at a time with power/coax feeds from the multiplexer to no avail.
I also have one more issue with one of the H21’s being out of sync with 3 of the other H21’s. All 4 of the H21’s are connected via HDMI to 32” Panasonic TV’s but one of the 4 TV’s is different model # and that one is the TV that is out of sync. The 4 TV’s are in a bar setting and are all in line with each other so while watching a hockey game for example the TV that is out of sync shows a goal 2-3 seconds before the other 3 TV’s…not good. I am guessing that it’s due to digital rights management with the HDMI connection, so I am considering getting another TV that is the same model number to match the other 3 TV’s already in place.
