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Adding a receiver
Hi, I'm replacing an old receiver with an newer one (HR44-500) that is located in my detached shop. It had it's own dish, however the new receiver will not work with that so I thought I could run a coax cable between my shop and home and use the dish that is used in my home. The dish is a SWM type. I have two receivers in my home. See the attached diagram of my configuration.
My question is, can I replace the 2 port splitter with a 4 port and attach my shop receiver on to it?
shannon02
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4 years ago
DTV only allows one Genie HR44/54 or HS17 per account so you can't activate it. The round SD only dish is obsolete. Yes you can replace a 2way with a 4way and run a coax to the other location provided it is not more then 150'. The HR44 has Wifi built in so you don't need the WCCK.
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Juniper
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4 years ago
@nansmico
Per your diagram you show having an HR44 and adding a 2nd. Unfortunately that is not something you can do.
DirecTV only allows one main Genie (HR34, HR44, HR54/HR54R1), Genie Lite (H44), or Genie-2 (HS17) on the account. They never got multiple to play well together so will not activate more than one on an account.
If you have the round 18" dish, that is MPEG-2/SD-only and is obsolete. Must be replaced.
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nansmico
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4 years ago
Thank you Shannon02 and Juniper for your feedback. So it looks like I'll just have to stick with the two dish arrangement and I need to replace the old dish and a get a power inserter.
Thanks again!!
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shannon02
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4 years ago
The HR24 can still use a standard non SWM LNB but will need 2 BBCs.
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