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Friday, August 6th, 2021

setting up my slimline directv satellite

trying to set up my satellite,  but keep getting a ," can not detect SWM" what does this mean

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ACE - Expert

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21.3K Messages

4 years ago

There is no power to the SWM LNB are you using a power inserter or have an HR54 Genie or HS17 Genie2 with it built in?

ACE - Expert

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4 years ago

What model boxes do you have?

What happened that you setting up satellite? Did something get unplugged or something else?

ACE - Professor

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4 years ago

You need to have PI-29 (power supply) to Power the LNB --do you have one and is it connected to a "live" AC outlet?

ACE - Expert

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4 years ago

Doesn't mater if it is 21v or 29v

ACE - Expert

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14.1K Messages

4 years ago

There are two power inserters the PI-21 and the PI-29. For an SWM dish, the PI-21 is recommended. But the PI-29 works fine also, many people use it on long cable runs where there might be a significant voltage loss.

ACE - Expert

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23.4K Messages

4 years ago

At this point we need a response from the OP. Otherwise we are guessing at solutions to their problem.

Need models of boxes and what they did that they are setting up their satellite again.


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