Most likely the actual Inserter itself, if it is the same as an SW44's Inserter they are not too hard to find.

Thanks Pinza for all your help. I spoke to the business that sold me the sw44a and the guy there said that Bell is putting out software that is beginning to make these sw44a switches inoperable.He said the only way to avoid this issue is to purchase 3x4 switches and another sw44. I am not too sure about this guy's info and knowledge! Have you heard anything like that?


Thanks again

I would doubt that Bell would disable or pull the line out of the software that allows the use of an SW44a, or the DP, DPP equipment that many of us use, it does not make sense but then again, not much that Bell do from time to time makes any sense.

Many dozens of ViP customers, or Bell Executives have DP/DPP installations, it would be hillarious it they pulled the support, just imagine the scramble.....lol

I strongly doubt that an SW44A "looks" any different to the receiver than an SW44. I suspect it's just an SW44 with pass-through ports for the 4 satellite inputs, perhaps with a bit of amplification on the pass-through ports.

I could see them taking out the DP & DPP support if they wanted to save some firmware space, but I think that would cause them more trouble than it would be worth. They'd have to deal with customers who had been happily using DP/DPP for years, plus they'd have to patch every future drop of Echostar code to remove the DP/DPP support as well. Sometimes it's just easier/safer to leave such things in the code as "unsupported".

Installing Bell dish 500.Can't get the reciever to detect the switch box.I'm using a sw44 and i'm trying to point the dish.Do i need the switch box detected to find a signal? Thanx for any help. Bogan

Follow the advice in this thread http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=16447

Align your dish beofre installing any switches.

Hello,

I have a Bell 9241 hooked up to an SW44 switch (with my dish on the roof). I want to feed a line to my old PVR 5800 in the bedroom. I attached some RG6 to a free output on the SW44 and ran it into my basement with the other 2 lines. When I attach my PVR 5800 to the RG6 in the basement I get the signal no problem. When I connect the RG6 to my house cable system I cannot get any signal up in the bedroom. What am I missing here? Can I not hook up an output from the SW44 to my house cable to get the signal to my PVR 5800 in the bedroom?

Many thanks,

- Sean

Sean, The sat signal is L-Band, much higher frequency than cable TV. Your in-house cable is not up to it and probably has splitters hidden in the path some where. Cable splitters are usually made to pass upto 900MHz. Sat is about 950 to 1450MHz.
That's why Bell Aways recommends a direct run of RG-6 from the switch to the receiver.

Thanks Tom.F.1,

I will consider fishing a direct run.

Also, each receiver needs a dedicated feed to the switch or the LNB. Most in-house cable TV wiring has splitters at some point, either in the walls for a daisy-chain setup or down in the basement for a home-run setup if you're lucky.

Satellite receivers send control signals along the coax to tell the switch or LNB which polarity and satellite they need to tune in. If you use a traditional splitter on the coax then when one receiver sends a signal to the switch it will mess up the reception of the other receiver's fed off that same splitter.

I will consider fishing a direct run.
Check the existing cable. If it is RG6, it may be possible to replace yours spliters with (F-F) barrel connectors. This could be easy than fishing a new line.

Hello all

Have been reading these threads and am trying to install 3 pvrs in my house it is a finished basement could wire if need to i realize i need 2 cables to each receiver or you can split it on one cable behind each tv just wondering what equip i would need to do this as i had a bell installer out yesterday and he was lost he told me he needed to get something from his truck and he drove away any help would be appreciated. Thanx in advance

Have been reading these threads and am trying to install 3 pvrs in my house it is a finished basement could wire if need to i realize i need 2 cables to each receiver or you can split it on one cable behind each tv just wondering what equip i would need to do this as i had a bell installer out yesterday and he was lost he told me he needed to get something from his truck and he drove away any help would be appreciated.
Some additional punctuation would go a long way to making your post more understandable.

If the installer drove away without finishing the job, call Bell.

This thread is for the discussion of the SW44 switch.

There are other (sticky) threads that cover how you can cascade multiple switches and/or run DPP equipment to handle the 6 inputs that you need. Although there are other options, I would install 2 x 3x4 multiswitches which feed into a pair of SW44's giving you 8 outputs for your recievers.

In any case, the Bell installer should have an appropriate solution for you.

I have read the posts on the sw44 switch to see if I can avoid purchasing a sw44 switch to eliminate 1 of my dishes.

Currently I have 1 bell dish feeding three 3100 receivers via a sw34 switch and another hd dish with 2 sw21 feeding one 6100 receiver. I want to switch all my receivers to the new HD dish and take down the original dish.

It appears the best option is to purchase a powered sw44 switch but if there is another way without purchasing a sw44, please advise.

Yes, you can purchase another 3x4 switch, and sw21's for each line that you want to have 82&91 on

If you aren't adding any new equipment/receivers, then you can run the 3 receivers you have off the 1 dish.

First off though, there is no such thing as a "HD dish". I suspect you mean a dish setup with 2 LNBs.

Option using your current equipment:
Using only the dish with the 2 LNBs, take 2 feeds from the LNB in the 91 slot and feed those into the 3x4 MS. Take 3 of the outputs and feeds those to your 3 x 3100 receiver. Take the remaining feed from the 3x4 along with a single feed from the LNB in the 82 slot and input those into one of the SW21 switches. Take the output from the SW21 and feed that to your 6100.

Alternatives:
If you have other programming from 82 that you want to see on the 3100s (non-HD) then you could use the SW44. As a partial solution, using your existing equipment, you could use the second SW21 to make another combined feed for one of the 3100s.

If you are adding or replacing any of the receivers, then your setup may vary, but based on your original post, I suspect you are not.

[When posting, please try and select an appropriate forum that matches your query. I've moved your post out of the "Member Feedback" forum. Thanks]

I have had a singlle Bell 9200 receiver installed for a few years now. I have 4 coax lines from the dish to a SW44 switch. 2 outputs from the SW44 feed the 9200, with the power inserter installed on the #1 output switch. The 9200 has worked fine with both signal feeds working fine.

I recently bought an additional 9241 receiver, adding a second dual tuner receiver. I ran 2 new coax lines from outputs #3 & 4 of the SW44 to the 9241. However I am not getting any signal at the new receiver. I have run the check switch at least 4 times now, and still nothing.

Any suggestions at troubleshooting this? Am I missing something obvious

I would start with the basics, the connectors. Check them for pieces of strand causing a short.

Can you try the 9241 on the 2 feeds at the 9200 location, just to prove that the receiver is not defective.?

I have 4 receivers hooked up through a SW44 switch. The cable for one of the 31oo receivers was unhooked momentarily and then reconnected. Prior to disconnecting it the receiver was working fine. I am now unable to receive a signal on that receiver. When I run the check switch option it is not recognizing the switch either. Am still receiving signal on the other 3 receivers without any complications, just seems to be this one for some reason. Any ideas on what to do?
Update - some of the channels are coming in but most are not receiving a signal. As well the guide is not being updated either.

Has nothing else changed.? You have not modified the wiring etc.?

Try removing Smart Card, let the screen go to the Sys Info one, then reinsert the Card, it will reboot and re-download the guide. Then run a Check Switch.