WeaKnees Blog

The Single Wire Multiswitch for DirecTV (or SWM) has made installing DirecTV or expanding an existing installation much, much easier. And the SWM world is still evolving with new products. We’ve just received our first shipment of SWM E4 Expanders. These units hold four SWM units. The Expander attaches directly to the four SWMs (or [...]

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We often get asked questions about phone lines and their need and use with DirecTV TiVos (or DirecTiVos, as many call them). So here’s some Q & A:
Does my DirecTV TiVo get guide data from the phone line or the satellite?
DirecTV TiVo combo units get their guide data from the satellite, sent down as data [...]

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We’re now carrying several replacement DirecTV remotes.
First up, we have the standard Peanut style remote for all DirecTV TiVo users, except the SAT T-60. See our DirecTV TiVo Peanut Remote page. We’ve got the type that came with the original DirecTV TiVos, then the variety that came starting with the HDVR2 with more buttons, and, [...]

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Switching an infrared (IR) remote to work via radio frequency (RF) has a pretty huge benefit: It’s not limited to line of site, but can go through walls, floors, cabinet doors, into closest, etc. So the receiver (in this case a DVR) doesn’t need to be sitting out roughly where the TV is.
For years, we’ve [...]

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If you’re a DirecTV DVR user, you know the value of having two satellite feeds to your DVR: you can record two shows at once. The new DirecTV SWM products make wiring this a lot easier - in many cases you can just use existing cable wiring since you can send up to eight feeds [...]

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