Hi all! I have a 5 LNB slimline dish (I think its an AU9). I do not know if it has a SWM switch built in. I bought the dish myself, online about two years ago, and had it installed by a local installer, not via DirecTV. I am running an HR21-200.

All I am wanting to do is get it to record two shows at once via SWM input. No second DVR. I have read many forum threads, and am still confused. There is only one wire exiting from the dish and running all the way into my house. My questions are:

1) Is there an easy way, short of getting on a ladder and pulling the dish apart, to figure out if my dish already has a SWM switch?

2) If not (or if dish does not have a SWM switch, which I am guessing it does not), do I really need to get four separate cables running from the dish to a SWM-8 to set this up -- or can I just insert the SWM-8 in line with the single cable and add a power inserter? Getting four lines out will be challenging logistically (i.e., I will need an expert with a big ladder).

Again, I am just looking to be able to record two shows at the same time on a single HD receiver. Any suggestions welcome. I am not against spending the money to move to SWM, but would like to be as "efficient" as possible in process.