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Hi,
I’m about to purchase a SWM8, but would appreciate some configuration advice and confirmation. My installation is very basic – I just have a single HR-21 DVR (fed by 2 x RG6s from my dish) and an AM-21 tuner that is connected via a separate RG6 connection to my rooftop antenna.
My plan is to get down to a single coax cable to ‘feed’ both units, given what I’ve read on the forum I understand that I just route the antenna into the SWM’s OTA port and use a diplexer at the AR-21 to split out the OTA signal, correct so far?
Now to my primary question – I also have a security camera system that uses RCA (R/W/Y) connectors for output – how do I integrate this into my proposed SWM installation? Should I use a modulator and then some form of combiner to merge the OTA and modulated CCTV signals prior to connecting to the SWM’s OTA port? If so, does WK sell such a device? [Or can you recommend a brand/source/spec?] Or is there a preferable way to hook everything up?
...and while I'm on a roll here
....if my modulated CCTV signal is placed on to (say) channel 4, will it show up as a discrete channel on the AR-21? In other words, can I view it using the existing (HDMI) connection from the AR-21/HD-21 or do I need to split it back out with a separate cable and use another input connection on the flatscreen?
Many thanks for any light you can shed on the topic!
Dave
I’m about to purchase a SWM8, but would appreciate some configuration advice and confirmation. My installation is very basic – I just have a single HR-21 DVR (fed by 2 x RG6s from my dish) and an AM-21 tuner that is connected via a separate RG6 connection to my rooftop antenna.
My plan is to get down to a single coax cable to ‘feed’ both units, given what I’ve read on the forum I understand that I just route the antenna into the SWM’s OTA port and use a diplexer at the AR-21 to split out the OTA signal, correct so far?
Now to my primary question – I also have a security camera system that uses RCA (R/W/Y) connectors for output – how do I integrate this into my proposed SWM installation? Should I use a modulator and then some form of combiner to merge the OTA and modulated CCTV signals prior to connecting to the SWM’s OTA port? If so, does WK sell such a device? [Or can you recommend a brand/source/spec?] Or is there a preferable way to hook everything up?
...and while I'm on a roll here
....if my modulated CCTV signal is placed on to (say) channel 4, will it show up as a discrete channel on the AR-21? In other words, can I view it using the existing (HDMI) connection from the AR-21/HD-21 or do I need to split it back out with a separate cable and use another input connection on the flatscreen?Many thanks for any light you can shed on the topic!
Dave
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