problem conneting sw 64 switch.....help

[gourmetboy]

hi, is there any way to test a sw 64 switch?? i have one that used to work fine, i put it away for afew months and now it's giving me a headache, is there any way to test it for signal.?? it can not be orpen i see no screws on it..so i just do notknow what it can be, the switch or the power inseter... any hepl will be appreaciated, thanks guys!

[t160hq]

Other than hooking it up and seeing if it works...no.

You can check the power supply for the power inserter with
a multimeter. Should be somewhere bewteen 6 and 12 volts.
Can't remember for sure but I think it's DC but may be AC.

The next thing I would suspect is the LNBF's you are hooking up
to the switch. ONLY! legacy LNBF's will work with the SW-64.
Nothing DP will work with that switch. When I say legacy I mean
actually only one LNBF. A legacy dual out single LNBF. 2 of that
type mounted to a 500 dish. With a second dish 300 with the same
LNBF for the third sat. Currently all receiver models still support the SW-64
switch firmware wise.

A legacy dual LNBF won't work. Not enough hookups. It requires
two connections for each sat. One for horiz one for vert per sat.

If it was working when you put it away likely you updated the
electronics on the dish since you quit using it. The new equipment
on the dish more then likely won't work with that switch.

The 64 was the earliest 3 sat switch. It was designed for the equpiment
available at the time. At the time no internal switching was built into
the LNBF's. So the SW-64 won't work with any LNBF that has internal
switching.

t160hq

[gourmetboy]

hi, thanks, for your help. for the way you describe how this units work, am sure that is my problem, i used to have two dishes and 6 cables total, ,my dishes got stolen, so i hve other ones but with legacy duals, so i guees ,as you describe, that would be my problem, i'll get some single lnbf's and see if does work like you said, thanks a lot for help...

[Soundguy]

or you could get a new switch ?