Let’s do a little thought experiment. Imagine there’s a light bulb shining about 22,000 miles from you. It’s a pretty strong bulb, up to 10,000 watts in some cases. But it’s 22,000 miles away. Now imagine you had a device about the size of a small pet carrier that could not only “see” that light bulb but decode some serious detail about it. You might be thinking that it’s impossible. You might be thinking I’m nuts.
But that’s just what satellite TV is.
What I just wrote above is a pretty good description of satellite television, except instead of a bulb you have a very complicated radio transmitter. I don’t know about you, but I think that it’s pretty magical that we can do something like that.
And then, imagine even more magic. Imagine the thing that receives the signal had all sorts of robotics in it so that all you had to do was put it on a flat surface and it would lock onto the right signal out of all the ones in the sky. That’s what you get with the KING One Pro, the top of the line in portable satellite antennas.
But, chances are you already know that. You probably found this article because you are asking the question at the top of it. You might want to run 4, 8, even 12 satellite receivers from one KING One Pro. I wouldn’t blame you. It can be the core of a really killer tailgate setup, or it can help you get satellite TV to everyone in the family when you go camping.
It’s not so hard to do.
All you need are the right parts, and there aren’t that many to get. Here’s the list:
- KING One Pro Satellite System
- DIRECTV Satellite receivers (as many as you need)
- DIRECTV Splitter (this is an 8-way splitter)
- DIRECTV Multiswitch
Connecting it all up is very simple. All you have to do is follow this diagram:
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Connect it all up just like you see in the picture. The diagram shows one receiver, but you can have up to 12 coming from each output (SWM1 or SWM2). Just connect up a splitter coming out of the multiswitch and connect the receivers to the splitter.
The 18V line from the multiswitch must go into the “Main” port on the KING One Pro. Other than that, just follow the lines. Make sure that the cables don’t bend at right angles (yes that’s what it looks like on the diagram, but bending at extreme angles will break the cable), instead use gentle turns.
Once it’s all hooked up and plugged in, the process should be fairly automatic. If your receivers are coming from another install, you may need to run satellite setup in order to tell them they are connected to a SWM multiswitch. The dish type will probably be detected automatically. If not, choose 18″ Round.
How many receivers can you run off one KING One Pro?
The multiswitch itself has a limit of 26 receivers, but it’s technically possible to expand far beyond that. If you’re interested in seeing what large installs look like, check out our award-winning white paper. If you’re not sure you understand, if you have questions, or just need some hand-holding, call Solid Signal! That’s what we’re here for. We have certified technicians available during East Coast business hours. Call us at 888-233-7563 and talk to the person you need. If it’s after hours of if you prefer email, just fill out the form below. We’ll get right back to you!
