KVH Industries tracvision tv8, Installation Manual

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Tri-Americas Wiring
Follow these steps to connect both DIRECTV
Latin America and DIRECTV U.S. receivers to
the TracVision system (see Figure 32)
(Tri-Americas LNB required) .
a. Run a second RF cable (RF2) from the
antenna (see “Wire the Antenna” on page 9 ).
Be sure to connect a grounding block in-line
with the RF1 and RF2 cables from the antenna
(see Figure 32 and “Grounding
Requirements” on page 25 ).
b. Connect the RF2 cable from the grounding
block to the “LNB” jack on the 22KHz tone
generator ( supplied in kit ).
c. Connect the “REC” connector on the tone
generator to the “13V” jack on the
multiswitch ( supplied in kit ).
d. Connect the “Receiver” jack on the TV-Hub
to the “18V” jack on the multiswitch.
NOTE: If you need to connect more receivers, install a
multiswitch that has more outputs. KVH offers an 8-
output multiswitch (KVH part no. 19-0573).
e. Connect the multiswitch outputs to the
“Satellite In” jacks on the DIRECTV Latin
America and any non-SWM DIRECTV U.S.
receivers. To connect SWM DIRECTV U.S.
receivers, connect the external SWM-8 kit
( supplied in kit ) to the multiswitch. See
“Connecting 9-16 SWM Receivers (Tuners)”
on page 19 for details.
f. Terminate any unused connectors on the
multiswitch and SWM splitter with 75

terminators and verify all connections are
tight.
g. For DIRECTV Latin America service, set the
tone generator switch to the “ON” position;
when using DIRECTV U.S. service, set the
tone generator switch to “OFF.”
Figure 32: Wiring a Tri-Americas System
AC Power
SWM
18V
13V
18V/
22
KHz
13V/
22
KHz
DC Block
Splitter DC Block
Splitter
Antenna
Antenna
Secondary Primary Secondary Primary
SWM Power
Inserter
SWM-8
Module
SWM1/PWR
AC Power
SWM Receiver/DVR
Satellite In
Connect any combination of SWM receivers/DVRs
that add up to 8 or fewer tuners at the SWM splitter
SWM Splitter
Terminate
unused
outputs
Supports up to 8 tuners:
Each SWM receiver = 1 tuner
Each SWM DVR = 2 tuners
IRD
TV-Hub
DIRECTV LA Receiver
AC Power
Satellite In
Connect up to 2 DIRECTV
Latin America receivers
18V 13V
Receiver
13V 18V
Multiswitch
Grounding
Block
Antenna
Set switch to “ON” for
DIRECTV Latin America
22KHz Tone
Generator
LNB
REC
RF1 RF2
Continued
Wire the Receivers
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