DIRECTV SL3-SWM SlimLine Single Wire Ka/Ku Triple LNB With Built-In Multiswitch

Ignore the other reviews. Sat4us must have had a noobie working shipping or have changed this listing since those reviews were written. You DO NOT get the 21v power injector or the splitter as mentioned in the reviews. If you need those things, you mind as well just get the whole combo with the dish. It will only end up costing you $15 more than buying the LNB, power injector, and splitter separately (as I ended up doing). The LNB arrived quickly and in one piece. I am docking a star for the LNB arriving scratched as hell and for no mention of the inaccuracies in the reviews. Being that it went happily on my roof, it fits in my dish, and I can barely see it from the ground, I guess I don’t care that much. The review thing still irks me though. When the recent reviews say something, you tend to take it as fact.Few other things to consider:You can not use a SWM setup with older receivers. You either need to upgrade the receivers or mount a second dish (I had one lying around and went this route for now).This is a SWM 3. No matter what anyone says, this is DIFFERENT from the SWM 5. If you do not want to lose some music channels and (if you subscribe to them) Spanish Channels, you need to get a SWM 5 lnb.This LNB requires a 21volt power inserter! (It uses power 24/7. It is a waste of electricity when my old LNB was powered by the receivers. I will not be using any whole house features making it just another vampire device in my house.)The power inserter can be used without the switch on a single tv setup. If used with the switch, make sure it is connected to the red port.If you are just doing a direct LNB swap (old style 5LNB to this one), you will not need to realign your dish, but it’s a good idea to check it’s alignment. They do move a bit over the years.For the run from the dish to the house, use tri or quad shield coax cable.Make sure you add a drip loop to the coax line before you enter the house (google it)GROUND THE SPLITTER! There is a ground screw there for a reason. You just may end up saving your equipment. Try to locate the splitter close to your houses main ground and get a proper bonding clamp. Grounding to water pipes is not the best thing to do.Keep the above in mind and you will probably get many years of service out of your updated install.