Solid Signal DECA BROADBAND - TURNING A RECEIVER DECA INTO A DECA BROADBAND; HR24, H24, H25 RECEIVERS: NO DECA REQUIRED

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TURNING A RECEIVER DECA

INTO A DECA BROADBAND

HR24, H24, and H25 RECEIVERS: NO DECA REQUIRED

The DIRECTV HR24 DVR, H24,

and H25 receivers were designed

for coax networking from the

start. Although the HR24 and H24

also have an Ethernet port, they

work best when connected to a

coax network. This has led some

people to say they have “Built-in

DECA.” (You can see where it gets

confusing with everything being called DECA.) They do have chips inside them that let them use coax

networking without any other adapter, that’s what people are trying to say.

Connecting one of these receivers to a coax network should be automatic. If the coax network

is present when they boot up, it will be recognized and conﬁgured. If it isn’t, the “Connect Now”

procedure should work to quickly connect these boxes to the internet, as long as the DECA

Broadband is already in place.

The only difference between a receiver DECA

(meant to connect a receiver to a coax network)

and a DECA Broadband (meant to connect the coax

network to a router) is a power supply. If you have

older DECAs around you can convert them to DECA

Broadbands by adding a power supply.

DIRECTV does not sell the adapter required to turn

its EPS10 power supply into a DECA power supply,

but the Sonora PS121000A has been tested for

this use and will work just ﬁne. Just connect it to the

short white cable end of the DECA and plug it into

the wall. The ethernet cable can then be connected

to the router or to any other ethernet device.

Why would you do this?

If you have a device that needs a wired network connection but there isn’t an ethernet cable handy,

you can use an approved DIRECTV splitter and a DECA Broadband to create an instant Ethernet

connection. You can even plug the DECA Broadband into a switch and plug several devices into it.