Home > Consumer Reviews > Terk BMS-58 5 In/8 Out Integrated Multiswitch (Terk BMS58)

I bought a triple lnb dish and found out that my old switch was not compatable because it does not pass the 22 khz signal to the dish LNB. With the Terk BMS-58 it does pass the signal so you get all three birds. The only problem I found was if you hook up a cable input to the input of the Terk switch for locals it throws horizontal bars (slightly) rolling through the picture (mostly noticable when the screen goes black in between commercials). To solve the problem I injected the cable channels after the switch with a diplexer. There are also other switches that do the same thing as the Terk switch but I haven't tested any of them (AVI & ZINWELL.)I think the cable injection into the switch would be the same on these switches too. I have read on an internet thread that diplexing after the switch is the best way to go and this is what you have to do with the Dish Network DP-34.

I brought one of this at the beinging of 2005. I found it was malfunction in Aug 2005. Called Terk, which actually is part of Audiovox, they told me to send it back for replacement. I did send it back in Aug 2005. I have been calling them for status, they told me they out of stock, so that they can not send me the replacement. It is end of November now, they still telling me they don't have stock to replace. They say that they don't really make them, but contact made somewhere. Until they place order for next batch made, they will not have inventory to send me the replacement.

I asked them to refund me, so that I can purchase another one from any reseller. They refused to do that, saying they do not
have any way to send any refund. The only choice I have is wait...

Another thing I found out is this switch works fine for HDTV off air distribution, but not work for FTA satellite TV signals. It only works for the DirecTV, as it was designed for that only.

I get perfect over the air antenna reception (I'm in line of sight of the towers) but not when I run the antenna feed through this unit. Terk support is very nice but not very helpful for my issue. Just ordered a box of diplexers (found a box of 20 for $40). Out goes the nice neat cable setup... in comes spagetti of cables and diplexers. Also, beware if heat is an issue. This unit runs hot!

Works very well with triple LNB dish.

I brought this until a couple of years ago and never had any issues at all. I just bought another one because we have 5 DirecTiVo's and each one uses 2 cables. I'm using the units in series and have no issues. Everything is working great! Don't hesitate to purchase this unit!