Patent ID: 7958531

Claim:
An automatic level controlled system for delivering satellite signals to at least one Integrated Receiver Decoder (IRD), comprising: a plurality of satellite inputs, designed to receive a plurality of satellite signals, wherein the satellite signals are directed to the inputs based on an originating satellite for each of the satellite signals; a multiswitch having a plurality of inputs and a plurality of outputs; an automatic level controller, coupled directly to the multiswitch and between the inputs of the multiswitch and the satellite inputs, for individually adjusting signal strengths associated with each of the satellite signals such that each of the signal strengths as individually adjusted are within a predetermined range, the predetermined range being determined by a dynamic range of the multiswitch; and an interface, wherein at least one of the outputs of the multiswitch provides a signal to the interface, such that at least one IRD coupled to an output of the interface receives a portion of a satellite signal based on commands sent to the interface from the IRD.