What should I do about Satellite TV?

We have Dish at home and the same programming on the road. It works well for us. When we moved, we got rid of cable TV so we could have our service when we traveled.

We use the portable automatic X2. Works great and we do not have to worry about trees. We went to many places where without the external dish we could not have gotten a signal.

Thanks for the ideas.

I have a plan. I think I am going with Dish Pay As You Go. Since I don't have dish in my home, it will cost $35 per month for the basic package with I can activate on a month to month basis. I am going to purchase the Wingard X2 Bundle (probably from Amazon, with 1 receiver). I believe the bundle comes with everything I need or at least I hope so....... I plan on adding a tripod also.

My coach is satelite ready I believe. My service man at my RV dealer said all I need to do is hook into the cable outlet on the side of the motorhome from the satelite. Go inside my cabinet and to the input (use short coax) to the receiver, out of the receiver to the output to my TVs. Call Dish and activate the service.

Does this sound right?

Everything is correct except that you will not be able to use an existing Cable connection to run your satellite TV receiver. There is at least 1 splitter in there that will prevent this. Depending upon the setup, however, it's likely a very easy modification to add an A/B switch and change around a bit of coax wiring to make it compatible. You may also simply be able to run a new dedicated cable in a window or through the coach firewall (even drill through the sidewall and install a coax plate) for the easiest installation.

If it's truly "Satellite" ready like mine was, it won't have a splitter. The cable connection was full of splitters.

I gave up on satellite and cable tv for a view of the great outdoors. That's why I camp.

If for some reason I am stuck inside the coach (weather), I play a movie.

JMHO

Mile High wrote:
If it's truly "Satellite" ready like mine was, it won't have a splitter. The cable connection was full of splitters.

That's true but the OP said the dealer told him he just needed to plug the satellite coax into the Cable connection and that will not work. There would need to be 2 separate input options outside. 1 for cable and 1 for satellite.

I have the dish Pay-As-You-Go package and an automatic satellite dome. For $35 a month, you can't beat it. Haven't had one problem with it. It was a rather lengthy phone call getting everything set up but their Techs do an excellent job of walking you through it. Good luck with your purchase.

I love having the option to suspend service without charge.

fyrflie wrote:
I gave up on satellite and cable tv for a view of the great outdoors. That's why I camp.

If for some reason I am stuck inside the coach (weather), I play a movie.

JMHO

I don't watch enough tv to have a system. I have a tv and an over the air antenna. If I get something , fine. If not, fine also. Read a book or watch a movie or watch nature turn into night.