Direct Tv Auto Sat Ant & Rcvr recomendations?
Hello, My wife and I are looking for a simple to setup automatic antenna and receiver. As we travel in our 5th wheel. There are a bunch of antenna and receivers out there, all claiming they are the ...
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Chopaka81 wrote:
How do the genies link to the automatic antenna?
We have a 5 year old wired genie system at our home.
I thought you had to purchase a specific receiver to work with the auto ant.
I see I'm missing something here.
Thanks, Don
The main Genie box still must be connected to the antenna via RG6 coax cable. Wireless simply means that the genie slaves are connected wirelessly via a video bridge. They are then connected to nearby 120VAC and a HDMI cable to the TV.
A ground antenna system is honestly yoir best choice if you camp in the trees. We have both and it is probably a 50/50 mix of automatic roof or manual ground antenna. The manual ground is not really hard, but the first few times can be frustrating. There are smart phone apps to help, there are also meters like the Directv installers use that will get you a signal in a couple of minutes. Nothing is cheap, but the ground based dish is cheapest if you want Ditectv HD
