Direct TV upgrade to Genie 2 knocks RV'rs out
We were due an upgrade for our Directv at home. The old system would freeze up, reboot on it's own, turned into a nightmare. We went from the Genie 1 system to the Genie 2. Awful idea. The new ...
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RJL wrote:By refresh do you mean change the service address for locals?
We've had an old Directv box in our Motor homes since 2007. Well here we are, 600 miles from home, with no direct because they can't refresh the box in here since our recent "upgrade". The genie 2 system, from what I can understand only communicates to the mini boxes, wireless in the home. Not a happy camper, literally.
If so then are you trying to have a different service address for the MH vs home on one account? They will not allow that. You can take the Genie in the MH and change the service address for ALL receivers - ie the account.
My opinion: One of the DTV benefits (benefit to DTV) of Genies is everything is on one coax/WiFi. Hence customers cannot have multiple receivers distributed to nearby friends and family all sharing 1 account.
