Directv with your home receiver.

loneryder wrote:
This will be my first winter in Fla. I have Directv (Genie)at home and wanted to take my receiver along with a portable dish and use it. I just purchased a Directv slimline dish with the proper LNB. It's one that you set up on the ground. I called Directv -What a punishment - and they gave me a run around, said I have to open a new account and have a guy come out and install it. I don't know about that so thought I would ask you folks. Can I just set up the dish and tri-pod and get it aimed with my Genie and use it? Do I have to contact Directv?

My tripod and dish came with some decent instructions. What has made it easier to set up is a satellite aiming app. There are a bunch available for free. My tripod also came with some small stakes that did not hold up well in the wind. I picked up tent stakes that work better. Before you start tuning your dish, you want to be sure you have a good stable base on the tripod, and get it as level as you can before you start.