Local Channels on DirecTV

wa8yxm wrote:
Method 3: Close out the HOME account, and move all the receivers to an RV account, Subscribe to DISTANT NETWORK SERVICE. Of course, Direc may not let you do that either. I know of no one who has tried,, DNS gets you either NYC/Atlantic City or LA stations.

This is exactly what we have done. Only problem we've experienced is we have the West Coast feed and spent the past year on the EAST coast! All DW's fav shows start at 11PM!...DTV said they couldn't switch the feed from West to East without redoing everything...I was all for it but DW said forget it....guess which way we went....:B:B....Dennis

azdryheat wrote:
We had our Everest set up in our driveway and still couldn't get the local Direct TV channels. We were using the box out of a bedroom and a portable satellite dish. Guess the system knows when a box is out of the house.

Since the box does not know, it could well the the type of antenna you were using. If it's different that the antenna on the house you may not be able to get your locals but everything else will be available.

azdryheat wrote:
We had our Everest set up in our driveway and still couldn't get the local Direct TV channels. We were using the box out of a bedroom and a portable satellite dish. Guess the system knows when a box is out of the house.

You may live in an area where the local channels are carried on a satellite other than 101; if you were using a simple round dish with your RV you wouldn't be able to receive them. It has nothing to do with the receiver being out of the house; DirecTV has no idea where it is located.

For those who aren't reading all the posts, the OP has his locals.

THis is a very common topic, there are two ways to get your local FL channels and a 3rd way to get NYC or LA channels.

First: Many folks call up and change their service address.. This may or may not work, Sometimes Direc will do it, Sometimes they will not, I think it has to do with how often you "Move" (If you move spring and fall you should be ok with this method.

Second: Where I am at (South Carolina) The Batwing + Wingman + Sensar Pro does a bang up job, I get all the major network stations, their tier 2 and 3's Multiple PBS and a few repeaters.. Get so much TV I can't watch it all so I'm recording like 200 hours for play back when I am in a dead zone.

Method 3: Close out the HOME account, and move all the receivers to an RV account, Subscribe to DISTANT NETWORK SERVICE. Of course, Direc may not let you do that either. I know of no one who has tried,, DNS gets you either NYC/Atlantic City or LA stations.

azdryheat wrote:
Guess the system knows when a box is out of the house.

No.

We had our Everest set up in our driveway and still couldn't get the local Direct TV channels. We were using the box out of a bedroom and a portable satellite dish. Guess the system knows when a box is out of the house.

past-MIdirector wrote:
Thanks for the info. DW just talked to them on the phone and they switched it since we're staying for a couple of months!!

That did not hurt a bit, did it?

Call DTV and change your "service" address to your current location. Leave your "billing" address unchanged.

-Tom

Thanks for the info. DW just talked to them on the phone and they switched it since we're staying for a couple of months!!