Satellite device options - Directv?
Good morning. We just bought our first RV yesterday, The motorhome is "satellite ready" but doesn't have a dish or dome. We have DIRECTV at home and have a mini receiver that could easily go with us...
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BlackJeep22 wrote:
Good morning. We just bought our first RV yesterday, The motorhome is "satellite ready" but doesn't have a dish or dome.
We have DIRECTV at home and have a mini receiver that could easily go with us.
-In your opinion, what is better, dish or dome?
-Who is better to install the unit, dealer or DIRECTV tech?
-Would you expect one to be cheaper than the other?
Thanks in advance.
Since you mention a mini receiver it sounds like you might have a Genie and client. If that is the case you cannot use any dome from any manufacturer without some hardware modifications and you cannot get any of the programming in HD although you would be able to watch the HD recordings you recorded while at home.
The roof mounted Trav'ler (best in my opinion) or RF Mogul antennas use the same antenna and LNB as that used at home so you can simply move the receivers back and forth. However, satellite ready does not mean it's ready for any satellite. If this is a trailer or 5th wheel satellite ready only means there is an outside coax connection (usually in the wet bay) that leads inside to where a satellite receiver could be located. That means you could connect a ground mounted home style antenna or portable dome to that port.
It is extremely unlikely that you have any pre-wiring of any kind to the roof unless it is a Class A RV and you requested that option.
