How to implement a satellite system?
We've been around to enough CGs now to find that OTA (or cable) reception and channel availability can often be dismal to non-existent. Nothing's worse than not being able to watch Survivor, DWTS or ...
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We did just that all the time with DIRECTV when we had their service. I would bring along two SAT RCVRs from the house and had a portable DIRECTV Dish setup that had a head with two outputs on it.
This is back when Standard TV was what every one was watching...
The simplist way way to bring along al couple of RG cable and run one to each of the SAT RCVR ANT inputs you brought along... Should fire right up for you once you get it pointed correctly. I would connect the VIDIO OUTPUTS of the SAT RCVR to the VID INPUTs on the two trailer TV sets. This way I could use SAT TV-OTA TV-CABLE TV with using the TV remotes.. click click click...
You will lose your house location LOCAL TV if you have that signed up for. This goes away as soon as you leave your zip code area.
My SAT RCVRs were older and most of the time when I unplugged on for any length of time they would lose their settings and I would have to call DIRECTV or login to them on the internet to get it reset. I taped the ACCOUNT INFO that you are going to need on each SAT RCVR... This was all OK with DIRECTV back then. They don't have anyway of knowing where you actually are anyway... I ran my two RG cables into the trailer through the storage bay door. They had rubber around the door edge so I could close the door and not bother the RG cables...
I'm sure it still this way today...
If you are wanting to get the fancy HIGH DEF TV SIGNALs you may have another problem - don't know about any of that...
I stopped using my home SAT TV stuff when the Natl Broadcast Network changed over to Digital HDTV in 2009. Watching full mode High Def TV using the BATWING crank up OTA Antenna works great with the digtal HDTV coming from the local towns. This of course was a much better signal mode that came down from DIRECTV standard TV signals and is local TV from where you at showing the 24/7 WX RADAR stations etc...
Of course you won't be getting some of those favorite CABLE TV programs like CNN USA TNT etc...
Some folks report on here when they tried to get DIRECTV or DISH to install the SAT TV in their RV's they ran into problems...
Bringing your own equipment with you is not the same issue... Try it all out at home and find out what you need to do there to make it work from the trailer.
Roy Ken...
This is back when Standard TV was what every one was watching...
The simplist way way to bring along al couple of RG cable and run one to each of the SAT RCVR ANT inputs you brought along... Should fire right up for you once you get it pointed correctly. I would connect the VIDIO OUTPUTS of the SAT RCVR to the VID INPUTs on the two trailer TV sets. This way I could use SAT TV-OTA TV-CABLE TV with using the TV remotes.. click click click...
You will lose your house location LOCAL TV if you have that signed up for. This goes away as soon as you leave your zip code area.
My SAT RCVRs were older and most of the time when I unplugged on for any length of time they would lose their settings and I would have to call DIRECTV or login to them on the internet to get it reset. I taped the ACCOUNT INFO that you are going to need on each SAT RCVR... This was all OK with DIRECTV back then. They don't have anyway of knowing where you actually are anyway... I ran my two RG cables into the trailer through the storage bay door. They had rubber around the door edge so I could close the door and not bother the RG cables...
I'm sure it still this way today...
If you are wanting to get the fancy HIGH DEF TV SIGNALs you may have another problem - don't know about any of that...
I stopped using my home SAT TV stuff when the Natl Broadcast Network changed over to Digital HDTV in 2009. Watching full mode High Def TV using the BATWING crank up OTA Antenna works great with the digtal HDTV coming from the local towns. This of course was a much better signal mode that came down from DIRECTV standard TV signals and is local TV from where you at showing the 24/7 WX RADAR stations etc...
Of course you won't be getting some of those favorite CABLE TV programs like CNN USA TNT etc...
Some folks report on here when they tried to get DIRECTV or DISH to install the SAT TV in their RV's they ran into problems...
Bringing your own equipment with you is not the same issue... Try it all out at home and find out what you need to do there to make it work from the trailer.
Roy Ken...
