Switching From DTV to Dish With Camper
Hi, I did now want to hijack other threads so here goes. For years I have been taking one of the DTV receivers from the stick home and going camping. I use the 18" round with Dual LNB - works grea...
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We switched from Direct to Dish this last year and am very happy with Dish.
We have the exact satellite dish on the house as we have for the camper. The only difference is the way it's wired. The dish has 3 eyes, and in the house, all three eyes are connected to their own cable that feed to a 3 way connector. And from there, a single line runs through the house.
On my dish for the camper, I have only 1 line connected to one eye. (The middle one right now). Sometimes, I'll switch the cable to a different eye, depending on where we are it just works better sometimes. I don't understand the mechanics behind it, all I know is, sometimes it just works better that way.
We have 3 receivers in the house. One is a dual receiver, which stays permanently. It's got so many wires attached to it, I'd be lost if I ever unhooked it.
The other two are single receivers in guest bedrooms. We take one of those receivers with us in the camper. If we have company at home, we can either run a line from the house to the camper, or set up the stand-alone dish. Either way, one of the receivers goes in the camper.
The people who installed DISH for us, also sold us the dish and tripod. We've been very happy with this arrangement ever since.
We have the exact satellite dish on the house as we have for the camper. The only difference is the way it's wired. The dish has 3 eyes, and in the house, all three eyes are connected to their own cable that feed to a 3 way connector. And from there, a single line runs through the house.
On my dish for the camper, I have only 1 line connected to one eye. (The middle one right now). Sometimes, I'll switch the cable to a different eye, depending on where we are it just works better sometimes. I don't understand the mechanics behind it, all I know is, sometimes it just works better that way.
We have 3 receivers in the house. One is a dual receiver, which stays permanently. It's got so many wires attached to it, I'd be lost if I ever unhooked it.
The other two are single receivers in guest bedrooms. We take one of those receivers with us in the camper. If we have company at home, we can either run a line from the house to the camper, or set up the stand-alone dish. Either way, one of the receivers goes in the camper.
The people who installed DISH for us, also sold us the dish and tripod. We've been very happy with this arrangement ever since.
