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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With the advent of DirecHDTV, the differences in set up between Dishnetwork (SD or HD) and DirecHDTV, basically no longer exist.
How I did it:
Pre-set elevation and skew/tilt (Depending on the service)
Slowly swing the dish through the azimuth while watching a portable color TV
It really is that easy.. Then touch up the elevation a bit (Skew/tilt is normally good)
There is one thing you need to know:
IF you set up a RV account, it qualifies for something called Distant Network Service, Depending on dish or Direc you get your choice of 2 or 5 (I think) cities, and they beam the network stations to you no matter where you are. If you choose two of those cities (NYC and LA) you get shows 3 hours apart.. Kind of handy since prime time is what..3 hours long.
YOu can always use the "Spare" receiver in the house
But if you get a HOME account... Odds are very high you do NOT qualify for DNS.. And DISH for one is kind of senistive to that.. They got burned for handing out DNS a bit too freely.
DirecTV.. They needed to be burned too.. but politics (Corporate, not governmental) being what it is were not.
How I did it:
Pre-set elevation and skew/tilt (Depending on the service)
Slowly swing the dish through the azimuth while watching a portable color TV
It really is that easy.. Then touch up the elevation a bit (Skew/tilt is normally good)
There is one thing you need to know:
IF you set up a RV account, it qualifies for something called Distant Network Service, Depending on dish or Direc you get your choice of 2 or 5 (I think) cities, and they beam the network stations to you no matter where you are. If you choose two of those cities (NYC and LA) you get shows 3 hours apart.. Kind of handy since prime time is what..3 hours long.
YOu can always use the "Spare" receiver in the house
But if you get a HOME account... Odds are very high you do NOT qualify for DNS.. And DISH for one is kind of senistive to that.. They got burned for handing out DNS a bit too freely.
DirecTV.. They needed to be burned too.. but politics (Corporate, not governmental) being what it is were not.
