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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My experience with Dish. We have had it at home many years and added it to the RV.
I have a 3 LNB dish on the house and the same 3 LNB dish (1000.4 or 1000.2) on a tripod mount for the RV. I also have a Tailgater in the RV, but if it has a problem finding the sats I use the tripod mounted one.
Using the tripod mounted dish, when I power up the receiver I can go to the setup menu and find out the azimuth, elevation, and skew settings for the location I am currently in. Then I can use those numbers to set up the tripod mounted dish properly using a compass and the markings on the dish mount. Then it is a matter of tweaking the dish to bring in all 3 satellites using an inline signal strength meter or the signal strength indications on the setup screen on the TV. (the 3 LNB dish receives all 3 sats simultaneously when properly aimed). Sometimes very easy, sometimes takes a little work.
Since I added the RV to the home account I get all channels, including HD, in the RV that I get at home. UNLESS. If I am to far from home to get my normal local channels I simply call Dish and tell them I am in the RV and give them my new location (new service address). They reprogram me to get the local network channels from the nearest city. Example when in southern Colorado, I get Denver local channels. When in Texas hill country, I get San Antonio/Austin local channels. About a 5 minute phone call. Since I have a home account I do not have to worry about the Distant Network Service. Rather than east or west coast channels I get channels in the time zone I am currently in and programs in their correct time. And local weather/news is a plus.
And the DW gets all her favorite programs. A real plus in keeping everyone happy.
I have a 3 LNB dish on the house and the same 3 LNB dish (1000.4 or 1000.2) on a tripod mount for the RV. I also have a Tailgater in the RV, but if it has a problem finding the sats I use the tripod mounted one.
Using the tripod mounted dish, when I power up the receiver I can go to the setup menu and find out the azimuth, elevation, and skew settings for the location I am currently in. Then I can use those numbers to set up the tripod mounted dish properly using a compass and the markings on the dish mount. Then it is a matter of tweaking the dish to bring in all 3 satellites using an inline signal strength meter or the signal strength indications on the setup screen on the TV. (the 3 LNB dish receives all 3 sats simultaneously when properly aimed). Sometimes very easy, sometimes takes a little work.
Since I added the RV to the home account I get all channels, including HD, in the RV that I get at home. UNLESS. If I am to far from home to get my normal local channels I simply call Dish and tell them I am in the RV and give them my new location (new service address). They reprogram me to get the local network channels from the nearest city. Example when in southern Colorado, I get Denver local channels. When in Texas hill country, I get San Antonio/Austin local channels. About a 5 minute phone call. Since I have a home account I do not have to worry about the Distant Network Service. Rather than east or west coast channels I get channels in the time zone I am currently in and programs in their correct time. And local weather/news is a plus.
And the DW gets all her favorite programs. A real plus in keeping everyone happy.
