Satellite for Motor Home

[rblovett3]

I am looking to buy a satellite system for my motorhome. Looking at portable or roof mounted. We have 2 TV's and want to watch different channels at the same time. Please advise.

[Bill_Satellite]

BaldyD1 wrote:
Had a Kingdome with Direct TV and had never had a problem with viewing different channels on each of the two TVs. And that was every where we went.

That's true for DirecTV but not for Dish Network.
Domes all have limitations. For DirecTV that means you can't receive HD programming but you can use multiple receivers and watch any SD channel. For Dish, you can receive HD but only one receiver/tuner will be able to watch anything on any channel. The second receiver/tuner becomes a slave and can only view channels on the one satellite that was selected by receiver #1.

[Followin__the_s]

We recently got the Winegard MP1 portable and bought a tripod with it. It has two ports for two receivers. We went with Direct TV and since we were new customers they gave us the receivers for free. The dish has only one LMB so we don't have HD. But it is easy to set up and use. We use the antennae for local channels and network programs. We are very satisfied with the dish. At only $189 at Camping World the dish was a great deal for us.

[Goldencrazy]

Traveler with directv. Am also changing from multiswitch to Single wire for grater flexibility. Love it.

[rblovett3]

Thanks for all your info. At this point I will be checking out portable units vs roof mounted.

[BaldyD1]

Had a Kingdome with Direct TV and had never had a problem with viewing different channels on each of the two TVs. And that was every where we went.

[JimM68]

The domes will not give you different channels on 2 receivers with dish network, and will not give any HD with direct ever.

We have a dome which works good if no tree's, but only 1 receiver, share one channel with 2 TV's.

Our external 3 lnb antenna works good and would run 2 recievers if we had them.

Winegaurd has a roofmount 3 lnb automatic open dish, around $1300. It's on my wish list, and will give all channels, multiple TV's, even runs the dish hopper. But you can't use it while moving, the wind would rip it right off the roof!

[PapPappy]

Another issue with a roof mounted dish/dome, is that the system can become outdated. I found that out, when I bought our MH....the dish was built in 2001, and was out of date when I bought the rig about 6 years later. I don't have the money to replace the current dish, and I was stuck with the "box" that would work with that dish, so I was very limited in what I could get from DirecTV....and eventually just said the heck with it, we'll watch DVDs, and catch the news on the laptop or from over the air signals.

In order for you to get two different signals, you will need two different cable boxes. Not much of an issue, though you'll be paying monthly for those, (another reason I decided to pass on the DirecTV)even when you are only using the system a couple of months each year. Lots of folks will bring the boxes from inside their homes, and then get a portable dish from e-bay, and that works great, but we have cable, not satellite.

The debate over DirecTV and Dish Network is not one I want to get into.....though I like the DirecTV we have on the boat I work on.:)

Good luck.

[Pop-Pop_C]

We have the Wineguard Traveler on th roof of the MH. We have dish.
This is our second one and are very happy with it.
We also have the Wineguard Carry out. Use tha when we are ithe trees.
Can move around and no problems getting Locked on.
Kept this Carryout after trading off a Fiver for the MH.

[Richert]

Buy and enclosed satellite dish if you put a roof mount, with 4 or 5 years my dish would not stay locked on to satellite if was in the least bit windy out, called manufacturer and was told "that's what happens, it needs rebuilt" after experiencing that and the fact that you have to choose campsites based on trees and other things in your line of sight for satellite reception I bought a tripod mount HD dish off amazon for $100 bucks or so and can set it up anywhere, fasten it down good and no problems. just my opinion.

[Daboo]

I have the "Anser" by Winegard...wouldn't own another one...think I would go with a portable dual LNB...the Anser went thru one of those infamous Oklahoma thunder storms and after all the rain and dirt blowing..did not work again..sent it in and they sent me a new one...It is in the garage...good luck

[GENECOP]

Kingdome and carry a full dish for manual setup......

[lanerd]

Since we already had two DISH receivers at home (both 722's), we had a DISH Trav'ler automatic antenna installed and moved both receivers to the motor home. This allows each of us to have a dual receiver (just like at home) so that each of us can watch a live program while recording another...or watch a recorded program while recording two other live programs.

Ron

[Executive45]

Depends on your service, Dish or DirecTV. If I were to replace mine, I would get the Winegard Traveler. The "domes" are only a half dish inside and my experience is if the satellite is too low or high on the horizon, the dish won't pick it up. We've used the portable unit more this year than we have the roof....Dennis

[the_bear_II]

We normally carry two different sat receivers (DVRs) so each TV can watch different channels and record different programs....thats for my DW if it was up to me we'd only have one receiver. These are the same receivers we use in our house.

Normally I setup a dish antenna on a tripod outside the RV.

Recently we added a Dish Tailgator (portable antenna)and the 311(I think that's right) receiver it's compatible with in addition I plugged in an external hard drive to the receiver to allow programs to be recorded. This worked very well for one TV. I'm not sure if it would support a second TV watching different channels. The Tailgator is great if it fits your needs. By the way, I'm beginning to see more and more of the Tailgator type being used by RVers along with the Winegard portable instead of the Rooftop mounted units.

[The_Shadow_Nos]

Do you want HD or not??