Direct TV

[hellbird503]

Took my direct tv dish on the road and of course I can't my local channels. I don't want to buy more equipment. Is there a way to get around this or get the major channels somehow else. Thanks, Dave

[mikestock]

I filled out the paper work to transfer my home service to RV service with DirecTV. May be easier for most than it was for me. I had to describe six locations in my RV that had tv's. The person who accepted my paper work must have been very busy that day but my service is for RV and I have DNS.

[hitchup]

We are charged individually for each E/W feed of DNS. $2.50 for PBS (1 E. only), $3.50 for the Networks for a total of $20. Locals for our location come with the pkg. Which we usually change every few months.

I guess we're Grandfathered in and since we pay more, DirecTV is happy to charge it.

[Bobbo]

As others have pointed out, you can have either locals at home or DNS on the road, not both. Unless, of course, you buy, AND PAY FOR, 2 separate DTV accounts. So, you either have locals at home and none on the road, OR DNS both at home and on the road.

[Deputy_Chief_P_]

This is one aspect of Direct TV that I am not happy with. I was willing to pay the extra $15 per month for local stations, but after filling out all of the paperwork, I was denied and told that we had to travel with ALL of our receivers that are in our home otherwise they would have to have a whole separate account/subscription for my RV. So I just forgo our home local stations when we are a great distance from home. Out of the 4 TV's we have in our rig I designate one TV specifically for the local stations in the area of which we are staying. The other 3 are on Direct TV.

[JamesBr]

I just deal with it when outside the spot beam and augment with campground cable, or antenna if I want network stations.

[Bill_Satellite]

hellbird503 wrote:
We are fulltiming now and lots of times we do get local channels via antenna but not always. I will check dns but if I remember correctly it was not a straight forward deal.

It is a very straight forward deal. It's $15/month, you can have either "local" Networks or DNS Networks on your account but not both and you fill out this form and send it in.
http://www.directv.com/learn/pdf/DNS_Vehicles_Aff.pdf
If you fax it to this number you can usually have service the same day (or so).
FAX # 208-363-6444

[edatlanta]

One big advantage for using DNS is if you have a DVR and you have several programs you record each week. With DNS your channel numbers don't change as you travel. You set your programs and then just setup your antenna at your new location and your programs will still record.

[RayChez]

I have a Kingdome on my coach and I have being using Dish for ten years, but now I switched to Direct. Besides changing out the receiver/dvr do I have to do any thing else to get the satellite. Do I have to change out the box that locates the satellite. And how about the dome. Do I have to change like LNB's on it. I hooked up the receiver but all I get on the screen is the Direct logo and it says searching for satellite. Yet I see that it is locked into some satellite. This is not like Dish where if you press the menu button it will tell you what satellite you are locked into. Or am I missing something? The Direct Tech told me they do not work on coaches. He just handed me a receiver and told me to hook it up.

[sdianel_-acct_c]

We looked into DNS (east coast or west coast affiliate feeds) and found that it's $15.00 per month plus additional package, or about $100 more dollars a month. That was too rich for us when we had our stick house. Now that we full time, we found we don't need them. We are usually near a metro area and get digital "over air" channels with a Winegard converter box for our old analog TV's. If you are going to boondock you might find the local channels via DirecTV useful. We haven't so far. The DNS rule is FCC regulated, not a Directv policy.

[2oldman]

Lots of DNS posts on here.

[hellbird503]

We are fulltiming now and lots of times we do get local channels via antenna but not always. I will check dns but if I remember correctly it was not a straight forward deal.

[Randu]

I have had DirecTV since 1996 but don't worry about my locals. I use the over the air antenna where ever I'm at as I want to know the local information where I'm at. I really don't care what is happening in Michigan if I'm at Myrtle Beach. Its actually easier for me to go to my hometown newspaper website to keep up on back home. Are you really asking about the networks --NBC--CBS--etc? Only just a few times that I missed out on something I wanted to watch on network television due to no station or signal in the area. Randu

[docj]

It's not quite as simple as the previous post implies. DNS service will cost you $15/month but, more importantly, if you want locals service at your home and DNS in your RV you may be told you need separate accounts for the two locations. Some people have gotten around this, but that's the usual DTV position.

[Jim-Linda]

You don't need more equipment, you do need DNS(distance network service) from DTV. Contact them, you will need to fill out some paperwork.

Jim