Directv question

[Snookie]

Is it possible to have a Directv receiver at home being used and one in the RV also being used?

[EsoxLucius]

Aridon wrote:

CA Traveler wrote:
Yes you can take the receiver with you as long as it's not a Genie Client which is NOT a receiver. However once you travel several hundred miles you will leave the local spot beam and no longer get the national channels. If you call and get the local channels for the rig then the home receiver will no longer get its local channels.

If someone were to fall under this one option is to "move" to NYC or LA area. Pick a fake address, apartment or condo and add a number or letter to it. This will net you the CONUS locals and you'd have access to at least all your network programming, minus your local news naturally as that would be NYC.

This is absolutely false. If you use NYC or LA as your service address, as soon as you are out of the spot beam you will lose the local channels. The only way to get the network channels without changing service addresses is to purchase Distant Network Service for $10. This, depending on your billing address, will get you either the New York City OR the Los Angeles network channels. If you want actual local network channels you need to change your service address every time you leave the spot beam area of the previously selected service address.

[CavemanCharlie]

Or, you could just leave the Sat TV at home, get a antenna, get some local channels from that, and then go outside and enjoy nature.

Then rent a few movies on rainy days.

But, I know that everyone is different and you may not enjoy doing that.

Have a nice Day

[Aridon]

CA Traveler wrote:
Yes you can take the receiver with you as long as it's not a Genie Client which is NOT a receiver. However once you travel several hundred miles you will leave the local spot beam and no longer get the national channels. If you call and get the local channels for the rig then the home receiver will no longer get its local channels.

If someone were to fall under this one option is to "move" to NYC or LA area. Pick a fake address, apartment or condo and add a number or letter to it. This will net you the CONUS locals and you'd have access to at least all your network programming, minus your local news naturally as that would be NYC.

[CA_Traveler]

Yes you can take the receiver with you as long as it's not a Genie Client which is NOT a receiver. However once you travel several hundred miles you will leave the local spot beam and no longer get the national channels. If you call and get the local channels for the rig then the home receiver will no longer get its local channels.

[Big_Katuna]

EsoxLucius wrote:

Rbertalotto wrote:
I predict that within month, the sight of satellite dishes on RVs will go the way of the dinosaur. I can not see the need, expense and deployment making any sense as the cost for unlimited services continue to crash and the network gets better and better....

I've been fulltiming for three years and LTE networks, WiFi and OTA are not reliable for consistent television viewing.

I agree. Years away. Even in FLorida, we often dont have cell service much less decent wifi.

[EsoxLucius]

Rbertalotto wrote:
I predict that within month, the sight of satellite dishes on RVs will go the way of the dinosaur. I can not see the need, expense and deployment making any sense as the cost for unlimited services continue to crash and the network gets better and better....

I've been fulltiming for three years and LTE networks, WiFi and OTA are not reliable for consistent television viewing.

[holstein13]

Yes, the key is to call the RV an extra bedroom. You'll pay about $15.00 per month for the bedroom receiver but you can use it anywhere you'd like.

If you travel a lot, apply for the Distant Network Services so you can get the national broadcasters wherever you are. Either NY or LA based on your billing zip code.

[ol_Bombero-JC]

IMO - this has gotten way off the question the OP asked.
A bit more info would have gone a looong way.

OP: *If* you are now using a DirecTV receiver (the 'box') at home, just take it with you. You need a sat dish (free or cheap) to set up - and find (align with) the sat where you are camping.

Lots of "how to" help & info for "finding the bird" - including (on) YouTube AND the *Technology Corner* forum (here, on RV Net).

Your active receiver already has a/the "card" in it. Nothing to do or change.

There are more bells and whistles (Gee Whiz stuff) for TV reception, but you didn't ask that.

Hope you got/get the picture!


~

[Big_Katuna]

You need one card per receiver. The card and receiver are married; if you take a card out and put it in a different box, it won't work unless you call and have them "re-marry" them.

[tdsxt51]

enblethen wrote:
You must have two cards that are active through DirectTV.

I don't believe that is true. I take our bedroom receiver camping with us, and we mostly go local; don't know if that matters or not. Anyway, sometimes I need to run home for something, and being the TV nut that I am, I usually turn it on as soon as I walk through the door. Works for us at the same time in both places.

EDIT: Maybe I misunderstood. Both of our receivers have a card in them, but I thought they all did.

[Crazy_Ray]

yes nac

[Rbertalotto]

I just returned from a three week, 6231 mile trip from Massachusetts to Arizona with stops in Texas and New Mexico.

I used DirecTVNOW and Curiosity STREAM on the entire trip. Using a Verizon HotSpot, T-Mobile HotSpot or campground / McDonalds / Panera Bread / Etc WiFi

I do not have unlimited service for Verizon so used it very little. The T-Mobile, $30 a month unlimited streaming plan worked great everywhere except at Hidden Valley Ranch RV park in a deep valley in New Mexico with poor Verizon service and no T-Mobile or Sprint service. But the RV park had amazing WiFi for $2 a day.

At rest stops and truck stops, I used my ALFA WiFi booster system to use the free WiFi. A few times I was in a truck stop with a McDonalds across the street and the WiFi booster pulled in their WiFi like I was sitting inside the restaurant. Very pleased!

I was never in a situation where I could not access DirecTV NOW or Curiosity STREAM over the internet.

This past week I bought and activated an AT&T Mobley OBD hotspot with unlimited data for $20 a month.

Now I have access to all four major carriers and WiFi at will. I also have a WeBoost that has proven very effective at times.

Verizon...My company supplies $$?
AT&T....22g High Speed, (may be throttled after but no one I've heard has been throttled with usagr up to 200g)Unlimited DirecTV streaming as AT&T owns DTV now....Used it on a trip from Massachusetts to NJ with spectacular performance.$20 a month
SPRINT...6G $30 a month (Works almost no where. Terrible service once you get off the highway or outside a large city.
T-Mobile...$30 Unlimited Streaming. So far, VERY good performance everywhere I've been except in the mountains of New Mexico.

I predict that within month, the sight of satellite dishes on RVs will go the way of the dinosaur. I can not see the need, expense and deployment making any sense as the cost for unlimited services continue to crash and the network gets better and better....

[SCVJeff]

Aridon wrote:
Sure, so long as the receiver isn't dependent on another box to work such as the genie clients. If you have something like a Genie at home and a hr24 on the road they will work so long as they are attached to a dish pointed at the right bird

THIS

[Aridon]

Sure, so long as the receiver isn't dependent on another box to work such as the genie clients. If you have something like a Genie at home and a hr24 on the road they will work so long as they are attached to a dish pointed at the right bird.

The receivers and dish are completely dumb. Other than the authorization they get form the satellite there is nothing tying them to your home setup. You can pick them up, move them to another house with Directv and they will work just fine. This has always been an issue satellite providers had to deal with and is called account stacking.