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Re: Directv
mikestock wrote: donn0128 wrote: What changes is you got suckered i to a GenieII. With that setup your not allowed to have any other receivers on your account. And NO you cannot take the GenieII with you when you want to travel. Now if you had a GenieI you could take it with you. No extra accounts needed. Now because of all the issues with Direct and their total lack of customer care it may be time to switch. Wrong and wrong. I have Genie at home and also have two other DVR's, one standard receiver and one wireless Genie client. I take the Genie and one DVR with me in the motorhome and sometimes an extra receiver, depending on how long I will be gone and the weather conditions (outside viewing). Sometimes I leave one of the DVR's in the motorhome while it is in storage. Storage has power hookup. I keep the rooftop dish up there, just to keep it from having to be reset and sometimes I watch, when I'm working on the inside. Your correct Mikestock there are several ways to do it if your tech savvy and want to take the time and spend the money. I read a post on the other rv site and they told how they were doing it. I'm satisfied with what I got and not interested in working on it to get more stations. I want to know what do you save by suspending service on your stand along per month when they only charge you $7 per month for service.641Views0likes0CommentsRe: Directv
CA Traveler wrote: My take on Genie 2. It has issues last I checked. But I'm sure they will get resolved. It's designed more furniture like. Must be vertical for cooling so I suspect it would overheat in a cabinet unless there is a lot of ventilation. It requires power and coax. It may not be the most desirable receiver for a RV considering space, cooling and power. Anyone have better input on the Genie 2? I've had my Genie 2 for 18 months now and are very happy with the service. I read that they had problems with the recording part and it was mentioned about loosing recordings which I had noticed. You go thru the list and go back to something and it's gone. Now my Genie is sitting in a cabinet like the other TV stuff and no heat problem and it's laying flat not on it's side.641Views0likes0CommentsRe: Directv
CA Traveler wrote: charwan wrote: The reason they are going to the Genie 11 they don't have to install cable any more not that people are stealing their service. They still have to install coax from the dish to the Genie including Genies prior to Genie 2. They also have to install coax to any Genie Clients that are not wireless. Genies reduce potential stealing since the Genie Clients must be connected to the Genie either wireless or by coax. No longer can a receiver be a a friends house with his own dish. I didn't mean to imply that someone didn't have to put ant. on roof and wire to the genie 11 wireless. Once they get that done the other are wireless and don't need no cable it works off your ADSL. I also stated they would not "Give or let" us use a stand along with the wireless system. There's no reason they could not turn the H24 on in my camper but they would not.641Views0likes0CommentsRe: MOTOR HOME THERMOSTAT
shastagary wrote: this replacement manual says what to do on the last page Guide to Coleman Thermostats Many thanks for the info "shastagary" that is just what I though and I printed the info now to install. I may have the tools for removing them pins and want have to cut and soldier. You would have though that the selling dealer would have put that info in with the new thermostat. charwan331Views0likes0CommentsMOTOR HOME THERMOSTAT
I went and ordered a new thermostat for my Winne 04 with a heat pump. In looking it up I had a 6535b335 and the company where I ordered it from said a 6535 3442 would replace it. However the power connecter is a 4 wire instead of a 3. Have any of you had this replacement before and what did you do. The first thermostat that came in it was #6635 356 and I replaced that one with 6535b335 and now it's gone bad.1KViews0likes4CommentsRe: Directv
CA Traveler wrote: Good clarification. Can't see how 2 accounts could be considered sharing. I'm telling you the truth. The tech drove up in his DTV van got my son's new H24 out and went and installed it in my MH. I ash him if he wanted to hook it up to my sat and he said he would use his. Drug a dish out and set it on the ground and put it together on a stand. I know this was a waste of time but he's the boss. Came up right away and he put his equipment back in the truck. By the way he was an ATT tech. I ask. I also told you the same tech came out on a Sunday two weeks ago and took out the new Genie II out that he had installed 3 weeks before and installed his old Genie I. It also seems they don't send equipment boxes out any more. You take your old equipment to UPS and they box it for you and send it back. Same tech he works this area. The reason they are going to the Genie 11 they don't have to install cable any more not that people are stealing their service.641Views0likes0CommentsRe: Ford V-10 Techs Needed, Diagnos My Erratic Coolant Temp
Way2roll First let me say nice rig. Hunting an over heating problem is one of the worst problems to have. I went thru it last summer and I have a post on it. I did all that has been sugested here and still no fix. Only thing left was a radiator at $700. I pulled the radiator and the vains were coated over with a fine like hair from the road or if you have ever bush hoged a pasture and looked at the frt. of your radiator. This was in between the radiator and cooling coils. How it got thru the trans and ac coils I don't know. No one suggested this. How to see this problem I don't know. If you have a camera on a cable you might. I do know it want wash out easy. My problem started just like you said pulling up Monteagel Mt. Mine also had less then a 100,000 on it. I did all this work myself but it still cost me a small fortune. Good luck433Views0likes0Comments
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