arcticfox2005
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This may cover old ground, but maybe not.
We have DirecTv, and have a home account. We spend about 5 months in our home in Arkansas and about 5 months at our home in Wyoming. The other 2 months we are traveling in our motorhome. We have the latest SWM dishes at both homes and the same dish (Winegard Trav'ler) on the MH. We have only a single receiver on the account (Genie DVR) and move it from house to MH to house and it works perfectly in all 3 locations, except for no local networks while on the road. While in AR we get locals out of Springfield, MO and while in WY, locals out of Salt Lake City, UT.
The over-the-air antenna on the MH (JACK) works very well most of the time, but you have to be pretty much in a large metro area to get a decent signal. I contacted DirecTv asking what I needed to do to be able to get ABC,CBS, NBC, etc. on the Genie. After being transferred 4 times, I got someone who knew enough to discuss it, and here's what he said:
He said that the FCC recently eased the rules regarding local stations and with my setup, I could simply call in while I am on the road, give them the new location, and the local networks would appear in the guide in place of what was there previously. No limit on how many times I could do this. He said this would work about 95% of the time. He said that where it did not work, I could fall back on DNS which I could apply for in advance and the west coast or east coast feed would appear up in the 300's range in the guide. He said no second account would be necessary.
So, my question is - does this make sense? Has anyone else been given the same info? Does it work as described?
Any input is appreciated.
Bill
We have DirecTv, and have a home account. We spend about 5 months in our home in Arkansas and about 5 months at our home in Wyoming. The other 2 months we are traveling in our motorhome. We have the latest SWM dishes at both homes and the same dish (Winegard Trav'ler) on the MH. We have only a single receiver on the account (Genie DVR) and move it from house to MH to house and it works perfectly in all 3 locations, except for no local networks while on the road. While in AR we get locals out of Springfield, MO and while in WY, locals out of Salt Lake City, UT.
The over-the-air antenna on the MH (JACK) works very well most of the time, but you have to be pretty much in a large metro area to get a decent signal. I contacted DirecTv asking what I needed to do to be able to get ABC,CBS, NBC, etc. on the Genie. After being transferred 4 times, I got someone who knew enough to discuss it, and here's what he said:
He said that the FCC recently eased the rules regarding local stations and with my setup, I could simply call in while I am on the road, give them the new location, and the local networks would appear in the guide in place of what was there previously. No limit on how many times I could do this. He said this would work about 95% of the time. He said that where it did not work, I could fall back on DNS which I could apply for in advance and the west coast or east coast feed would appear up in the 300's range in the guide. He said no second account would be necessary.
So, my question is - does this make sense? Has anyone else been given the same info? Does it work as described?
Any input is appreciated.
Bill