Front rear TVs on Satellite has different commercials

[wagonmaster2]

I have separate Directv receivers for the front TV and bedroom TV, and occasionally they will have different commercials at the same time.
Since both receivers are connected to the same Winegard Trav'ler dish on the roof and receiving the same program how can they have different commercials at the same time?

Really no bother since I don't pay much attention to commercials but just curious how this can happen. Usually they both do have the same commercial but occasionally the commercials will be different. Sure sounds peculiar though.

[twinboat]

One receiver is on a local network channel and the other is on a DNS channel in the 390 range.

[ghaynes754]

Or possibly they are on the same channel but one is on the SD channel and the other on the HD channel. Same number different feeds?

[wagonmaster2]

Any way I can tell which receiver is on which channel, and if so, how can I get them both on the same channel? Not that different commercials cause any real problem since I don't pay much attention to commercials but it's just kind of irritating for something to be going on that I don't understand or have any control over.

Appreciate the responses since now I know it's not just gremlins playing in my TVs.

[docj]

Originally Posted by wagonmaster2

Any way I can tell which receiver is on which channel, and if so, how can I get them both on the same channel? Not that different commercials cause any real problem since I don't pay much attention to commercials but it's just kind of irritating for something to be going on that I don't understand or have any control over.

Pushing the INFO button on your remote control will identify what channel the receiver is tuned to. You can also bring up GUIDE to see the same thing. I think the most likely situation is that you are tuned to both local and DNS channels.

However, if the different commercials are because one receiver is tuned to the HD channel and the other to the SD equivalent then there is no solution unless you want to tune the HD receiver to the SD channel which doesn't make a lot of sense IMO.