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Old 04-24-2012, 11:07 AM   #1
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In motion sat Directv using home reciver

Years ago I had a stationary crank up dish that th at I could use my home reciver with. It was great I did not have to have a unit speciality for the rv.

A few years after that I had an rv with a sationary unit that was for Directv (mono-stat maybe?). It had to have a special Directv reciver that had a line out that helped the the dish tune to the sat. It also required a seprate contract for Directv. The cost of the monthly bill to Directv was not worth it.

I just purchased another class A. I am wondering if I can use one of my home recivers with some of these "newer type in motion dishes". I buy used stuff. It is ok if I dont get the the HD Directv channels. The idea is to keep the kids something to watch while driving down the road. I have found stuff on Craigslist and ebay for 500 dollars or less. The idea is to get a used dish set up and use one of my home recivers so I dont get oter charges.

The units I have found are: Windguard SDI, Tracstar SV360, King Dome 9762 LP, KVH Tracvision A5,

Any other things to lookout for??? Experiances etc.????

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Old 04-24-2012, 02:58 PM   #2
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With the in motion domes, you shouldn't have any problems using an SD receiver from your house. Check with the specific model though before you buy it.
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Old 04-24-2012, 04:22 PM   #3
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Two answers,

First: DirecTV (NOT DirecHDTV) is the best service for use with in-motion domes, You may wish to make sure your dome has "Dual out" (Some are singles).. The reason for this is the dome can see one satellite at a time, Just one, and for DirecTV (NON HD) that is all you need for most clients.

HDTV is not possible using a Dome with Direc at this time.

IF you use one and only one receiver, then DISH can work with SOME domes (Both HD and SD) but if you have more than one receiver (OR a multi-input DVR) sooner or later you will run into conflicts as to wanting shows on 2 (Or 3) different birds, Dome can't do that.

Now a warning: IF at home you get Local network stations, ABC, NBC, et-al, then you will only get those if you are close to home (Perhaps 100-300 miles depending on just where "home" is) Of course if your home is in the middle of "No tv here land" and you thus qualify for DISTANT NETWORK service, Ignore this paragraph and stop reading now.

Home accounts which DO get local channels, do not qualify for Distant Network Service, and though many have gotten DNS put on it is illegal, Dish network a few years back lost the right to offer said service, So far, nobody has brought suit against DirecTV but they are just as free with those permits as Dish was.

The solution:

If your house account is over 2 years old and no longer under contract.. Get an RV account, make sure you get your full allotment of receivers, and use the spare DNS qualified and enabled, receivers.. At home.
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