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You cannot use your DirectTV DVR without a satellite signal.
If you have DirecTV with a DVR you can no longer view your pre-recorded programs if you don't have a satellite signal and the power to your DVR has been interrupted. (You move to a new site.) If you want to read details of this problem go to this post in the Technology Forum: "Directv DVR continuously resetting when no signal from sat" After 9 pages the bottom line is: Your DVR will not work if you don't have a satellite signal. (It will work for about 6 minutes then go to searching for satellite.) If you simply interrupt your satellite signal your DVR will work for about 12 hours+/- then it will go searching for satellite. You can try this by disconnecting your satellite, then disconnect the power to your DVR for a while.
This is intolerable to all of us who sometimes park under trees. The only solution is to complain to DirecTV. The technician at DirecTV will not believe you. "It always use to work." Yeah, I know. It doesn't anymore.
If one day you likely will park under a tree and want to watch your recorded shows.....call DirecTV complain and request a software engineering change.
Do this before you park underneath that tree.
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cire
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05/15/13 05:09pm |
Technology Corner
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RE: Any guiding principles on parking a 43' DP?
Our method after 9 years of full timing:
1. ALWAYS get out and survey the site your backing into. We rarely drive to my parking site with my toad connected. We disconnect as soon as possible and drive the path to our site. Looking both high and low. Discuss with your spotter what your plans are and any hazards. Discuss exactly you want to stop. My wife drives me back to the coach and then parks out of the way, near the site we plan to park in. This is NEVER a waste of time.
2. My wife always spots backing in. (Sometimes stressful to our marriage.)
3. most important: I drive the back wheels, obviously I steer with the front. I am focused on where my back wheels are going after making sure my front end will clear obstacles. I know the turning radius of my rear wheels when backing. I stop and line up so the turning radius of my rear wheels will deliver me to where I want to go. This takes some practice but you only have to learn the turning radius of your rear wheels.
4. Before backing observe your clearances for the front swing of your coach. (Both my spotter and I watches this closely along with other obstacles and low hanging branches.)
5. Develop a set of hand signals with your spotter. This works well unless there are bees flying around my wife. With the engine noise phones are unreliable for us.
6. Be aware of the movement of the back bumper of your coach. It goes right when you go left.
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cire
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04/19/13 01:37am |
Class A Motorhomes
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Anybody know where to polish AL wheels along I-40
We're headed from Las Vegas to Kansas City. Does anyone know of any stops along the way that will polish aluminum wheels at a reasonable cost. There use to be some place along the way in which some free lance polishers did the job very reasonably. I just don't recall where.
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cire
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04/19/13 12:30am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Which dinghy tow vehicle is suggested?
I've been towing a 99' Honda CRV for 8 years now. I like it BUT maximum towing speed is limited to 65 mph. Every 300 miles (I think) Honda wants you to run the engine with transmission in neutral for 3 minutes. We do it every 150-200 miles. Other cars don't have speed limitations or an engine running requirement.
That having been said we plan to buy another towed vehicle this year. It will almost certainly be another Honda CRV. If you run at 75 mph or drive 10 hours without stops...pick another towed. For us I welcome checking my rig and running the towed every 3-4 hours.
We like the CRV because it's low maintenance requirements, long life (230k and still going for us), good MPG and high resale value.
If at the end of the new car's useful life I wouldn't mind driving a stick I might go with a Subaru. When I'm 75 in 12 years from now I won't want to be driving a stick.
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cire
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04/02/13 06:14pm |
Dinghy Towing
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RE: Color of toad?
I've driven a white CRV for 8 years now. Love the color (because there is nothing to hate...if you understand that.) Even when it's dirty it doesn't look bad. I bet silver would be as good...I just don't care for black or gray interior, which is typically all that's available with a silver car. (Even tho my 99' CRV has gray interior.)
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cire
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04/02/13 05:58pm |
Dinghy Towing
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RE: Best brake system for new MH
I've used an M&G brake system on my CRV for 8 years now. The only action that you have to take to activate it is to connect an air line from the tow vehicle to the towed vehicle. Additionally it's proportional compared to many others. (The harder you step on the brakes, the more braking force is applied to your towed.)
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cire
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04/02/13 05:50pm |
Dinghy Towing
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RE: Good Stuff From Quartzsite?
Lots of fun things to do in Q. The big tent show has made me smile in recent years. Every year there are fewer and fewer RV items in the tent and more and more t-shirts, jewelry and destination attractions. Prices have risen considerably in the last 9 years that I've been going to the show. Sometimes I think the crowds are down....maybe that is just my imagination.
Have a good time.
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cire
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01/11/13 11:26pm |
Rallies, Shows and Gatherings
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