We have Dish Network, and we bought an extra receiver for the FW, being we are not "renting" that receiver, but own it, we can activate and deactivate it all we want at the rate of $10 per month ($5 plus $5 for programming access fee for no phone line). So if we go on a week trip it only will cost us $2.50. The only thing I wish I had done differently would to have bought the DVR dual receiver instead of the 322, we miss the ability to pause, etc.
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We ve got a Winegard RoadTrip antenna on our MH with a Direct receiver and Dont know if it was a freak of nature or what but on the last trip DW was able to watch our local channels
while enroute from our home base to Utah with no prob.
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donee wrote: We ve got a Winegard RoadTrip antenna on our MH with a Direct receiver and Dont know if it was a freak of nature or what but on the last trip DW was able to watch our local channels
while enroute from our home base to Utah with no prob.
I would imagine that the Simi Valley network channels are from Los Angles. DirecTV uses the Los Angles network channels for their Distant Network Service which is broadcast nationally. Thus, you will have your "local" channels wherever you have DirecTV service.
pritch272 wrote: We have Dish Network, and we bought an extra receiver for the FW, being we are not "renting" that receiver, but own it, we can activate and deactivate it all we want at the rate of $10 per month ($5 plus $5 for programming access fee for no phone line). So if we go on a week trip it only will cost us $2.50. The only thing I wish I had done differently would to have bought the DVR dual receiver instead of the 322, we miss the ability to pause, etc.
I dont think the DVR receiver will be able to withstand the constant movement that the trailer has, they have a hard drive in them simular to a computer, there is also a warning label on them not to move them for 2 or 3 min after shutting down the reciever to prevent damage to hard drive, thats why I didn't buy one, the fear of that kind of damage.
I didn't know that Dish Net charged to reactivate the receiver once it was part of the account receiver family. If the unit is un pluged for a long period of time it has to be reprogramed dosen't it, at least mine do.
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Sure, when we travel out of the "Spot", we lose locals. BUT, thats what the roof antenna is for. No DNS for us... We have DirectTV and have NO complaints.
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pritch272 wrote: We have Dish Network, and we bought an extra receiver for the FW, being we are not "renting" that receiver, but own it, we can activate and deactivate it all we want at the rate of $10 per month ($5 plus $5 for programming access fee for no phone line). So if we go on a week trip it only will cost us $2.50. The only thing I wish I had done differently would to have bought the DVR dual receiver instead of the 322, we miss the ability to pause, etc.
I dont think the DVR receiver will be able to withstand the constant movement that the trailer has, they have a hard drive in them simular to a computer, there is also a warning label on them not to move them for 2 or 3 min after shutting down the reciever to prevent damage to hard drive, thats why I didn't buy one, the fear of that kind of damage.
I didn't know that Dish Net charged to reactivate the receiver once it was part of the account receiver family. If the unit is un pluged for a long period of time it has to be reprogramed dosen't it, at least mine do.
We have used our Dish DVR for two years now in the fiver with no issues. Many bumpy stretches of road and knock on wood no problems. We leave our receiver on in the fiver year round and pay the five bucks a month so don't have to monkey with reactivating in the spring. It was a real pain in the rear for us to get it going again so I decided to leave it activated and running. JMO
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Right now I have 5 Dish recievers. Four in the house and one in the motorhome. Three of the recievers are HD DVRs including the one in the RV. Two of the recievers are plugged into phone lines (like the caller ID), the rest are not, including the RV. The HD DVR in the RV is totally shut off when not in use (protects the hard drive going down the road). The only action I have had to do to get it up and running is to supply power, and hit the reset button for a few moments and let it do its thing. Have not had to call Dish to reactivate even after a couple of months of non use. My DNS stations come from Atlanta and San Francisco. My local channels have worked as far away as 450 miles, go figure.
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The number listed on the following link for the "Dish Proof of Ownership Form" is now 1-888-309-0370. Dish Network Proof of Ownership Form
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pritch272 wrote: We have Dish Network, and we bought an extra receiver for the FW, being we are not "renting" that receiver, but own it, we can activate and deactivate it all we want at the rate of $10 per month ($5 plus $5 for programming access fee for no phone line). So if we go on a week trip it only will cost us $2.50. The only thing I wish I had done differently would to have bought the DVR dual receiver instead of the 322, we miss the ability to pause, etc.
I dont think the DVR receiver will be able to withstand the constant movement that the trailer has, they have a hard drive in them simular to a computer, there is also a warning label on them not to move them for 2 or 3 min after shutting down the reciever to prevent damage to hard drive, thats why I didn't buy one, the fear of that kind of damage.
I didn't know that Dish Net charged to reactivate the receiver once it was part of the account receiver family. If the unit is un pluged for a long period of time it has to be reprogramed dosen't it, at least mine do.
I didn't say that Dish charged to activate or deactivate, the service is $5 per month, plus the $5 for not having it on a phone line. There is no charge to activate / deactivate. You cannot deactivate the receivers that are leased under the contracted plan.
After 250 miles you loose all your regular local broadcast, our FCC made the satellite providers do this, another stupid idea from our law makers and officials.
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Well... I don't like to put down the FCC (Where do you think I got my User name... Yup, they gave it to me)
I believe, however, that it was CONgress that did it
Don't really matter, it's "Government" no matter how you look at it.
So I'm not going to argue with you.
The restriction does not bother me since I don't have Dish (Or Direc) in my home.. Just a spiny thing or two up on the roof.
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