We too just went through the process with our new unit, painless got it working yesterday as the dealer had to tweek it somehow. I have problems with setting up my TIVO so I had them do it.
R Ream
2008 Winnebago Voyage 35 L
Toad 09 Honda Fit w/ auto Trans
Chuck Linn wrote: We just take our extra receiver from the house put it in the RV and every thing works no problem from dish about doing that, but the down side is no local channels when we get away from out zip code so no local news or weather but there is always the weather channel but no OU football when they play on the networks and that is painful
Try this. It worked for me. https://www.mydistantnetworks.com/RVrequest.revised.070809.pdf
Joe Greenwood
2007 Monaco Camelot 42PLQ
2003 Ford 250/350 C/C 4X4 S/D V10 4.30
2004 Subaru Forester XT 5spd turbo AWD, toad for the Class A
2008 Chrysler 300 Touring
2005 Honda Goldwing GL1800 w/Motor Trike conversion
Chuck Linn wrote: We just take our extra receiver from the house put it in the RV and every thing works no problem from dish about doing that, but the down side is no local channels when we get away from out zip code so no local news or weather but there is always the weather channel but no OU football when they play on the networks and that is painful
You can call dish and have them change your locals to the area code that you are located. It only takes about 5min for them to switch, no charge...
2007 Country Coach, Allure 470, 42',ISL Cummins 400, 2008 Trailblazer TV, Blackhawk and Brakemaster.
Just have them activate the new receiver for you. They will send you a new Smart Card for it. As stated above it will cost you $5/month.
I have never had a problem with them in regard to a receiver being in my RV. If you don't power up the receiver and lock on to a satellite at least monthly, the reveiver won't work. You will have to then call tech support, give them the ID number of that unit and tell them to "ping" it for you. They will be only too glad to do that for you and in about 2 minutesz you will be receiving signal again. If you lock on every few weeks you will not have a problem.
We use Dish because we can get the networks on American Direct which is on sat 119, we could ask for the spot beam locals but like the networks on the road. Our friends take their Direct reciever on the road sans locals and then tell them they are in their FL or TX residence and need the local spot beam when they are parked for the winter. Never tell them you are in a MH or you need an RV account with Direct.
DirecTV: We have 2 recivers (2 TVs) in the house. When snowbirding or whatever, we simply take one of the recivers, put it in the motorhome.
When outside our "spot beam"...no problem. We get everything but the "networks"...which again is no problem, we simply put up the antenna, put the "ANT" button on the switchbox, and we're IN! (Why would I care what the weather is in Baltimore when I'm in Phoenix?
In my case, no need to spend an extra 5 bucks a month, nor is it of any importance to us to have the west coast (or east coast) "feed" that other posters have deemed necessary.
Bottom line: pay your bill on time. Tell them nothing...why add complications? You're not stealing......
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