Direct tv, use at camp and home on same account

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Genie vs mini genie? Do the communicate with each other?

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Move account to your house in LA. Mini genie uses a tuner on the genie. You need a receiver with a tuner at the camp. Add one to your home account for $7 a month and take it to the camp. You may or may not get local channels at the MS camp depending upon the distance from your LA house.

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You need a receiver with a tuner at the camp. Add one to your home account for $7 a month

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So do i just tell them I need an extra receiver with a tuner? Seems they would catch on?

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I have direct tv at my camp in Mississippi, can I move the account to my house in LA but keep a box at the camp??

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Yes...I do this at my lake house...it is called a second home install. You will need to call them and they will send out a tech to install the new dish and you will need a box out there. Each account is only allowed one genie so you will need the older hd dvr or hd receiver but it will still work and I get all the same channels I get at home for $7 month box rental. They ask if both home and second home tvs will be on the at the same time (this is to insure it is for the same people....if not then they will want you to open a second account). You need to tell them only one location will be using the dish at any time.

Now comes the tricky part...scheduling the install...you have to be very thorough with them on where the tech needs to go...the first time we did this he showed up at my main house and not the lake house....so I wasted a trip out there just to meet the tech. You will want to verify the day before that the tech is indeed going to your camp the next day.