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Best way to acquire a Direct TV dish for a camp?
Posted on 11/15/17 at 9:35 am
Posted on 11/15/17 at 9:35 am
First things first, it's my understanding with a direct tv account, I can take my box anywhere and plug it into a 2nd direct tv dish and watch tv. We are wanting to do this to watch college football games at a camp, but same idea as bringing one to a tailgate.
Where do I buy the dish? From direct tv? I see some for sale on Ebay...
Also, I want the 3 probe thing in front of the dish, not the single, correct?
Someone on here does this for tailgates or a hunting camp... Please tell me what exactly I need to do.
Thank you.
Where do I buy the dish? From direct tv? I see some for sale on Ebay...
Also, I want the 3 probe thing in front of the dish, not the single, correct?
Someone on here does this for tailgates or a hunting camp... Please tell me what exactly I need to do.
Thank you.
This post was edited on 11/15/17 at 9:36 am
Posted on 11/15/17 at 9:36 am to Clyde Tipton
i have one in my flowerbed i just took down. you can have it.
Posted on 11/15/17 at 9:37 am to Clyde Tipton
I thought that the whole idea of having a camp was to get away from all of that.
Posted on 11/15/17 at 9:37 am to Clyde Tipton
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Best way to acquire a Direct TV dish for a camp?
Call DirecTV?
Posted on 11/15/17 at 9:38 am to Clyde Tipton
quote:
Please tell me what exactly I need to do.
Call Direct TV. Tell them.
The end.
Posted on 11/15/17 at 9:39 am to Clyde Tipton
I saw these all over the quad in Tuscaloosa
during tailgating.
These are for Dish Network. DirecTV needs these.
during tailgating.
These are for Dish Network. DirecTV needs these.
Posted on 11/15/17 at 10:28 am to Clyde Tipton
I ordered my Direct Tv dish on EBay and installed it my self at my camp. I just took a receiver from my house that we didn’t use that much and it just stays at the camp. I pay no extra charges this way.
Posted on 11/15/17 at 10:46 am to Clyde Tipton
Call Direct TV, feel free to use me as a reference.
This post was edited on 11/15/17 at 3:28 pm
Posted on 11/15/17 at 10:46 am to Clyde Tipton
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plug it into a 2nd direct tv dish and watch tv.
This is true but you have to adjust the angles of the dish based on your location as well as get the box to sync. The problem is that if you call direct tv to try to get the correct angles and sync the box, they know you're bootlegging and will shut it down.
I did it for a while using an old dish on my roof from the previous owner and an extra box from my parents. It lasted about a year until the box unsynced.
Posted on 11/15/17 at 10:53 am to Clyde Tipton
I have one you can have. I'm sure I have a old 3 LNB unit too for multiple sats.
I have upgraded four or five times since Katrina and flipped to Cox for a while.
I threw two dishes away, but kept two for projects, but I never got to it.
(You can get wi-fi from miles away with an old dish and some radio shack parts)
I have upgraded four or five times since Katrina and flipped to Cox for a while.
I threw two dishes away, but kept two for projects, but I never got to it.
(You can get wi-fi from miles away with an old dish and some radio shack parts)
Posted on 11/15/17 at 10:58 am to Clyde Tipton
Dish Depot
Call or order your receiver and/or dish from Dish Depot
Install dish yourself
hook up receiver
Call DirecTv to activate your new receiver using your already existing account.
I have Directv in 3 different locations and I catch all NOLA local channels at each location.
Call or order your receiver and/or dish from Dish Depot
Install dish yourself
hook up receiver
Call DirecTv to activate your new receiver using your already existing account.
I have Directv in 3 different locations and I catch all NOLA local channels at each location.
Posted on 11/15/17 at 11:04 am to Clyde Tipton
Not to hijack....but, i have one box that has the “thing” that plugs into the 110v wall socket and basically my other 4 boxes have to have that working to get dish....so would have to order another one of those to access my account at the Camp, correct?
Posted on 11/15/17 at 11:45 am to Clyde Tipton
Posted on 11/15/17 at 11:49 am to Clyde Tipton
Just get internet at your camp, plug a roku in, and log into your dish account
Posted on 11/15/17 at 2:03 pm to Clyde Tipton
I tossed one out in recycle bin last month. Cutin cords..
Posted on 11/15/17 at 2:09 pm to Clyde Tipton
There are tons of vendors that sell just the dish and the LNB (Low Noise Buffer) (aka feedhorn). A mount is as easy as a piece of pipe cemented in a 5 gallon bucket. Look up Azimuth/Elevation/Skew and point accordingly.
Or go somewhere like Solid Signal and get a meter and use it to point. I got the ole man one for his travel trailer when him and mom traveled.
IIRC if you're too far from home and your home account has local channels on it...you might not be in the spotbeam for the locals so you may not get those at the camp. Something to consider.
Or go somewhere like Solid Signal and get a meter and use it to point. I got the ole man one for his travel trailer when him and mom traveled.
IIRC if you're too far from home and your home account has local channels on it...you might not be in the spotbeam for the locals so you may not get those at the camp. Something to consider.
Posted on 11/15/17 at 2:31 pm to Clyde Tipton
Just posting to follow because I may need one soon also.
Posted on 11/15/17 at 3:27 pm to Clyde Tipton
I have one you can have Baw
Posted on 11/15/17 at 4:08 pm to Clyde Tipton
talk to a maintenance guy at an apartment complex, he probably has a bunch of them
depends on your box
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Also, I want the 3 probe thing in front of the dish, not the single, correct?
depends on your box
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