Can you use your home directv receiver with this, without paying for additional programming?
63538
i tried it and it would not work the receiver box is programed to point the dish
63539
yes, it works like any other dish outside. We use with our home receiver and there are no additional charges
63540
yes, i have one of my house receivers in my truck, you just need a standard (non hd) receiver. not the new swim receiver.
63541
Yes! A pre-planned camping trip happened to coincide with a football game (which I had money on). I took a gamble so to speak, and yanked my home receiver and brought it with. With a deep cycle marine batt and inverter we were able watch our game - so much for roughing it. :-(I do recommend a pure sine wave inverter. A regular inverter inserted noise into the tv and made everything run hotter than home/regular inverter. A fellow gadget geek camping in the site next door help us experiment which led to the previous conclusion.
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I'm not sure. It would make sense to get the HD antenna & receiver. If you ask Dish HD will be free.
967650
Sorry, it's at my cabin in N.C. and probably won't be up there before Christmas. For any you are looking at, they should be able to give you the ID#, then just call Directv and they will tell you if it is programmable. and yes, I learned by getting one then finding out it was still an "active" receiver and could not be programmed.
734925
These clients don't have the traditional activation cards that Directv receivers use. The cliient is easy to connect to your system. You'll choose "add client" from the receiver menu and follow on screen instructions. In my case, I was prompted to call Directv to activate the client. 10 minute phone call, and all worked flawlessly.
1599200
Worse case scenario your directv box does not support RF. The good news is the RF remotes can still be set to IR if necessary.
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You would need to purchase a home kit for the unit ( you would also need to be able to aim the antenna out a south facing window) programming starts at $14.49 a month
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I own the unit as I purchased it on Amazon BUT, DirecTV will charge you the monthly fee of $6 to use it. When they installed the Genie, they gave me one unit free plus the monthly charge for a remote client. I wanted to add another client in a guest room so I bought one but DirecTV had to come install it (they have to turn on the clients for you) and then added the additional $6 a month for the usage. Yes, it's a rip off in the first degree. I could not find a work around. I installed it and when I went to add an additional client, the message said I was not authorized to have more than one client on the system. Call Customer Support for assistance. Now you know that they "gotcha". still cheaper to buy your own from Amazon than from DTV. Hope this helps. J.
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Yes, all you need is a digital converter box which can be picked up for $38 and you will be all set to receive free over the air channels with the Cable Cutter antenna. Any digital converter will work, but we recommend this one:Mediasonic HW180STB HomeWorx HDTV Digital Converter Box with Media Player Function, Dolby Digital and HDMI Out (Old Version)
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All you have to do is go on line with Directv and activate the serial number. It will cost you six bucks a month to add. No need to even call.
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you have to use the code provided by URC. It will be relatively easy. Just make sure the DirecTv remote isn't in RF mode.
721578
you don't need that. The HDMI Output of the apply TV has all digital information for the receiver.
1153718
I'm using DirecTV with mine so I'm not sure if you'll require an antenna to receive the local channel feed.
1874151
Yes. You can replace your 2 way splitter with this splitter and will have the ability to have 4 DirecTv receivers attached working independently of each other.
437284
Yes. Its very easy just hook the HDMI cable to your TV and hook the Directv cable to the box and plug it in. You will need to call Directv to get it authorized before it can be used. It does cost the extra set fee per month, but it doesn't use a slot on your Directv box.
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I don't know about Directv but The Dish network has CC built into their receiver. look in your setup menus.
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I have bought this unit, but not installed yet. I contacted Directv, and they will have an installer come to the RV site and set-up. It costs nothing, and I am bringing my receiver from home.
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No. When you get it, You have to call Direct TV and give them the numbers on the sticker on the bottom or the device and they will activate it and walk you through connecting it to your system.it is not stand alone receiver,It is work only with Genie receiver .