Hi all, I have Directv standard receiver already. If I buy this receiver, do I need to change my dish on the roof of my house too? Thanks.
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YES. You need the Slimline Type to Receive HD Channels unless you don't want these type channels.
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That is a good question. A satellite dish can only accomodate so many receivers. That number of receivers is going to depend on how many LNB's the dish has. You are going to have to be independently attached to an LNB. My overall answer would be YES you need your own dish to enjoy programming!
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Your doing what I did - the short answer is yes. My dish has 4 cables coming from the LMBs and I needed one more cable to run to a room which had a Directv receiver. I ran one of the LMB cables to the multi-switch input and two out to different receivers. The switch worked fine for several years until last month when I lost channels on the receiver coming from the switch. I troubleshot it to the multi-switch. I bought another and I'm back in business.
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Alan: I have DirecTV, but have the transmitter hooked to my tv. The receiver is connected to another tv about 20 feet away in the kitchen. I takes a bit of experimenting moving the transmitter and receiver around to get a static-free picture, but it works fine. Also, I sometimes put a tv and attached receiver in the yard (about 30ft away) to watch a ballgame. Again, it works fine. --GC
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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.
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I think I need a sony TV. I decided to connect the dish directly and use the receiver only for movies and games.Sometimes you want to watch some programs on mute anyways...Thank you for your input
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This is a pain with Dish. With that being said, I had to find a Dish Network dish that was already set up on a satellite, some say you can go to a local dealer, I don't know about that. Then I had to set it up with an active internet connection, after that point it was able to update the receiver and worked. If you hold down the * (star key) you can bypass the initial setup screen. Do a google search for "dish network bypass setup screen", you will find some good info. Good luck, hope this helps..
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Yes. I had Dish until recently. I used a splitter so I didn't have to pay for an extra receiver. Basically, my treadmill TV was a mirror TV to one of the ones in another room. You couldn't watch 2 different shows on them, but for us that was not a problem.
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I don't have cable in my kitchen and am thinking of buying a HDTV to replace my analog TV. The one I'm considering has built-in ATSC/QAM tuners. I was told I would not need a rooftop antenna but could just plug-in and receive local channels. Would I need coax cables/adapters too?? Thanks for your help. This changeover is all so confusing.
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I use this with my DirecTV setup, so I assume you could do the same with Dish, although I can't speak authoritatively on this matter.
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No, I don't believe you can receive DirecTV with the Winegard antenna. I think you would need to buy a DirecTV antenna. The Winegard is an a better alternative to the Dish Taigater antenna.
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I just spent yesterday with dish, installing 622's cause next year most receivers won't get the east sat... Before you do this call dish to see if you qualify for the free upgrade... This comes with lnb but if you get upgraded fish will give you one for free
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Yes. I am also wiring for Directv. They require RG6, which this is. Have fun!
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I think it depends on which receiver you have. Dish customer service is great, they can answer that question for you.
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Once you have a dish setup for all your homes, then all you need to do is take your receiver from any location (ANY STATE)to any of your homes regardless the state and it will work, KEEP IN MIND if you don't call Direct-TV and have it updated to that local area you won't get local channels, it will be trying to pull in the other locations local channels in which you won't get either....... Really simple and we do this twice yearly ourself; we go between Arizona & Oregon in an RV that also have a Satellite Dish(tailgater type dome model) on top and it automatically locks onto the satellite needed, so we use same Receiver between AZ and OREGON and every where we go in between...... :) Once you have a dish setup for all your homes, then all you need to do is take your receiver from any location (ANY STATE)to any of your homes regardless the state and it will work, KEEP IN MIND if you don't call Direct-TV and have it updated to that local area you won't get local channels, it will be trying to pull in the other locations local channels in which you won't get either....... Really simple and we do this twice yearly ourself; we go between Arizona & Oregon in an RV that also have a Satellite Dish(tailgater type dome model) on top and it automatically locks onto the satellite... » Read More Once you have a dish setup for all your homes, then all you need to do is take your receiver from any location (ANY STATE)to any of your homes regardless the state and it will work, KEEP IN MIND if you don't call Direct-TV and have it updated to that local area you won't get local channels, it will be trying to pull in the other locations local channels in which you won't get either....... Really simple and we do this twice yearly ourself; we go between Arizona & Oregon in an RV that also have a Satellite Dish(tailgater type dome model) on top and it automatically locks onto the satellite needed, so we use same Receiver between AZ and OREGON and every where we go in between...... :) « Show Less
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Can you post the receiver id#? I tried purchasing a direct tv receiver and could not activate it. I was told to call Direct TV and give them the id# so they could verify the activation before I purchase. thank you
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ask the seller for the receiver #. also, I may have mine for sale, as I just switched to Dish