do I need DT service contract? I have Dish on house and 2 wires ready to go . I want hook up Direct TV HD receiver/
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I have the dish setup and just need the box. What do i need to do to have it fully functional?
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I think if this sat receiver dish is attached to your existing satellite receiver box you would still be able to pick up signals. It is the box with its card that de-scramble's the signal not the dish. When I used D-TV I used to take mine on the road with me. Dont think the companies care as long as you pay your bill. you might consider talking with DISH and ask about the pay as you go works well for occasional use.
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DUAL LNB is the solution: Hi: If you are using any FTA system, you can not connect 2 tv directly to one satellite receiver unless you are using DUAL LNB able to give you 2 lines directly from the dish in to two different receivers and TVs where each will run different channels as you wish. However, if you have only single LNB with one output, you can not do any thing to send to 2 receivers or tvs from the DISH unless your installed DUAL LNB with 2 output, Remember, every time you change the channels from the main receiver, the other TV will bring the same channels. You will call the first main reveiver MASTER and your second TV SLAVE to the first one. If you like to have 2 tvs connected, simply go to the back of the receiver, connect cable from To TV (the one connected directly to your receiver) and connect the other end to the second TV. You will watch the same channels always. Direct TV or Dish Networks systems work different than the FTA, they could provide you with many recievers for each room tow atch many things. But remember, your Bill will be 3 digit, meanwhile FTA is A Free To Air Satellite, just buy the system and keep watching. Good luck
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That was the whole reason we bought the unit because it DOES work with DirecTV. Most everyone we ever spoke directly with in the DISH network, never seemed to know what worked and what didn't. We gave up on DISH many years ago.
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I just bought this model, and both the salesman and my cable company told me that I will need a box to get HD channels. Are they selling me a bill of goods? I don't want to pay for a cable box if I don't need one. We are currently running the TV (analog only) from just the cable with no cable box. pananer
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If you have an analog tv you have to buy a converter box that enables you to get hd signals. If your tv does not have the cable connection on the tv, you cannot use this device. The only alternative is to get a satellite dish and receiver box from directv which allows your tv to pick up hd signals.
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you do have to have a satellite dish. hope you have better luck than i did. i got one it did not work. sent it back and they sent me another one that also did not work. i have another receiver so i know it is not my system. There support team just said they knew it worked so I just took the loss.
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I am not using mine do you want to buy it from me and the dish set ready to go (direct tv dish) ? Kathy email unicornkat1@comcast.net subject dish then I will answer you ok
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All I can say is that I attached the cable to the receiver and had dish activate it. and all is working just fine. hope that helps some. Good luck to you.
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My answer is based upon Directv do not know about Dish at all. Not sure about the TVs but the unit can work with 2 receivers. I have a DVR that has 2 receivers in it and it works fine with that.
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I don't use dish network but it does catch HD channels without having a cable box, which Turner Broadcasting says is required, but it's not. That's the best info I have. It works great, otherwise. Only one con, each time you turn it on, instead of going directly to TV, it goes to DVD and you always have to change the mode. That's a pain.
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No, as long as the Dish TV is hooked up to the present TV, you shouldn't need any additional cables. You still have to run the Dish satellite receiver coax from the output N connector on the Dish box and then to the antenna input N connector on the RCA TV. There are additional RCA phono jacks on the Dish box that can be used with the new RCA. You'd need a set of RCA cables for that. If the box has an HDMI output, you can buy an HDMI cable and then hook that to the TV, by passing the need for other cables.
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Yes, you will need to connect the transmitter to the HDMI port on Dish network receiver, supply power via the USB cable connected to the Dish network USB port (or you may supply power to the transmitter via an AC adapter that has USB output port.
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No, you will own the receiver. DirectTV will charge you $5/month for usage on top of your monthly bill
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Not sure I checked with directv before I bought dish to make sure it worked with my box. Some of the newer dvr HD boxes wont work as per directv, just double check with directv before you buy it.
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Yes you need to subscribe to DISH. But you can do the monthly pay as you go plan. It is easy to turn it on and off as you need, no contract. If you are a traveler you just need to call them when you get to a new place. We love it!
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This will NOT receive Directv HD. It is only set up to receive satelite 101W which is standard def only. It only has one transponder and for HD you need 3 (to get other satelites). It will probably not receive local channel either as they are usually on other satelites also.