The following are quotes about Direct TV service from a message thread in an RV forum:
"Your receiver will go inactive in 30 days without a satellite and power connection. It takes a call to reactivate, even though you are paying for it."
Anybody know if that's true? I'm a new Direct TV subscriber with an RV waiver, and was planning to put a dedicated receiver in the motorhome-- but I won't do that if I'm going to have to call to reactivate it if we haven't used it in 30 days. If that's the case, I'll just take a receiver from the house when we go on a trip, (that'd be less of a PITA than having to call to reactivate). We go on many trips that are more than 30 days long, in which case the receiver will be active but not hooked up to a phone line-- are we going to have to reactivate with Direct TV at some point on those trips?
"...you cannot get distant network service UNLESS your entire DTV account can get it. So in addition to signing a waiver, you need to set up a special account for your RV so it can get DNS while your house gets regular broadcast network coverage."
That's not what I was told by Direct TV, and that's not my experience so far. I have one account, with two receivers, and both are receiving both locals and DNS. Is that a mistake (in which case I'll be careful not to make any changes to my programming that might cause it to be discovered and corrected)?
Thanks for any info,
Denny
"Your receiver will go inactive in 30 days without a satellite and power connection. It takes a call to reactivate, even though you are paying for it."
Anybody know if that's true? I'm a new Direct TV subscriber with an RV waiver, and was planning to put a dedicated receiver in the motorhome-- but I won't do that if I'm going to have to call to reactivate it if we haven't used it in 30 days. If that's the case, I'll just take a receiver from the house when we go on a trip, (that'd be less of a PITA than having to call to reactivate). We go on many trips that are more than 30 days long, in which case the receiver will be active but not hooked up to a phone line-- are we going to have to reactivate with Direct TV at some point on those trips?
"...you cannot get distant network service UNLESS your entire DTV account can get it. So in addition to signing a waiver, you need to set up a special account for your RV so it can get DNS while your house gets regular broadcast network coverage."
That's not what I was told by Direct TV, and that's not my experience so far. I have one account, with two receivers, and both are receiving both locals and DNS. Is that a mistake (in which case I'll be careful not to make any changes to my programming that might cause it to be discovered and corrected)?
Thanks for any info,
Denny