moving receiver

[sean p]

I have a cottage in northern Michigan and want to know... Can I mount a dish on the cottage and just bring my home receiver with me on weekends to access channels? Thanks.

 

[boba]

Yes you can.

 

[Stargazer]

Just make sure you do not hook up the reciever to a phoneline at the cottage.

 

[mitchflorida]

what would happen if she connected the phone line ?

 

[Mr Tony]

it might send a signal to Dish and since the phone number at the cabin isnt the same as on file, dish might think you are "account sharing" which is illegal

sean...welcome to SatellitegUYs!
do you have locals right now? If so, which locals do you get?

(reason I ask is some locals are on a Superdish which is different than a Dish500)

 

[navy8ball]

also do not move your receiver until it has been turned off and unplugged for about 3 minutes, especially if it is a dvr.

 

[Derwin0]

and run a switch check after you hook it up to a new dish

 

[Stargazer]

That is, if your new dish is different from the one that you have at your home. The difference would be SuperDish vs. Dish500 or if you have a Dish500 with sw-21 switch at one place and a twin at another or if you have DishPro lnbf's at one location and legacy at the other or Dish300 at one place and something else at another location.

 

[SimpleSimon]

To sum it up: To avoid problems, make SURE your 2nd location has an IDENTICAL configuration to the 1st place.

Even without a SD supplying your locals, they might be on a spotbeam that is not accessible from the 2nd location. Without knowing your 1st location's DMA, and maybe a more accurate 2nd location, we can't help you there.