Satellite TV with Follow-Me
I'm seriously considering buying the Follow-Me device, because I have talked
to several people that say they work great. My concern is the satellite TV service. The local Direct-TV dealer says that he can sign me up for the service that will get me the major networks, et al. However, I keep reading that FCC regulations do not permit boats to have this service. Does anyone here use Direct-TV (or the other one whose name eludes me) with the Follow-Me? I would some information. Thanks George |
Satellite TV with Follow-Me
x-no-archive:yes "Cheshire" wrote:
I'm seriously considering buying the Follow-Me device, because I have talked to several people that say they work great. My concern is the satellite TV service. The local Direct-TV dealer says that he can sign me up for the service that will get me the major networks, et al. However, I keep reading that FCC regulations do not permit boats to have this service. Does anyone here use Direct-TV (or the other one whose name eludes me) with the Follow-Me? I would some information. We have Direct-TV and have the local networks and we got it for the boat. We told them to get us service as if it were an RV as RVs are allowed to have local networks. I did not hide what we were doing. Everyone involved was told we were on a boat, and the address is a marina address. We have the follow-me and it works great. We got it in anticipation of going south last winter and then didn't go. So we brought it home and used it at home. Eventually we got another receiver so my husband could see his shows and I could see mine. We do not have a direct phone line to the set-up because we told them we were on cell phones on the boat. They resisted, but we insisted. I don't know what will happen when we get outside of our local network area - whether they will cut us off from that. I haven't enquired because I don't want to call attention. We took one receiver and moved it down to the boat and went down (from southern MD) to the Northern Neck of VA and over to Crisfield and back, and it worked great. Bob has made an extension for the dish because the Follow-Me and the dish would be in the way of the boom (we have it in the aft cabin). The only problem we had was that in the slip in Crisfield the signal came in directly into the boom so we had to move the dish to a different place. We put it back in the stowed position (not on top of the Follow Me) and that worked fine. The follow-me worked great at anchor. HTH grandma Rosalie S/V RosalieAnn, Leonardtown, MD CSY 44 WO #156 http://home.mindspring.com/~gmbeasley/id2.html |
Satellite TV with Follow-Me
Us boaters in Florida do not tell them we are on a boat when we sign
up for direct tv We give our home address if we have one.. "Cheshire" wrote in message ... I'm seriously considering buying the Follow-Me device, because I have talked to several people that say they work great. My concern is the satellite TV service. The local Direct-TV dealer says that he can sign me up for the service that will get me the major networks, et al. However, I keep reading that FCC regulations do not permit boats to have this service. Does anyone here use Direct-TV (or the other one whose name eludes me) with the Follow-Me? I would some information. Thanks George |
Satellite TV with Follow-Me
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Satellite TV with Follow-Me
If you have a RV or Trucker account, you can get the local stations wherever
you are. With a boat, you can't... you can only get a national feed, probably New York or CA or wherever. For some reason, the Direct TV folks are dead-set against granting boaters the same service as they gladly provide the RV crowd. Boat/U.S.' lobbying group is working on this. -- Keith __ Drive defensively. Buy a tank. "Ron Thornton" wrote in message ... Rosalie, They don't know where the receiver is. You could move it anywhere the satellite covers and it would still get your locate network stations and your program package. It is encoded to your account on your receiver. I have installed about 45 DirectTV receivers in my sons restaurants. Every time we open a new one they want a phone connected to them all (11 at each place). On the second installation I called the tech guys in Miami and found out that the phone is only used for the receiver to call in Pay Per View which we never use. The order takers on the phone at DTV don't understand this so we just give them the business number and don't hook it up. I'm not sure, but I think the advantage of an RV account is that you can get the networks (but not from your local stations) even if your local area does not have that coverage yet. Ron |
Satellite TV with Follow-Me
I think you get the local that was programmed into the thing to begin with.
Rich |
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