Is it possible to take my DIRECTV receiver to another person's DIRECTV dish, connect and receive programming?

I have access to certain programming that this other person does not, and I am curious whether or not taking my receiver to his house and connecting to his dish will enable us to receive this programming at his house.

Is it possible to take my DIRECTV receiver to another person's DIRECTV dish, connect and receive programming?
so long as the dish types are the same (or your friend's is an upgrade to yours), it would work fine. the programming specific to your account is stored on your access card, not the dish, so your receiver would get your programming.





two things to consider:





1) locals are delivered via a spot beam signal, meaning you might not get them if you are not i the right area





2) federal law states that you cannot have programming in two homes at the same time on one account, so if you continue getting service at your home you would not want to make this relocation permanent. there are severe penalties for doing so.
Reply:Yes it will work just fine...there are a few factors that must match up...the dish your friend has needs to be about the same as yours at home. 3lnb for older recievers and 5lnb for the newer HD channels...If you have a nice new reciever you may not get all the channels but if the connections are the same you wont have any problems at all. I did this before and it worked great.





You can even update where you are moving the box to using www.directv.com log on and check it out its free.
Reply:I don't think so. It usually has to sync with the satellite. I know when I received my new box they had me read off the satellite coding so the box link to it.
Reply:If you both have the same type of dish then it will work. Most systems use an 18" round dish with a single LNB that looks at the 101 satellite.





Some programming resides on the 110 or 119 satellites and requires a 3 LNB dish which looks at these satellites plus the 101. If you have this type of dish and he has 18" dish, then you may not receive all your programming.





HD programming requires a 5 LNB dish that looks at the above three satellites plus the 99 and 103. If you have this type of dish and he has 18" round or 3 LNB dish, then you may not receive all your programming.
Reply:I'm no expert but I'm going to say 'no'. If you have the Sunday ticket (ex) or other package that is come from you dish to your receiver.


Let us know how you make out.
Reply:I should work. The signal is the same, what determines your programming is your H card inside the receiver.
Reply:It should work as the coding is on a chip in the receiver. It would be like moving it to a different room in your house.





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