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No analog service?
I have been told that as of 1/1/20 I will not be able to get analog service in my RV. I have a portable Winegard Satellite that only has analog capability. What’s the solution? Camping World says there may be an attachment I can put on my current analog equipment? You must have thousands of customers in the same situation.
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Laurie Abshier
Juniper
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6 years ago
DirecTV has been shutting down their old MPEG-2 (SD only) feeds since April 2019. The only RV specific dish available that works with DirecTV's MPEG-4 is the Winegard Trav'ler: https://winegard.com/products/satellite-tv/roof-mounted-antennas/travler/directv-swm-slimline-hd-travler
Some people get a regular slimline dish to use on a sled/tripod mount if they are comfortable manually aiming it.
The other concern would if your boxes are MPEG-4 capable, or just MPEG-2. What are the models of your boxes?
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sandblaster
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You aren’t losing analog. Satellite TV is and always has been digital. As noted above, it’s MPEG-2 that is being shut down.
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nabukl
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There's no such thing as analog with satellite TV it's all digital either high definition or standard definition you're confusing standard definition with 'analog"
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babshier
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6 years ago
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babshier
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Juniper
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Your RV setup must be updated. Either with the Wingard Trav'ler or going with a basic SWM Slimline dish on a tripod or "sled" mount that you manually aim.
Box models that are H or HR should be fine, but D or R will not as they are MPEG-2. Except R22 as it can be MPEG-4, but only has full functionality if you have an H or HR model on the account.
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babshier
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TexasBrit
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It carefully states SD only for Directv; it does not even see the HD satellites. But I suspect it might receive any of the "popular channels" which will be on 101 when the transition is complete. We just don't know what channels that will be.
Winegard should be able to tell you all of this.
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Juniper
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It will not, the listing is a little deceptive on the quick blurb. You need to go into the full description. The HD only applies to Dish or Bell TV, not DirecTV. This catches a lot of people. Here is the breakdown.
Compatible Satellites:
Unfortunately all Winegard has right now is the Trav'ler (DirecTV version of course). The alternative is getting a regular home SWM slimline line dish that you manually aim. As the MPEG-2 shutdown has not completed, so those MPEG-2 (SD-only) options for DirecTV can work in some areas for probably a few more months, it is wondered if the RV dish makers are unloading as much stock as possible.
So far nothing has been heard on any other RV dishes in the works. I am curious if they are waiting for the start (or just before) the RV season as the MPEG-2 shutdown should be complete by then (or at least close to it).
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