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Tuesday, October 1st, 2019 11:44 PM

tailgator

am an att and direct customer for yrs. im confused about tailgating. have a  5 tv setup in my home. trying to buy a tailgate dish and etc. what confuses me is that my main receiver with all the blinking lights is in the living room and the other 4(c41 genie minis) are in my bedrooms. what do i have to have for a tailgate setup concerning the boxes. why cant i just take a mini and what is the sat setup that would be compatible with it 

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@pnik28 wrote:

am an att and direct customer for yrs. im confused about tailgating. have a  5 tv setup in my home. trying to buy a tailgate dish and etc. what confuses me is that my main receiver with all the blinking lights is in the living room and the other 4(c41 genie minis) are in my bedrooms. what do i have to have for a tailgate setup concerning the boxes. why cant i just take a mini and what is the sat setup that would be compatible with it 


The Minis cannot do anything without that main Genie DVR (blinking lights in living room).  What model is that main Genie DVR?  If it's an HS17 Genie Server (tower), then it has no video outputs and must be used with at least one Genie Mini box.  And you would need a DirecTV Slimline dish.

 


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