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Transfering receiver b/w 2 homes

I have service at home #1 that just has the NFL package. I want to activate new service with normal service and NO NFL package at a weekend home. Is it possible for me to bring the recevier from home #1 to home #2 to watch the games? Is it legal?

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2 Homes in different States

Hi all, I have my primary home in NY and a vacation home in Florida. Can I use streaming in both locations simultaneously? Sometimes I or my wife will be in one home vs another. Also, will I be able to get local news and sports channels in both locations?  Anything particularly relevant someon

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RE: Multiple Homes

We have 2 homes, one with 4 rokus and another with 2.... If my wife is up north can she be using both Roku's while im at home using rokus all streaming content?

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2 hd-dvr's or 1 and whole home

what would be a better set-up? 2 hd-dvr's or whole home set-up.If i decide on two dvr's, do they work independently? thanks (cost right now would be $150 for another hd-dvr or $200 for another dvr +whole home setup)

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NFL Sunday ticket Direct TV- switching between 2 homes

I have Direct TV in 2 different homes - 2 accounts.  I also have NFL Sunday ticket subscription.  Due to COVID we are remaining at our cabin longer into football season.  Is there a process to get through to Direct TV to switch it to my cabin for 3 games and then back to my winter ho

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Add 2 tvs to whole home svc

I have whole home service and 4 hd dvrs connected. I want to add 2 tvs to kids rooms. Ive looked around here but havent seen my scenario. Is there an 8 way splitter someone can point me to? And can you purchase the swm conectors to add to each reciever online or do you have to get them from dtv? I a

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New large home. Should I wire for Whole Home service or standard, and what's the difference in the wiring?

I'm confused on the difference in wiring for the two separate options.  I have current directv service which each receiver is wired (dual tuner) has 2 wires going directly to the dish. In then new home, I'm considering wiring for Whole Home DVR so the three HD DRV receivers can all share programs wi

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Multiple Homes

I have two homes, one primary and one more of a weekend / vacation home.   I have 3 TV's in my primary home and 2 in my other home.  Often I run down there on the weekend and my wife stays home.   Do I need two services then or can I use one service at both locations? I have 2gb

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Use 1 set of equipment between 2 homes

I live in Ga in the winter and NY in the summer. Have 2 accounts w a Genie and mini in each one now. Can I take the receivers from NY to Ga and not use the ones currently in Ga so that I have 1 account instead of 2? Currently in Ga there is a wireless bridge between the Genie and the mini, while in

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Whole Home option

Do I need to subscribe to Whole Home option if I am using Genie 2 and 4 mini receivers? Should I be able to access all recordings, etc. via the Genie 2 without a "Whole Home" subscription?   Thank you.

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Whole Home with 2 HDVRs vs Whole With 1 HDVR and 1 HD-Receiver

What if anything would one be able to do differently if they had Whole Home service with 2 HD-DVRs versus 1 HD-DVR and 1 HD receiver?  Basically, I was given a free upgrade to a 2nd HD-DVR, but I also see a 0.00 charge for Whole Home on my recent activity today.  I thought that if you had Whole Home

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whole home dvr

OK i have 1 hd dvr and 2 hd recievers. is there any way to set up the whole home dvr service myself using cat 5 wire and my home router?

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Two Homes in Two States

Hi, we have a main home in Indiana and a vacation home in Florida. In Indiana we have TV's with Fire Sticks and in Florida we have TV's with Roku sticks. We rarely stream on a mobile device. It is just me and my husband and we typically travel together and maybe once a year will be in different home

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whole home dvr

I currently have 1 HD DVR, 2 HD recievers, and 1 standard receiver and wanted to get whole home dvr and was told by a directv customer service  that I could not get this service because of my 1 standard definition box. They said  I needed to upgrade it to hd even though I told them that I did not wa

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2 DVRs

I am looking to add U-Verse TV, but want to be able to have 2 seperate DVRs.  My parents spend a few months a year in the detached garage in law suite connected to my home and I want their DVR to be seperate for their area - rather than keeping shows around that I don't care about.  I currently have

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Move smartphone viewing to a different home & WiFi location

I have DirecTV at 2 homes and for the summer I need to have my smartphone-viewing, access setup to a different home & WIFI location. Home do I reconfigure my smartphone connection to watch DirecTV?

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Do you need 2 accounts for two homes for U-verse

We have just bought a second home. Can we use the same account? Can we get an additional receiver for the second home?

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Recording local stations when away from home location (Directv Stream boxes at second home)

We are at our winter (second) home and have two Stream boxes. We can view our second home local stations fine, but can not record them. I have read in the forum that we need to change the zip code, and are allowed to do it four times a year, which is not a problem. But I can not find where to change

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Using Whole Home/Directv Cinema AND extending your wired/wireless home network

Hello, I am a long time DIRECTV customer and eagerly participated in the testing phase of Whole Home.  When we added the DIRECTV Cinema (formerly DIRECTV on Demand) I saw a chance to increase the performance of my home wired/wireless network.  Like many, we have multiple devices that require interne

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Genie 2 new install

So we want our bedroom list to not show in the other rooms. We have all clients set to OFF for home sharing. This is a brand new genie 2 set up yesterday. No matter what we do all rooms show the list. Is there a trick we’re missing? They want to send us another Genie 2 suggesting this brand new one

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