Question about Direct TV..
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The point is that if you are in an zip code in which you can receive local channels, and you move within a few miles, you can still receive them if you don't tell them you moved. The dish is NOT capable of transmitting. Like I said, I moved 30 miles east of Dallas just 2 weeks ago and I still have all my channels, including the locals.
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The channel info is downloaded over the telephone line, this is where the TV guide comes from. To do that, information from the setup is used.
There are a lot of computer elements built into those receivers, the TIVO's even have a hard drive - that's what stores shows in progress so that they can be replayed, stopped and resumed, and so on.
I also know this: ALL direct tv receivers are preset at the factory to allow $10.oo per day of pay per view. It's a good idea to go into the menues and hunt down the parental controls or locks and limits to switch that to zero and password it. That way its impossible to order a show even by accident unless you have the password.
There are a lot of computer elements built into those receivers, the TIVO's even have a hard drive - that's what stores shows in progress so that they can be replayed, stopped and resumed, and so on.
I also know this: ALL direct tv receivers are preset at the factory to allow $10.oo per day of pay per view. It's a good idea to go into the menues and hunt down the parental controls or locks and limits to switch that to zero and password it. That way its impossible to order a show even by accident unless you have the password.
Last edited by Greywolf; Aug 3, 2005 at 09:26 PM.
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From: N. Mississippi
Originally Posted by lariat97
I live about 20 miles from Memphis. I have to use a seperate dish to get all my local channels.
The movie only showed on that tv which we ordered it from and none of the others.
Anyhow...thanks for the input...I am learning more.
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