What do DirecTV receivers transmit over the phone lines?

[WW3QB]

In addition to the already stated reasons, DirecTV receivers check in periodically so they can tell if multiple receivers for the same location are really at the same location. That way you cannot give a receiver to a friend or move it to your summer house to bypass a separate subscription fee. I have heard it takes a few weeks before they disable, and only if you have multiple receivers.

[W7KKK]

Funny, I used to take one of my receivers with us in the motor home all the time, sometimes for weeks on end and they never disconnected me.

[KA9JLM]

In addition to the already stated reasons, DirecTV receivers check in periodically so they can tell if multiple receivers for the same location are really at the same location. That way you cannot give a receiver to a friend or move it to your summer house to bypass a separate subscription fee. I have heard it takes a few weeks before they disable, and only if you have multiple receivers.

I imagine the next generation units will have GPS tracking so they will know exactly where they are, Phone line or not. Maybe uplink on low power.

[KA9JLM]

Network Error.

[W7KKK]

They know where they are now, by the satellite info. I don't think phone lines have anything to do with it.
If you have a premium sports subscription like NFL Sunday Ticket and some other services I understand it will go off the air if you get outside your area.
Yet you don't have to have a phone line connected to have them.

[WB2WIK]

Funny, I used to take one of my receivers with us in the motor home all the time, sometimes for weeks on end and they never disconnected me.

Ditto here. I can grab a receiver/DVR and put it in the motor home and drive a long ways, and if I orient the dish correctly, it works.

Never tried it for weeks or months, but for several days never had a problem.

For a little while I subscribed to DirecWay, the satellite internet provider. That's a different dish, but it still worked.

[N0AZZ]

I still have one mounted in my Motor Home full time to 3 TV's with automatic dish while in motion, but I do have to use my cell phone to order PPV.

[KI4NGN]

Check this link out: http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/conten...y/dvr_receiver


Looks like it has a recorder function built in. Guess that is why they call it a "DVR Receiver". That's why I said in my posting, and I quote:


if record capable which shows you recorded for later viewing.


Maybe technology has marched forward since you had DirecTV.

73, NN5AA

I didn't say they weren't available; I said they aren't required and that they are not the reason for the phone line connection.

[KA9JLM]

They know where they are now, by the satellite info. I don't think phone lines have anything to do with it.
If you have a premium sports subscription like NFL Sunday Ticket and some other services I understand it will go off the air if you get outside your area.
Yet you don't have to have a phone line connected to have them.

As long as you can hit the correct satellite and transponder it does not mater what your location is.

The receiver dialup modem shows up on caller ID and that is the number they go by to tell if it is where it is supposed to be. Caller ID spoofing would work and is getting common use now a days.

You should be able to record a dialup session and use a dialup modem connected in terminal mode to see what info it is really sending.