Won't the receiver eventually shut down if it can't call out? I was doing something similar for a couple years, my mother in law had DTV so I had her order the ST and I went over to her place every Sunday and borrowed a receiver and hooked it up to the dish that was on my house from when I previously had DTV, but I seem to remember that it needed to "call in" on occasion so I always brought it right back.

My friend has had his for 3 years and never plugged it into a phone line.

Huh, I know I was told that at some point. It was probably just another lie by DTV in order to try to discourage people from doing it.

No, the only reason you need a phone line is for ordering movies with the remote control and/or to have caller I.D. show on your televison. I have had DirecTv for 4 years now and have never had a phone line plugged in.

No. Thats old technology. I have an HD-DVR and it updates without a phone.

I've had my DTV since the day it came out. I've never plugged into a phone line. However, I did see that with the newer receivers with all the bells and whistles, they're supposed to be plugged in. My receiver is the old plain-jane style.

In regards to ordering PPV on your box, I was at a friends house for the UFC100 and instead of ordering it on the TV w/ a Phone line (she didn't have a phone jack close enough), she just called in and they put it on her box. No phone line needed.

So does anyone have any tips of what I should tell my relative to tell Direct TV why he needs a new receiver and satellite?

Is that what it costs? Holy Christ.

Pirating Buc fan raising my Dtv bill :cuss:

Yeah....good luck with that. Any excuse you give is going to make them suspicious.

He was just ****ing with you.

My mom, dad, and myself are going to split it w/ this relative, 4 ways, so each of us is going to end up paying like $40.

Just buy it from the store and install it himself. Then tell them you need a new card for your extra receiver. OR...find an old dish, mount it, and order a 2nd receiver. Keep in mind, not all dishes work with all receivers. Get a receiver and dish similar to yours.

Why'd you go and tell him? Damnit!!!!!

I thought this was dead when they launched more sats that handle different regions of the country. Pretty easy to see you're scamming when pulling a feed outside your sat region. I'm in chicago and wanted to get KC feed for a box but they're fed by different sats, and i did a little research on the net about it. seems much riskier these days but i'd love to have it
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