How to add a second receiver

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Hi,

I have a 9242 at home hooked up but am looking at something smaller for travel purposes ... doesn't have to be HD even. I don't really understand the cards and if I have to order a second receiver through Bell?

Thanks,
DC
 
The only other receivers are the 9241 (HD), 6131 (HD) and 4100 (SD only). The later two are prety compact. You don't have to buy it from Bell. If by cards, you mean the smartcards, the receiver will come with one (either installed in the slot or built in).

-Mike
 
Travel purposes?
I don't want to ask...

The 4100 is the smallest, and the newest ones have the smart cards internal again.
 
Actually Roman, the last 3 loads of 4100's I saw delivered to a warehouse had Smart Cards again.... Go figure.
 
Dcinc, to be in full compliance with your Serice Agreement you need to notify Bell whenever you are using your 2nd receiver in your RV. This will allow Bell TV to deactivate your 9242 and leave your new 2nd receiver active. When you return home and reinstall the 2nd receiver in your home you can call to activate the 9242 again.

If you don't want to go through this hasstle, set up a 2nd account for your RV.
 
Or just DO NOT let Bell know that you take a receiver with you in the RV. I would be opening up a second Bell TV Account, just because I love Bell so much. Honest.......
 
I would not be paying for a second account for using my receiver in my RV. As Pinza says, just take it with you.
 
The cottage policy was considered as grandfathered, meaning (in theory) it is not possible to set up a new cottage arrangement with Bell. I don't know if they've officially loosened up on that stance.

Using the receiver in the RV goes against the terms of the contract. That's why I said "I don't want to ask".
 
Gee, I didn't catch that in the fine print about changing locations temporarily (traveling). Anyone have a link to that wording ...
 
Personally, I think it's no big deal to have a receiver at your cottage. My understanding is that Bell can be fined by the CRTC or whoever regulates it, if they don't follow the rules for account sharing, so I doubt it's entirely a cash grab. (note: I said "entirely")

Cottage accounts are not encouraged any more, but Bell doesn't make a big deal out of it, as long as you don't use both at the same time. Even if you do, just don't say anything, and you probably won't get caught.

Thanks for the cell phone comparison, but you don't bolt your cell phone to the side of the house. A cell phone is designed for mobility and for use by one person. You do get charged long distance or something like it, don't you, when you take your cellphone out of its normal area?

And no, I don't remember when Bell first came out, but it sounds like something they'd market.
 
You have cable at your home and cable at your cottage. Would the cable company consider that the same account?

You have electricity at your home and gas at your cottage. Would the gas company consider that the same account?

You go to a trailer park and hook up your RV. Do you pay them for the hookup, which includes electricity, or do you get it for free because you pay for electricity at home?

Why would your satellite should be any different? Simply because you can take the dish off the wall and take it with you doesn't mean that the government or the satellite company allows you to.

Anybody who has a second dish simply knows enough not to say anything about it to Bell.
 
I stand corrected Roman. I've just read over the numerous threads about the "Account Splitting" debate. And you're certainly correct. The CRTC mandated that service from Bell Satellite and *C must be one subscriber, one location. Cable companies successfully argued that account splitting put Bell at an unfair advantage. Broadcasters also intervened to say that they were being deprived valuable income from people who were account splitting.

Sometimes I look at CRTC decisions and just shake my head. Bell Satellite can't offer Video on Demand, does that mean that Shaw and Rogers shouldn't be allowed to offer it, because it puts them at an unfair advantage? Oy.

Oh my!!! Am I actually standing up for Bell for once?!?! God save us all.
 
The "cottage rule" is a gray area. Cable companies don't like it when satellite accounts are used at two locations because it gives the satellite companies an advantage. CAB doesn't like it either since two accounts gives them more money. To be in compliance, all you need to do is call Bell to deactivate the home receiver while traveling and deactivate the travel receiver when at home. That's a lot of hassle for weekend trips or short vacations and can result in loss of service if a switchover fails or when Bell's office is closed. If the home receiver is not being used while away (and visa versa), you are also in compliance but Bell has no way of knowing that. (It probably falls under the fair use rule under copyright regulations but you aren't likely going to need a lawyer to argue the case.) If both receivers are used at the same time in separate residences, you are not in compliance. Personally, I would not let Bell know about the RV and find a use for the extra receiver while at home. It saves both parties a lot of hassles and really doesn't make any difference in the long run, especially when compared to people that outright steal signals or account share. AFAIK, Shaw Direct still allows cottage installations.
 
The problem Roman, is that Bell used to allow it, in fact they positively encouraged it with the Cottage package, then they realised they could squeeze another few dollars from the honest people out there, so they stopped it.

I take a Dish and Tripod with me when I travel, along with an HD Receiver and HD LCD TV. There is no-one at home, when I am away so as far as I am concerned I am still watching my receivers signals through my TV using my account.
 
You have a cell phone at home and you take it to work. Should you get billed once for having it at home and once for at work? That's the whole point of Bell Satellite Roman. I'm not sure how old you are, but that's how I remember companies like Bell originally marketting themselves. It was full cable anywhere. No wires to worry about. And Pinza's right, Bell is now just trying to squeeze a few more dollars out of clients.

It shouldn't matter if you have one receiver at your cottage and one at your home. As long as you don't use both at the same time, it equates to the same as schlepping your receiver along with you, you're just saving a step. You just had to shell out more to buy a second receiver.

Call a spade a spade. It's a cash grab. There's no justification for it.
 
Alright. My wife stays at home and I travel to hang at the cottage for a few days . . . what then? Should I have two accounts and switch the cottage account off and on every time I, or my wife, heads to the country for the weekend? Just doesn't seem right in my mind.

As far as the unfair advantage for sat-companies? I think cable had a good run with very little (if any) competition. Sat companies come around and cab-companies whine to the CRTC about it being unfair. Let's consider what state we'd all be in if anytime there is new technology it had to be held down/back with metaphorical weights beause of unfair technology.

Makes me want to start raising leeches for medical purposes, and asking the gov' for a hand-out because modern medicine has an unfair advantage. ;)
 
Bell also used to allow customers to have more than six receivers on an account.

I believe it was more of a account sharing issue. I'm not referring to this case; but your friends home is not a cottage. Rules clearly got broken, and I'm sure it was more than a few dollars worth.
 
Yes you should, that is Bell TV's policy.

But you should also never exceed 100kph on the 400 highway too, if you do, just call the OPP and tell them, they will then send you a speeding ticket in the mail. I think that is how it works anyway.
 
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