Dave Solberg

Dish Outdoors Accessories

Dave Solberg
Duration:   3  mins

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A rapidly expanding RV entertainment market has given travelers the same level of customization and experience enhancement on their vehicles that they enjoy in their homes. In this quick video lesson, RV maintenance and repair expert Dave Solberg teaches you about the line of accessories that Dish Outdoors offers its satellite TV customers. If you’re interested in taking your RV entertainment setup to another level, check out some of these add-ons!

Enhancing your RV satellite TV setup

Initially, when you enroll for your first month with Dish Outdoors – which, by the way, is pay as you go and thus you’ll never sign a contract – you receive a Wally. Wally is your RV cable home base, just like the box in your home. Wally has DVR capabilities, so when you’re out on a hike or taking in a sunset you can set Wally to record your favorite shows. Hook up an external hard drive and you’ll be able to record more than 100 hours of content, perfect for when you run into a rainy weekend and you want to enjoy your comfort movies.

Another accessory that can amplify your viewing experience is an over-the-air (OTA) adapter. An OTA allows you to hook your Wally up to your antenna and pipe in local channels in addition to your regularly scheduled cable programming. There’s also a USB WiFi adapter, which does require a WiFI source such as the Pace TravlFi to stream on-demand content from apps such as Netflix and Pandora. You don’t have to worry about switching HDMI inputs, Dish plugs these things straight into your onscreen guide.

In addition to these accessories, Dave recommends a few other great options for bluetooth capability, stronger WiFi, and more. If you’re looking to upgrade your RV entertainment and equip your rig with the latest and greatest, check out Dish Outdoors!

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If you wanna enhance your RV entertainment experience just like your home with Bluetooth speakers, wireless headphones and all that stuff, there's some accessories you're gonna wanna see. So first, we start with our Wally. And this is our receiver. And to be able to record DVR like you would at home, all the "Ozark" episodes, you can sit and watch them the entire weekend it's raining. This is just an external hard drive. It hooks up with a USB port on the backside and it will allow you to record all those programs. You can even then take it on the road and watch it while you're driving down the road. Just be careful it's not the driver and passenger, it's back towards the back. The next one then is our over-the-air antenna adapter. And this is called OTA adapter. It allows you to connect this to a USB port. And we're gonna turn this around. And you can just hook to the USB on the backside here. And you can either hook it to your existing antenna, which sometimes is a little challenging if you got a permanently mounted one, the flat panels and so forth. And this will allow you to bring local channels in, right along with your regular guide. You don't have to switch from HDMI 1 to HDMI 2 or vice versa so it makes it a lot easier to bring those in. Then we have the USB, a wifi adapter. And this does need a wifi source like the TravlFi, which we'll talk about here in a little bit, or some type of deal, that will allow you to stream. You can do the On Demand movies and Dish Network. You can do Netflix, Pandora, whatever app you happen to have that again, will bring that right into the guide as part of your on screen selection. And then, for those of you that have all the bells and whistles, like Bluetooth speakers, Bluetooth headphones, there is a Bluetooth option here. And I've seen a lot of places, like this unit here, where they go outside and they've got these massive speakers they bring out, they're all Bluetooth. They're tailgating, and you know, out doing the "Rubber Foot Buffalo" and stuff, that it is a wonderful option to be able to get a lot of those accessories. And then we have the TravlFi. And the TravlFi is a hotspot that uses not just one cell phone provider, it uses the top five. So you get into an area where one happens to be stronger than the other, it will use that one to give you the best signal. And you can buy it on a monthly basis, you don't have to have a long contract. I've tried this in Arizona, out in the desert. I've tried it at the Rocky Mountain National Park. And I got a great signal on it. So, there's a lot of nice gadgets here. It allows you to bring all the toys from home and really enhance your entertainment experience in your RV.
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