Very important DirecTV question.

[Borachio]

So I live in beautiful Caldwell, TX where my DirecTV receiver also resides, however it thinks it is in Austin. I gave the DirecTV folks my sister's address in Austin but have my Caldwell address as my billing address. It has been working great for 10 years now and I get all the Austin locals.
Well now I have decided to upgrade to HD and well there you have the problem. I have the new receiver already and TV but I also now need the new HD dish installed. Now DirecTV can install it for free but that would be pretty awkward when DirecTV installers show up at my sister's house on Saturday in Austin and they don't even have satellite.
So my question to you is how can I keep my Austin local channels but have DirectTV install it. I could buy the dish and install it myself but with 5 LNBs that is probably not a good idea. I thought about calling one of the local installers and have them install the dish and then I call to activate. I'm really trying to avoid installing it myself.

Any advice? Anyone been down this road?

Thanks for your help.

 

[Chest Rockwell]

I would suggest the old "$100 handshake" and hope you don't get a company man.

 

[Not Shinola]

Do it yourself
FYI, Direct TV in Caldwell does have NBC, CBS in HD (Waco/BCS channels)
Austin has CBS, ABC, and FOX

 

[hlaustin]

How far outside of Austin is it. The new 5 LNB dish is a real tricky dish to install. I will check with the local guy we use and see if he could help you out.

 

[Borachio]

Well Caldwell is about 1 /12 hours from Austin so that probably wouldn't work. But I was thinking just get the local installer to install the dish and drop the cables into the house and then I can take it from there. That way I can actually call in and activate the receiver.
Thanks for the replies.