Direct TV Apartment Installation Tips

If you live in an apartment, oftentimes you only really have one choice when it comes to your pay television provider. That is because satellite television requires a dish, and the only way you can work around this problem in an apartment is by putting the dish on a private deck or balcony. Unfortunately, if your deck faces north, you may be out of luck altogether as the dish can’t pick up signal unless it faces south. Some living in apartments do have an alternative if the phone company has built out cable service into your building. Verizon is doing this with FiOS in New York City and other major markets along the east coast.

But if you do live in an apartment and can get Direct TV, there are a few things you need to keep in mind before the installation date. The first thing you will want to do is get in touch with your landlord or apartment management company. Let them know you are getting satellite TV installed at our apartment, and exactly where you are planning to have the satellite dish placed. They may have a form for you that they will sign letting the Direct TV satellite installer know that they have approved the install. It is fairly important to get this as some technicians will not proceed if you have not cleared it with your landlord first.

Once that obstacle is out of the way, its a good idea to look around your apartment for existing cable TV connections.  Are they in the right place for where you want to watch TV? Usually Direct TV installs service in up to four different rooms, but again apartments can be a bit trickier.  Some technicians will not drill through walls in an apartment because you are not the owner, and they don’t want to have to deal with issues with the manager or the landlord.