I live between DC and Baltimore; and receive both cities’ local channels via Verizon FIOS… My wife & I both work in DC and follow DC news more than we follow Baltimore news, but my HULU account only gives me Baltimore channels… How do I change my local channels to DC channels? Reply
So I set up my mom with my Hulu and she lives in another town but in the same state as me. Everything was fine and I had no issues setting up her profile separately on her network. Then a few days ago she had to disconnect her TV completely from everything and move it into a different room for various reasons. Today she hooked her TV back up to her Internet and had no problems until I turned my TV on later that day. We both got an error message saying that we were in a different location and so I changed my location back to me and my ZIP Code. My TV resumed working. Tonight she turned her TV back on and received the same message, so I logged in for her into my Hulu account end it asked her if she wanted to change her location. The only problem is I’ve already used my four. So right now she has no access to Hulu because I’ve run out of location changes and she is a different ZIP Code. I did not encounter this problem when I originally set this up six months ago. What can I do? I’m paying for it myself because she can’t afford to do it, the reason why I am sharing my account with her.How do I fix this? Reply
Kara – I had similar issues and spoke with a Hulu rep. Does your mother have a smart phone or computer? See if she can download the app on her phone OR log in on her computer. Not ideal but it’s something. She should be able to log into your live account. I also asked Hulu about doing the following: I tried buying a Google Chromecast dongle so I could cast from my phone to the TV (when I’m not at my home location; to avoid getting “charged” a change). I had trouble with the Google Home app (that has to be downloaded on your phone to set up the Chromecast) in that it would only allow me to connect to Sling TV. I gave up after 2 hours and returned the C’cast. You can control the volume on the TV with your phone; couldn’t figure out how to get to the Live guide! I hope this helps! I, too, am looking into YouTube Live TV and Sling TV. Reply
I ran into this issue when I upgraded to Hulu live tv from the basic Hulu. What I did was download the Hulu app on my mothers phone so she can cast it to her smart tv from her phone. Since I have unlimited screens this should circumvent the zip code issue. If her tv isn’t smart then add a Roku (works with apple airplay well). Reply
If she cannot afford it, she doesn’t need TV. The terms of HULU are designed to have it at only one location not two. Reply
The only thing to do is switch to YouTube tv. I have two hulu accounts for my two houses and it defeats the purpose of cutting the cable cord. Reply
Q1 – I want to use Hulu + Live TV in my home location, and My elderly Mom (different location) only cares about basic Hulu. Can she use basic Hulu on my account or will it even lock that eventually? Q2 – If she happens to stream and it eventually locks, does it only lock her device, or will my home devices be locked as well? And will the basic Hulu be locked as well? Reply
I think you should be okay on the first issue. The live TV will lock, but I believe the on-demand stuff will remain available. On the second issue, it should only lock on her devices — your own devices will be accessing the content from the correct home location, so according to Hulu’s rules you shouldn’t be affected. Hope this helps! Reply
So, how about setting up a VPN on the router in my daughters home in North Carolina and connecting to it from my location in WV? Or will the GPS thing still stop me from using her Hulu account? Reply
The GPS will most likely still catch you, unfortunately. We do a lot of testing on different devices and found that Hulu was using “location services” features with GPS data, not just IP, on most devices. So a VPN on its own will not be enough, in our experience. Reply
This is very annoying. We travel some and are in an AirBNB right now. Our son is home. If I reset my location so I can watch Hulu in my cabin, will it lock him out? Reply
I don’t really see an easy way to bypass location for Hulu on phone. The message I’m seeing is that I must be connected to home wifi to set or change “Home”, so regardless of VPN, I still need to be attached to my home base which is not the region I want to be in. Reply