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Re: Recording a event from a channel I do not get.

Search in advanced in broken.  It always has this issue.  Best thing to do is to record from the guide once the show appears in the guide.

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Re: Why is there no Surround Sound from my DirectTV Receiver?

HDMI has specifications as to how many devices can be inline. Since the DIRECTV® has to go through two devices, the HDMI may be preventing it from outputting DD.  Best to connect the DIRECTV® receiver...

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Re: Recording a event from a channel I do not get.

In reply to Shannon01;Yes, my Guide is set to Channels I Do Get.Thanks for asking.

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Re: Recording a event from a channel I do not get.

In response to peds48;Yes recording from the Guide is a safe way to do it.  But that means you need to know where to look.  Take for example your favorite NBA basketball team.  You want to record the...

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Re: No Signal on 103 even transponders

If you are sure you other signals are perfect 90+, then it must be the LNB that is failing.

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Re: Whole home disconnection problem?

Awesome.  Thanks for the update.

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Re: Sudden Changes - Search and HBO

How are you connecting your DirecTV® receivers to the internet? Press the DASH button on your DirecTV remote, does the pop up message indicates "Internet: Connected"? First thing to try is resetting...

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Re: Got HD, still seeing black bars top and bottom

Receiver ...619223SWiM connectedLocation: LROOMInternet Not Detected

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Re: Got HD, still seeing black bars top and bottom

Tried this on FX channel 248, anytime I change to pillar box it puts these big gray bars on the left and right sides and changes the picture to look more like 4:3

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Re: Got HD, still seeing black bars top and bottom

You are missing a BIG step.  Under DISPLAY -> TV RATIO make sure it is set to 16:9

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Re: Limited internet access for VOD

With all the respect to you I don't see why you are upset with *D. Blame Wildblue for that stupid cap they have. Like I mention before, do the vod recording after midnite don't download vod during the...

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Re: Directv Cinema is not compatible with Hughes Satellite Internet Gen 4

Try Wildblue, that is what I have. The best deal is that after midnite till 5 am they called the free zone and you can download vod with no problems.

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Re: No servers detected. Check your network connections....

Didn't work Replace the router and reserved all Mac addresses for DirectTV boxes they still get dropped Tried leaving all the boxes on they still get dropped.  The Tech has swaped  out all the genie...

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Re: No servers detected. Check your network connections....

The boxes use a set of "link local" IP addresses beginning with 169 to communicate with each other for external communication) (as well as regular IP addresses. My guess is that the router is not...

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Re: Sudden Changes - Search and HBO

I see 1501 even though I'm not an HBO subscriber.  I do subscribe to SONYHD ch. 1568 and that one has disappeared for me while 568 remains.  I'm looking at ALL CHANNELS in the GUIDE. I just did a RESET...

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SONYHD ch. 1568 has disappeared while other channels remain

Has anyone else experienced this loss.  Do you know if it's temporary or permanent?

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Error Code 771

Just had Directv installed last week and everything was going fine until today. Now I am receiving a error 771 on some channels. My current set up is that I am part of a MDU setup with 1 - Genie HD DVR...

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Re: Error Code 771

Who installed your Genie DVR?   The Genie DVRs can be tricky in an MDU setup because of the five tuners require 5 SWM channels from the dish equipment.   Check your signal readings on all five tuners...

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Re: R16 300 giving me a severe headache

Might just be a coincidence that this happened when the dish was moved.  Sounds like the DVR's hard drive has issues.   Can you get it to boot into the Diagnostic Menu? This procedure applies to the HD...

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Re: No servers detected. Check your network connections....

Turned the router off for the whole day and the mini's worked all day. Thank You.  Now how do I get back on the internet?  Have thought about blocking all mini's by blocking MAC addresses,(but that...

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