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Monday, February 22nd, 2021

Paused TV, screen goes black, must reboot

Every time I pause live TV, for more than a minute or two, the screen goes black and I cannot resume, rewind, change channels, etc. only solution is to reboot the genie.

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5 years ago

Hey @WestonRural

 

Thank you for reaching out! We'll be happy to take a further look into this. There are a few questions we have to make sure we're on the same page.

  • Are you getting a black screen on just one receiver or all of them?
  • Are you receiving any error codes?

In the meantime, here's a helpful article to troubleshoot No Signal or screen turned black, blue, or grey.

 

Let us know if this helps, we look forward to hearing from you!

 

Nacoya, AT&T Community Specialist

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New Member

5 years ago

Same thing happening to me.  Just started a couple months ago.  Very frustrating.  Happening on all our receivers. No error codes.  Just goes black after a couple minutes on pause and have to turn it off and back on to fix.  

New Member

5 years ago

Same thing happening under our roof. It began around the time AT&T starting running ads whenever we paused live TV. We're considering ditching DirecTV. Besides, they recently jacked up our CHOICE package to an unacceptable, above market, price. 

New Member

4 years ago

I’m having this same issue.  So far only on one TV.  The others seem ok.  The above link provided no useful information

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New Member

4 years ago

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