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Picture in Picture
I just got a replacement for my genie HR54 model that stopped working. I was hoping to get the Genie 2, but received another HR54. I was told by the last tech that came over that I should upgrade to the Genie 2 and I called to upgrade, but wanted to know for sure if the Genie 2 now has Picture in Picture available. The person I talked to on the phone said it does, but I wasn’t too confident they knew what they were talking about. Thanks.
detuch254
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5.2K Messages
3 years ago
Lucky you posted here. NO, the Genie 2/HS17 does not offer PiP since service is on JUST Genie clients and the HS17 itself doesn’t connect to a TV. Therefore, since Genie clients only have one tuner to themselves, they wouldn’t be able to have PiP which requires two tuners.
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shannon02
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21.1K Messages
3 years ago
No, the HS17Genie2 can only use mini clients and none of them can use 2 tuners needed for PIP.
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shannon02
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3 years ago
Look on the back of the HR54 if there is an Esata port then you can get an external hard drive that will replace the internal drive so you need to watch the programs on it before adding the external drive. There is no known limit on the size of the external drive. There is a second option of sending it to a company called weaknees.com that can replace the internal drive with a larger one but then you will lose it if you have to return the HR54 to DTV. All programs are encrypted to the HR54 so you will lose them on the external drive if the HR54 dies.
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