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Multiple channels showing a black screen

Multiple channels only showing a black screen no video. Other channels work fine. Anybody know how to fix this?

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Picture goes black on recorded shows.

Occasionally the picture goes to black on certain shows, usually longer car races. Unplug/reboot doesn't help after a show is recorded. I'd like to prevent it from happening again.

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Why is HGTV just showing a black screen?

Why is HGTV just showing a black screen? It has been off for a couple days.

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UVERSE DVR goes to complete BLACK screen when trying to play some of the recorded shows.

UVERSE DVR goes to complete BLACK screen when trying to play some of the recorded shows.  Other times the DVR will play shows.  Sometimes when the BLACK screen is showing, going back and selecting another show and then attempting to view the first show will be successful.  It is as if the recorded m

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Black Screen with Audio on Showtime

I just got Directv so the HD/DVR receiver is brand new. When I try and watch a movie on Showtime the screen goes black but the audio stays. When I push any button it makes the error alert. The only thing I can do is turn it off and then back on. Anyone have any ideas what the issue is? Thank you for

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Uverse TV showing black boxes at top and bottom of screen

HD channels showing black boxes at top and bottom of screen on Uverse

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I have no Menu, Guide or list of my DVR shows. It's only a black screen

I can't access my menu, guide or list of DVR shows. When I push those buttons on the remote the screen goes to black and the channel that is currently on shows up in the corner. I've tried resetting my receiver and that didn't work.

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VOD--Funny Lady

I've recently subscribed to whole home DVR and have successfully downloaded several items--it's great.  I am having trouble with Funny Lady which cuts off before the end of the movie and I don't know why?  I've downloaded twice and it stops at 2 hours 10 mins in the middle of a scene. What am I don'

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Recorded show shows black screen

Initially, I could not get any of my DVR shows to play and noticed this last night. I would choose them from My Playlist and it would go to a black screen. So this morning I reset by going to Menu, Parental, Fav's & Setup, System Setup, and Reset. That successfully brought back all but one recorded

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R-15 Channels mixing up or just showing black screen

Hello, I have been having this problem off and on for over a year now and have not gotten any satisfactory solutions with over the phone support (apparently every time you call you *must* go through the same hoops you went through with the last person, its like they don't input notes on your account

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Black Screen on play back

I have a R15-100 and when im watching a recorded show it goes black during the play back. You can hear the audio but the picture is black and stays that way for the rest of the show, which makes the show not watchable. It has happened on different shows and multiple times. This dvr is brand new in O

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@Rgrier4547 wrote: ... I've had bad results poor service a lady yesterday a black lady ... Really??? How do you know? And what difference does it make?

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The way your people and supervisors have been treating me horrible been treatin me

Yes my name is Rita ***** and I have been dealing with this for three months and you guys have charged me every time I have a $55 and something charge I have a 27 and something dollar charge you guys have suspended my service for no reason and I've been dealing for 3 months now trying to rent a movi

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Delete a schelued show on Uverse iPad app

I want to delete a scheduled show remotely with the uverse app on my iPad. I can see the show in the scheduled shows.  I tap on it and another page comes up.   This page is a blank black with a < at the top of left corner.  Where is the delete button supposed to be?

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A sketch showing all of your devices and how their inputs and outputs are connected can be very helpful.

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connecting a DVD recorder to DVR, etc.

I want to hook up a DVD recorder to my entertainment system. Currently everything goes through the A/V receiver (DVR, Blue-Ray, HDTV). These are all using HDMI (I also have a CD player hooked up...not HDMI, of course). I have a Panasonic Viera HDTV, Sony BlueRay player and a Yamaha RX-V371 A/V Recei

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Black shows on demand

Why don’t AT$T (yes I put the money sign because y’all charge so much and give so little) U- Verse  never have black shows on demand... FX never has any shows on demand like: ATL ,Pose, and Snowfall .. BET has old as shows from 2007 on demand .... same for BET Her... all the  premium net works such

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DVR - Getting black screen when hitting play on recorded show

Hello. Sometimes when I hit play on a recorded show I get a black screen. I have to go back to regular tv and hit the recorded tv button again and then it works fine. This just started recently. Is this a sign that my DVR might be dying? Thanks!

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Black Screen

DVR indicates it is recording my shows. but when I go to watch them all that is there is a black screen. This has happened on several networks in the last week. Also, I can watch a DVR recording and it plays fine. But when I go to watch it again all it shows is a black screen.

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Pausing a show

Who's (Edited as per community guidelines) idea was it to put the dumb "commercial" in every time you pause for 2 seconds and then it goes to a black screen???????   The "press any button to dismiss this" and then it goes to a black screen and then you have to press play. VERY IRRITATING!!!!!!!!!!!

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Occasional Quick Black Screen

When I'm watching a recorded show from a Gemini, every so often the screen goes completely black (except for captioning) for a half second. Do any of you see that? Is there a fix?

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Channels/Recordings Won’t Show

Hi, my att box is set on HDMI 1 like it normally is. Nothing has been unplugged. I can view the guide and my recordings and it shows it’s recording my current shows, when I click on a channel or recording it doesn’t show anything and it doesn’t have any noise either. It’s a black screen with no erro

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