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recording The Pacific

I have recorded the series of The Pacific, cancelled it, and rerecorded it. It will not play.The screen highlights only the 2 options to delete it.Does anyone else have this problem? All other series I have recorded play as they should.Is The Pacific being blocked?

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Old Pacific Bell Cement Box in my driveway

I am building a new home in Danville California and a cement box with Pacific Bell is right where the driveway will have to go. It seems the contents in the box are stubbed right there and none are in use. Who do I call to have this looked at and approved for removal or to have it moved?

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Caribbean and Eastern Pacific DirecTV Coverage

Greetings, I am the Supply Officer aboard Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk. We generally deploy and patrol in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. When we go south of Cuba, we lose our signal. What are our options to increase the coverage area when going south? -Kevin

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Why are the CAPTIONS displayed smack across everyone's face?

Why are the CAPTIONS displayed smack across everyone's face on the screen???  I need the captions to HEAR better but I still want to SEE the show.  When the text is displayed across everyone's eyeballs it's very disruptive.  And I want ONE BUTTON on my remote to turn captions on/off; from a user per

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RV across country

How do I change location on the receiver (RVing across country) to get local channels, I am showing my home channels on the Guide (error 771), not the location of the receiver? Or can I get my home channels when across country? 3XX channels work fine. no internet connected.

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Wire across my yard

Hello,  My neighbor had AT&T service installed and the technician ran the cable across our backyard to connect to our neighbor's house.  It is no where near the perimeter or property lines but instead run at a diagonal across our backyard. I've tried calling the buried line number multiple times, st

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horizontal lines across the screen

I am getting thin, horizontal lines across the screen when using component cables only.I thought it might be the cables so I changed those out and it still does it. If I hookup a dvd player via component I get no lines. I also tried moving the receiver and that didn't help. Composite connection from

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I have Seattle premium channels in my Semi Truck. How far south can I receive them?

I receive channels 4 through 22 out of Seattle but cannot get them in, say, California but I can in Portland, Oregon.  The satellite beam is focused on the Pacific Northwest so when I travel out of the beam I lose those channels.  My question is how far south in Oregon should I be able to receive my

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Text streaming across screen

I would like the option of turning on text that streams across my screen.  How do I do that?

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AT&T Available across the street...but not at my house?

Is there some way I can get At&t to see if they can bring it to my house or what. Seems strange that directly across the street my neighbor can get uverse but I cannot.

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line across top of screen

on shows where picture is in wide screen a white scratchy line is across the top of screen. Is this a problem with my new Samsung 52" or is it a format problem that can be adjusted ?

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Syncing Apps Across DirecTV Streaming Devices

Is there a way to sync all applications from Google Play across all devices? For instance, I have three streaming devices (all DirecTV Stream) - can I sync all apps I have downloaded on one device to the other devices?

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How is video info sent across netwrok?

I have whole home with two DVR's.  Main TV is 1080P and second is 720.  Is the program content sent across the network as raw satellite data and decoded at the receiver or is a 1080 picture sent across?  The question is, it would be best to set the receiver at the 720 TV to output max 720 but will t

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Cable left laying across driveway and yard.

Service tech replaced our Directv cable between dish and house. He just left it laying across driveway and grass yard.  How do i get someone out to bury the cable

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Picture Flickers & White Dotted Lines Across Screen

I have DirecTV issues in that (typically in the evening) my picture will often flicker off and on, go blank on occasion and two sets of white dotted lines go across the screen. Any idea what could be the cause?

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@JefferMC wrote:You must live in the Pacific Time Zone.  This is a known issue that I hope will fix fixed in the next rollout of the TV Receiver software which should be rolling out soon.Yes, I live in the Pacific Time Zone. When is the update coming

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My show search is 2 hours off.

Every time I look up a TV show or movie, it's always listed as 2 hours later than the actual air time. Is there a hidden time zone setting I can change for my search? If not, how can I fix this problem? It's really annoying.

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Picture Flickers & White Dotted Lines Across Screen

I have DirecTV issues in that (typically in the evening) my picture will often flicker off and on, go blank on occasion and two sets of white dotted lines go across the screen. Any idea what could be the cause?

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transparent lines going diagonally across screen

Help what is wrong... Two of my local channels NBC and ABC have strange pulsating traparent lines that go diagonally across the TV screen from the upper left corner down to the lower right corner. This is extremely annoying...What is wrong?What can i do?Major city near you: MedfordZIP Code: 96097

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