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Receiver goes crazy and cycles through channels

My DirecTV just goes crazy and keeps running through the channels. The remote is not close to anyone, so no human error. Changed the batteries but that didn't work. I am not sure what DirecTV Steam is, unless this is the way that customers can stream from their DirecTV receiver. I am not given any

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Insane prices

I've been with AT&T for over 20 years. I know that inflation has to go up.  But I guess I am wondering how these newbies are walking in with these low rates.  I hate changing companies but there is already a comcast box in my back yard since I purchased my home.  I've spoken to t

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ERROR 22 Is making me insane

Ok, can someone please please help me. DirecTV is NO help. They just tell me to call the geek squad. I refuse to spend anymore money on this stuff. Here is what I have:HR21-700 HD DVR DirecTV receiverWestell versaLink modem model # 327WI'm running an Ethernet Cable from the modem to the back of the

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Insane price increases never stop

Long time DTV customer, like since right after the first bird went up in 1994, early 95 we were customers. Kept that service till we moved in 04, then immediately connected here. Although 'records' only show us as customers for 16 years now. Needless to say, we don't do the 'cheap' package, never ha

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Monthly bill has doubled this is insane

We've been AT&T customers for about 9 years now. We have mobile, uverse and internet. Got a good offer for the uverse/internet over a year ago. Now that the offer is over, we're now paying double the amount. Has anyone else had this issue and did AT&T offer a new amount? If the amount doesn't change

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HR20 HDMI driving me insane

OK so i had the H20 receiver on my 50 inch Maxent Plasma TV. EVerything was fine had no complaints. So i got the HR20 this past weekend and well everything is nutty now. Yesterday when i turned on my TV the screen was green. I could still see picture but it was mostly REd and Green. I reset the rece

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Hr24-500 going crazy

I have searched and cannot find any information on the problems I am having with my hr24 receiver.  It at random times will turn itself on, record what it wants when it wants, if you are watching tv it will change the channel, bring up the guide, etc.  I know its not the remote because i have tried

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FIGURED OUT THE CRAZY ONDEMAND STUPID PENDING DOWNLOAD PROBLEM!!!!!!

I have had the exact same issues for the last three days as most of you with on demand and the crazy pending download issue..benn searching all over the internet for a solution I did it all.. resetting, unplugging modems, wireless router, wireless bridge EVERYTHING resetting dvr over and over again.

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Dvr doing crazy things

Had tivo for several years..Samsung..began to just go off for no reason and then have to power up..started doing that more regularly lately..in the last couple of days it gives a screen that says that dvr was too hot ....followed instructions to reset... checked fan and it was not on but came on whi

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Advertisements are crazy

The quality of the advertisements have decreased on many of the TV channels. Why hasn't anyone checked quality control? Even if the TV channel allows the advertisements or tv shows to air couldn't u-verse do something about it? I saw an advertisement about what jobs kids should consider good which i

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On Demand is making me crazy

I've had Uverse for a few years now and I still can't get the knack of using On Demand in an easy way. Today I am giving it another try, watching a series from HBO.  I found it by doing the search and I want to watch all of season one.   If I use the remote to go look at the guide or anything thing

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Crazy Problem- Stumped

Ok, so I just bought a new Vizio HD 47" lcd for my home.  I have a standard direct tv receiver hooked up to it.  If the tv is on, The remote for the satelite will work sporadically or not at all.  If I shut off the Vizio tv, I can change channels or hit guide or whatever I want and watch the blue li

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Att billing is crazy

At&t told me I had to update my username this morning while paying my cell phone and internet. Then I went over to sign into direct tv to pay that bill and it is asking me for that new username, then redirects me back to att where I see I just paid my two other bills.  So direct tv wont ge

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crazy slow download on Hurt Locker

I'm trying to order Hurt Locker 1080p but its downloading at an unbelievably slow rate. any one seeing these types of issues? Its been going for nearly an hour and is 6% in (about 10-15 minutes of movie). I just ran a speed test, 22Mbps down, 1.8Mbps up. I regularly can download large files from rea

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Crazy problem- totally stumped

Ok, so I just bought a new Vizio HD 47" lcd for my home.  I have a standard direct tv receiver hooked up to it.  If the tv is on, The remote for the satelite will work sporadically or not at all.  If I shut off the Vizio tv, I can change channels or hit guide or whatever I want and watch the blue li

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Trying to Upgrade -- 4 Crazy Problems

I had a standard def receiver and directv working for months. Recently I bought a plasma tv and got a free H20 receiver from Best Buy. I'm trying to set up the H20 high def receiver in time for this week's college games and have run into a host of problems. Spent 4.5 hours on phone with directv gett

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DVR remote driving me crazy

What am I missing here? Whenever I want to switch from one recording to the other, the first one continues to play up in the corner of the screen even after I have exited to the Playlist screen. How do I make a recording completely STOP when I want it to? Thanks.

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your crazy billing continues even after cancellation???

how does one deal with a fraudulent charge that directv is making against me by hiring a collections agency......I cancelled my service......you refused to accept my cancellation and kept billing me.......do you do this to all your customers.. Every time I have dealt with you there is a tremendous

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Black screen really driving me crazy

I have installed Directv2pc and I connect to the receiver fine and can see all my programming.  When I try to play anything it goes to a black screen with no video/audio.  If I pull up the time bar and try to pause/fast forward or anything a window pops up that says Directv2pc has stopped working an

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To GO says I'm blacked out even though I'm not!!!!

I have been having a ton of problems with Sunday ticket to go the last 2 weeks. I live in Memphis and had several problems watching the Chicago game last week and the steelers game today. I'm getting a message saying the game is blacked out in my area when it's obviously not. The strange thing is if

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