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yes, you can just swap out the LNB.  and if you are really careful as not to disturb your dish alignment, you would not have to re-peak your dish.

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16 channel multiswitch

I have a slimline single Lnb Dish with 1 HR24,3 H25 and 4 D12 receivers. Can I install a 16 channel multiswitch? If so can you advise re: installation.

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If you're very careful not to disturb the dish's alignment, you should be able to swap the LNB assemblies without needed to realign the dish.

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slimline 5 lnb swm whole home

How do i upgrade my lnb so i can get the 110 and 119 satellite? Will i just have to find a local company to do it? Just want a few extra channels that I can't get on the slimeline 3, what would i expect to pay to get it done? DirecTV has no option for this change on the dish to occur. Thanks!

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How do I get email notifications stopped?

Service:  U-verse TVAccount ending in:   User ID:  etc.    Bill Amount:  $172.53Payment Date:  11/11/2017   I do not have an account.  I keep getting emails notifying me someone's bills.  Customer Service was unhelpful.  How do I get these emails stopped?  Thank you [edited for privacy – please do n

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genie mini says not authorized won't do nothing, has green light on

message on screen says location not authorized,  has green light on ,  won't do nothing . tried the reset button

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@EvareiWow, that's the worst answer I could have expected. Why disturb the wired connections?  Is it possible to reconnect them?

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Wireless receiver stops playback once a night

I recently (a few months ago) decided to upgrade my speed from 25MB to 75MB. When the tech came out he said to do that I needed to use wireless receivers. I agreed but within a week I called them back because my internet was slow upstairs and my receiver kept saying it could not connect to the DVR (

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Squiddly - Google call before you dig - CBYD - looks like the number is 811. They will come out & tel you what is underground. Probably tell you other rules, too. att can disturb anything you do there if they need to bury facilities.

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PacTel easement

We have a 1963 PacTel easement along our rear property line. (I have the recording info for the easement and can send it to you). Three questions: How can we determine whether there are still active phone lines within the easement?Can we remove the old rusty PacTel post identifying the easement?How

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good to hear.  but my advise for you is to procure another power inserter as to not disturb the TV in you house.  the receivers need a constant connection to the satellites, not having one, can cause a few headaches. http://tinyurl.com/43yzfjy

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Camper set up.

Hello all, This may be a simple question to answer.  I'm attempting to have a tail gate set up with my camper.  I have a standard HD DVR box with a slim line 5LNB dish with one port (green lable).  I was told I needed a multi-switch in order to get my set up to work.  I purchased the multi-switch an

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1.  You'll need to get those Receivers now.  They won't be free if you wait.  2. The DirecTV installer will figure this out for you.  They'll determine which coax cables run where.  And they won't disturb your existing Comcast internet coax.  If any

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Pre-purchase Questions

I searched for answers to my questions and also called DIRECTV, but still have a couple outstanding questions.  I am currently a Comcast cable customer for both TV and internet and am looking to move to DIRECTV for TV, but keep Comcast for internet.  I appreciate any information or help anyone can p

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"U-verse service not available" notice comes up and can't restart

"U-verse service not available" comes on screen. then a list of things we can do to get service back.  We try the 10-second restart on the receiver, nothing, then the restart on the router by pushing the WPS button for 10 seconds, then the reset button the Wireless Access Point gizmo..nothing works.

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No signal, resetting don't do nothing.

I have a standard Directv receiver in my bedroom, a HD receiver in the living room and another standard in another bedroom. The only one that isn't getting a signal is in my bedroom. Happened yesterday and I reset it and got a signal. We've had no rain, no snow, no heavy frost. Today, all I am getti

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how do I turn off email notifications

I get a email every single time somebody posts in this forum. How do I turn it off?

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Good. Then you probably have a Single Wire Multiswitch system.  Press the Receiver's "Dash (-)" button to verify that it echo's "SWM Connected".  If it does, then you can simply swap the Receiver and HD DVR.  Just disconnect the SAT IN cable from the

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Switch Receiver

My HDDVR Receiver is in the bedroom and I would like to move it to the living room and put the living room HD receiver in the bedroom.  The cable for both receivers runs through the bedroom.  Can I just change the cables that are connected to the receivers? I also have a non hd dvdr in the den and n

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Received disturbing phone call related to the satellite signal.

Received disturbing phone call related to the satellite signal. Representative said I would lose service and need to upgrade my equipment at an additional charge of $199.00. Sounds like a scam and the rep was rude and pushy! What is going on? I told him I was not interested and would change provider

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Help with a Disturbing Problem

The picture on the TV attached to the DVR will get bigger then go back to normal (1080i).  I have checked and rechecked the aspect ratio many times and all is OK there.  I have other TV's in the house and they do have this problem but are connected via stb's.  My DVR is one of the old ones, 117GB. 

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Do you notice craziness with your bill

One month it's $180 the next $300. I do NFL ticket and I realize that jumps it up but how in the world can you justify that...

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Update…..I reset the receiver in the LR and now it works again. I had just reset the one in the bedroom yesterday because sick person was watching TV in LR and I didn’t want to disturb them. YAY!!!

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Problems recording and viewing

If trying to record one channel, the other channels go black. Anyone else have this problem? Also, I use to be able to record 5 shows at once, now I can only record 2. What’s happening? Thanks for any assistance. 

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dvr recording some shows and not others but showing they are recorded

A few days ago our DVR started having issues.  We go to watch a show that is recorded and it either turns the screen black and is not playing (even though shows the full hour recorded) or it plays the first minute and then freezes and will not play anymore of the show.  Then it will record the next

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Bluetooth is there so that you can pair and be able to listen to audio through Bluetooth speakers or headphones. That is why you can see it on your phone.  It will pick up any Bluetooth enable devices.  I use this at night to listen to the

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Osprey boxes showing on Bluetooth devices

Recently, I noticed that my Osprey boxes are showing up on my phone when I turn on Bluetooth. They also disappear soon thereafter.    Each of the boxes is wired via Ethernet.      Why are these boxes broadcasting Bluetooth signals?   I never noticed this before now. &

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PBS is not listed in my available On Demand TV networks. Why not?

PBS is not listed in my available On Demand (under Free Shows) TV networks.  Neither is the Discovery Channel.  Why not?   ABC, NBC, and several others are there, but not PBS. Not Discovery.  Comcast had them available as free on Demand options.  I know one can record a show, but if you don't know i

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Disturbed by install options given to me by installer...

We currently have 3 receivers - all purchased through Directv. One is an HD-DVR, one is HD and one is just a standard box. We ordered an upgrade for the standard box to HD-DVR and purchased a new HDTV to go with it. When the installer came out he told me that in order to install the second line to t

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