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running self-check???

my receiver is stuck on running a self-check! thenit turns itself off and then goes cack on and it just keeps saying running reciever self check!

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Reciver Running Self-Check

I lost power last night and since it came back on my reciver will get to the Step 1 of 2: Checking satellite settings... then go no farther. When I reset my reciver it will be normal till it gets to a message that says Reciver Running Self-check then move on to the Step 1 of 2: thing. Once after goi

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running receiver self-check

During reboot stuck on running self-check  What can I do

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HR23 Receiver stuck on receiver running self test.

After a power bump my receiver came on and went to the "Receiver running self test" screen and will go no further. The receiver is set up properly and was operating properly prior to the power bump.

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Running self check

My direct tv box has been running a self check for 2 days now. I have reset the box, unplugged it and reauthorized it and nothing has worked. Please help

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running cat5 to my hr24-100

my hr-24-100 is currently connected with deca cinema kit from direct tv, im thinking of running cat5 instead to it, Anybody fore see any issues with that, just running cat5 from my router to the back of the hr24-100?

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Running over existing coax

Here's my situation:I'm trying to get an HD DVR in my living room and standard receivers in 2 bedrooms. Direct came out and told me they could install a dish on my balcony and run individual lines to each of the receivers, but that would leave exposed wires running throughout the apartment. I was th

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Running receiver self check

After being unplugged for several days,re-plugged, refreshed ,then reset, my receiver continues to say running receiver self check. What can I do to resolve this issue.

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Having errors while running

Had it running beautifully for the last day and a half (not straight). But my laptop got unplugged and suddenly shut off; now any time I try to run any of the DVR programs off my receiver I'm left with the message, "An Error has Occurred".  Does anybody have any suggestions?

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Running a second line

Maybe a silly question, but figure I better check. The cable coming from my dish has two ends - one goes to the hd dvr and the second is ran to a bedroom (no receiver there). Is my solution for watching other channels while recording as simple as unhooking the second feed and running a new line to t

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Uverse app running in background

How to I keep the Android Uverse app from constantly starting and running in the background and draining me phone battery?

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My DVR is running out of space.

I am running out of space on my DVR and I will not be able to watch recorded shows for awhile. Can I get a second larger DVR and temporarily swap it with my IPH8005 500Gb DVR to record new shows?  Can I then swap them to watch recorded shows on each until the IPH8005 has no more recordings?  I would

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Cables Running through our yard

Our nextdoor neighbor just had services installed - we have a long cable running from our junction box, laying on top of our plants, all the way down the side of our yard.  It has been there for a week and no one has buried it.  I called ATT to have it looked into, and they would not help me unless

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DVR Skips when multiple streams running

I am having an issue with our DVR where playing video recorded while other videos are running causes stuttering. It's kind of hard to explain but I will provide some scenarios where there are issues below.When watching a pre-recorded show X while recording another show Y, the show Y will skip freque

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Why has the receiver been saying running self-check in the blue screen for days?

Receiver is saying running self-check in the blue screen for days

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Firefox menus disspear while Directv2PC is running

Don't know if this is a bug with Firefox or Directv2PC,  but when it is running on one monitor and firefox is open on the 2nd monitor, the drop down menus (like bookmarks) appear empty, with just the outline or shadow of the menu box.If you keep moving the mouse in the box the contents will show or

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DVR functionality of second TV and running second TV as clone of 1st TV

Hi,  I just switched from Dish Network to Directv--with Dish Network, I had a 2 receiver DVR where if I was watching the second TV, I could still pause and rewind shows on that.  There was also an option for running the second TV as a clone of the first TV so both TV's would show the exact same prog

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Uverse cable running entire perimeter of yard

I had Uverse installed in a new construction house on Sept. 22 (I was a previous Uverse customer at my prior residence).  Because construction next door had cut the connection from the port in my front yard to the box two doors down, the outside tech decided to run the fiber optic cable the entire p

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New software download for my Genie has been running all day.

New software download for my Genie has been running all day. It has listed itself as 22% completed since 8am this morning. Sounds like I need a new box. Too bad there is no one to talk with or arrange a service call. - Jimbo

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How can we watch DIRECTV on our laptops I have a MacBook Pro running Catalina

How can we watch DIRECTV on our laptops I have a MacBook Pro running Catalina

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