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Hooking up DVR

We have an Aspen DTV 3x4 Multiswitch outside our house, we have 4 receivers in the house our 4th receiver is our DVR. How do we go about hooking up the second line to the DVR?

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Hooking up Lynksys

I have:Dell PC with AT &T DSL internet vis phone cordAT &T Router 2701HG with all light on but the wireless one.HD DVR model HR21-700LINKSYS WET610N Cannot connect to DVR receiver..shows Internet not connected(13) When I follow LYNKSYS info(software) hooking up to router, I get error code 109.  Your

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HR10-250 hooking up to non-HDTV

I know this is a strange post. With that said has anyone tried hooking up the HR10-250 to a non-HDTV TV? Just want to find out if it will work? I realize I would not receive the HD stations but would I receive the non-HD stations?

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hooking up h21 receiver to Internet

How do you go about hooking up internet to your hd receiver which i happen to have an h21 and what is available when it is installed ?

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Hooking up a 2nd reciever

I have a HD-DVR (HR22-100), then I bought a 2nd receiver (standard D12-100) to hook up in another room.  I called Direct TV and they "turned it on" (Not sure what they do, but I'm being charged $5.00 for a 2nd receiver being on).  To hook up the 2nd receiver I just put in a splitter.  This did not w

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WET610N not Hooking up to router!

I have read several posts on here and other places about getting my WET610N bridge hooked/linked up to my router but to no avail! I have a Gateway 2wire router that the WET610N just won't link up to!! Now first question, will the WET610N link up with the 2wire? I have heard no and yes, so confused a

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hooking up Sony Bravia tv to uverse

I've read several posts on hooking up a Sony Bravia tv to uverse.  I have it connected to Hdmi1 but have been told to change the set top number on the uverse box.  How is that done?  help?

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hooking up receiver to the internet hd 24 /dvr receiver

I didn't have the tech hook me up to the net.At the time i didn't know i couldn't watch on demand stuff.I have qwest for net service.there modem has a usb port just like the receiver does.will all it take is hooking up the two ? or will i have to go to a menu on the receiver ? thx

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help with hooking up a new tv to uverse receiver

help with hooking up a new tv to uverse receiver

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DTV box age matter?

Hello. I have an old Sony DTV box. I don't have a HD TV. I have an older Sony Trinitron, pre-HD, run through S-video. Does the age of the the DTV box matter in terms of reception. The box is at least 6 years old (Sony SAT-B50). Any help/advice would be appreciated. If the newer boxes are better, doe

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hooking up digital and analog componets to DVR

Hi There,I would like to improve my Sony DVS2P DVD player viewing by finally removing the VCR from my home entertainment system because I've had it with the speckles. In my original set-up I managed to get the analog and digital components to work well together. But now that I'm losing "my VCR sourc

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Need Help hooking up VCR

I just started Direct tv and I have a  regular H20 HD receiver box. I can't get my vcr to work with it. My vcr has 3 sets of red,yellow and black cable outlets on the back. I can't get any signal hooking these up to the receiver box. The receiver box doesn't have a antenna out jack either to hook in

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hooking up surrond sound

hello, I am having a problem getting surround sound with my DVR (DVR R15-100) and my surround sound Home Theater (RCART2370). We have a plasma TV (Samsung SP-P4231). I only can get 2 speakers to work (right and left front) and only 2 modes (stereo and pro-logic). I tried getting a digital optical ca

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Hooking up the DECA wireless

I have no way to get a hardwire from my computer room to the back of my TV.  My installer hooked up the equipment and said "all you need is a hardline to the baox and your good to go" My question is, can I set up a wireless access point to convert my wireless signal to a hard line thus finnally solv

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Dolby Digital Not Working

I currently have my DTV receiver hooked up to my TV (Samsung LN52B750) thru HDMI input, and have my TV hooked up to my AVR thru digital optical. And the Dolby Digital will not work unless I have the digital optical connected directly to the AVR from the DTV receiver. I have a Panasonic SC-PT770 that

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Is it typical that an installer wouldn't hook up all coax lines in the house to an SWM?

Installer came out to my house yesterday for a new install.  I had ordered two boxes.  I go in the basement (we have 8 coax drops) and see that they just put a 2-way SWM on there. I asked what I was supposed to do if I wanted to add another box.  He said "we'll have to come out for a service call &

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Floating Objects in Digital Screens

Ever notice the peculiar behavior of digital reconstruction of the frames in a picture?Knobs on cabinets jiggle around their actual position, objects on tables, pictures on walls seem to float as if on separate planes. I've even seen a man's face and hair mis-compose from second to second.And fadeou

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hooking up dvr

we got a samsung sir-s4040r reciever that we got to replace my son's regular receiver in his room- we are getting the program guide but then we cannot get the program- states searching for signal on satallite 1--- we did not hook up both sat 1 and sat 2 -so i am figuring that is the problem- can we

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hooking up receiver

I have an HD box but not a HD television yet. It is coming in a couple weeks. Can I hook up an HD box to a regular TV. I tried yesterday and all the screen showed was that it was searching for a signal.I hooked up my other box which is just a normal DVR box and that worked fine. Please help.

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Trouble hooking up the network/Internet

I am trying to hook up to the Internet and I keep getting error. The IP Address and the subnet mask say that they are okay, but the Default Gateway amd the DNS are blank; network says "coax Not connected(9)" and Internet says "not connected(13)" I have it wired to the router and I can use the cord t

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