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CAT 7

I AM RUNNING CAT 7 ONLY FOR THE 4 TV'S & WIRELESS UNITS IN CEILING -STUDY-1 IN FAMILY ROOM--8 DROPS TOTAL. CAN I PLACE ALL 4 U-VERSE BOXES IN THE CLOSET WITH ALL THE OTHER UNITS (MODEM-ROUTER-UPS-ETC) & CONNECT THE CAT 7 TO THE U-VERSE BOX. WILL THIS WORK WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS.

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Cat 5 for the Wireless receiver

Will the wireless receiver work using a dat connection with the Cat 5 port?

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Cloud DVR Space Remaining?

I just moved to DTV Stream. How do you tell how much storage space you have remaining in My Library given the limited amount of space provided?  I moved from YTTV so never had to manage Cloud DVR space before.

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Hooking up TV using Cat 5 cable

I'm wondering if I can hook up my TV using Cat 5 cable only.  Does a box exist to bring the cable into and then split to CAT 5?

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Convert CAT 5 to HD

Hello -- I have a new Samsung plasma TV mounted above my fireplace, with the wires installed behind the wall. However, the only wires that were ran were the regular black coax and CAT 5. An HDMI cable was notrun behind the wall.  I need to know what my options are. I am not sure if I can snake an HD

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Space remaining?

On my U-verse app on my phone, it says I have 7.2 of 13.3 GB of space remaining.  I only have two (2) recorded 1 hour shows.  How do I find out what else is taking up so much space? Thanks

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What kind of cat cable should I use?

My tv picture freezes sometimes. When I had a tech out to check out the problem he said that I should run a cat 5 cable to replace the coax that I have. Is there any particular brand I should use? What requirements does it need? Now they have cat 6a, can I use that?

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Storage Space

I pay for unlimited DVR but I am getting the message Storage space running out. Some system functions may not work  Why would I get this message?

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Cat 5e longer lead.

Hi. Bought a longer Cat 5e lead but did not realize until got home that the jack is a RJ45 and the existing is RJ11 ( the packaging makes no reference to the jack! )    We have no phone only use tv internet.  There was no alternative jack on sale ( in Lowe’s).  Where can the RJ45 be purchased?  And

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HR21 Space free issue

I have a HR21/200 with software 0x40d downloaded on 8/25.  Our space free when from 42% to 4% free overnight. So I reset the machine using the red button that didn't work. Then I tried the checking for errors and that erased some programs but didn't change the free space issue.  I have whole-home se

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Can I connect my TV internet from the same Cat 6 cable going to my STB?

I just got Uverse.  I have a single Cat 6 cable going to the set.  It is a smart TV and I want to connect the TV to the Internet for Netflix, etc.  Can I do that from the one ethernet cable?  If I need a switch what type would it require? Should it go before the STB or after it?  I just beed to spli

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Missing recording space

Currently show 69% recording space and 26 hours HD remaining space on my DVR so if I perform a factory reset on my DVR to acquire 100% recording hours will it completely erase any previously recorded programs off the DVR.

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Not enough space on iPad to download

I have over 3 GB of space on my iPad yet when I go to download a program from my playlist, it says it needs 32 MB of free space and that there’s not enough room. Why is that?

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That is the entire problem with work-from-home. Most people don't have their own personal office or space free from life (pets, family, friends, visitors, etc.). Unknown of their home situation if they could separate the cat during their work times o

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Loyalty Department unprofessional

Spoke with Megan in the loyalty department and she let her cat wail into the phone until I asked whose cat is dying. VERY unprofessional. If you’re going to hire people to work from home they need to separate home life and business life

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Disk Space Warning

I have been getting the Disk Space Warning on my Direct TV for the last week. It says that the receiver has less than 5 hours of available disk space. Once full additional recordings will not be possible until disk space is made. I have deleted way more than 5 hours of recordings and am still gettin

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Can any balun run satellite over Cat 6?

Is there any balun that can make the run from the multiswitch, to two receivers, over about 100' of Cat 6 UTP? I know typical baluns won't work, but will these, for instance? http://www.vtx.co.uk/video/pbe850.htm(that one does say "satellite") http://www.hdtvsupply.com/mux-500302.html The faq on tha

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Coaxle cable to Cat 5

I am getting terible reception on my wireless receiver on the 2nd floor.  Tried moving the WAP doesn't help becasue then can't get signal out to garage.  Question:  I already have coaxle cable running to the 2nd floor and I see there is a connection on the back of my gateway for it.  Can I use the c

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Can someone please tell me why I was misled (most would consider this lying) by James ***** about a plan, and then a floor manager named Mary-Anne ***** sent my complaint to outer space by saying "I would receive a callback"? [edited for privacy-plea

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Complaint

I usually don't take time out of my day to write posts about companies; however, this has gone on for too long.  AT&T is ruining my life.  I have been having the same issue since September of 2017 and now they have turned me over to collections for an account that was never mine.  I have been transf

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Losing Recordable Disk Space

Hello.  I'm having a problem with my recording disk space.  I noticed it last week.  Recordings were disappearing on me.  I checked the disk space, and it was 96% full with just two one hour HD programs and two two hour HD movies.  My first thought was, what the heck is going on.  When I calmed down

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U-verse DVR Recording Space

My U-verse DVR only shows 10% available recording space though I only have one 30 minute tv show recorded.

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