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grey boxs on the side of the picture

There's grey on both sides of the picture,i've tried to reset the reciever and it still looks the same,how do I fix it?

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recordings show just a grey screen

For the last two days everything that I have recorded on my DVR has shown up as just a grey screen.It shows that the full time was recorded and i can fast forward through it,but it shows nothing but a grey screen.Please help ASAP need to rectify this immediately. Thank you for any assistance in this

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Grey Screen Recording

My first week with the HR20 was flawless, but now it is having all sorts of recording issues. My wife has a season pass for General Hospital on ABC and it worked great for a week, then it started recording nothing but a grey screen.AFter numerous reboots, the grey screen disappeared, but then it wou

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Grey bars on picture

Installed a new receiver-R22- and picture is squeezed with a grey bar about an inch on each side of the picture.  How do I fix this to get a full picture?

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Direct Tv grey screen

I had a problem with my genie mini and it worked for a long time. Then one day it suddenly stops working now it shows a grey screen. I can do anything but watch shows. I can use guide, menu, etc. But when I go to a channel it is just grey. The device I have is a c41-700. Ive tried resetting, the red

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Grey box on the channel guide

As of Friday, 10/25/19, every time I pull up the channel guide, a grey box appears, pointing to the top channel on the list with three choices - "Select" for On Demand Programs, "Info" for Cannel list view, and "play/pause" for Tune Channel.  I can't see the program listed behind the box, and can't

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Grey lines top and bottom

WE just bought a vizio 37in 370m tv. Hooked it up upstairs and beautiful pic but we have about a 2in grey line top and bottom of screen. We have whole home and the hddvr is down stairs, hd reciever up stairs.

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Grey HD Bars on ESPN1 & 2???

Why does all the sports on ESPN show up with those annoying grey bars that say HD on both sides? I am getting dolby digtal and appears to be high def picture but in a 4:3 format. What's up?

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channel grey in guide

i have a few channels that i know i get in my guide that are grey (instead of white).  i can tune to them ok, but the UI gets kinda wonky cuz my eye skips over those channels.  I think this has something to do with re-authorizing the receivers - and i did that - but it hasn't fixed it.  what can i d

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HD DVR recording shows grey screen only

Show was playing live, but recorded nothing but a grey screen. This only happened on FOX (5/18/10; 8:00 - 10:00pmEST), not on ABC which was recording at the same time.  This has never happened before.  Any explanation?

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DVR Red X Grey 8

For months my DVR has stopped functioning at times and showed the Red X Grey 8 message. I searched online and found solutions to reboot the DVR. I did that for several occasions, and the DVR began working again. I also made use of the Disaster Recovery feature. Tonight, the message will NOT go away.

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Issue going from HD to 4k then back to HD. Grey static screen.

For whatever reason, and only on my upstairs television, if I go from a standard HD channel to the 4k channel the screen is grey static with crackling sound. If I unplug the HDMI cord from the wall then plug it back in it comes back. Then, when I am done with 4k and go back to standard HD the same t

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Grey Screen - Won't boot Up

I was watching an HD program and all of a sudden everything went grey with no sound. I've tried restarting the system, it gives me the "powering up" and then it flashes for a second and then tries to restart itself but it never really boots up. I'm stuck with no tv now. Is there something I can do t

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I have a giant grey gear in the center of my TV instead of cable???? I can use my ROKU and DVD playe

I am able to use my ROKU or DVD player...but my cable does not work? My wifi is working fine. My TV has a LARGE GREY GEAR in the center.

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frozen grey picture after updating software for HD DVR model#HR24

So I had Directv installed on the evening of 08-11-11 have 2 standard boxes, 1 hd box and 1 HD DVR. After watching tv for about 3 hours on my HD DVR I get a message on the screen saying "if I'd like to upgrade the software" or "do it later?" so I choose to update now. After the receiver restarted it

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Grey pop up over guide

Today 8/17/22 a gray pop up suddenly appeared and covers both the guide and info making it impossible to read the text. I read complaints from 3 years ago about this. Why is it still there? It seems to serve no purpose. Please provide instructions on how to remove it.

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Playlist is showing up but picture is grey

After the storm this past weekend my dvr playlist is not working. I select a show and it just comes up grey. If I reset the box will I lose everything on it?

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Guide has only one channel and is highlighted grey

4 year old was playing with remote and now the guide only shows 1 channel and is grey… so tired of watching cartoons help

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IPH8010 causing picture setting on VIZIO V655-H19 to grey out

I have an IPH8010 DVR and when watching cable on my VIZIO V655-H19 the color settings are greyed out and cannot be selected or changed. I called VIZIO and they said it was because the box was sending an RGB signal to the TV.  This doesn't occur with my streaming devices or gaming consoles, and

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Grey Screen...channels freeze/switch by itself and switch back...

We have been having problems for about a month or so, and they are progressively getting worse. Our channel will freeze, or switch itself and then switch back. We will get a 'grey screen' where nothing comes in on any channel and there is no sound. And lately a channel that we get and my boys watch

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