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Moving DVR/TV to the other side of the wall

When I had my system installed last year, I asked the tech to put a connection on the opposite side of the wall so I could easily move the TV/DVR to that room in the future. Now that I'm ready to do that, I notice that the connection on that wall is a wide data-type plug, but both of the dual outlet

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Enable side by side output?

Can direct TV enable side by side output for those of us that have a 3D TV (which is not on the approved list) that supports side by side?

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I have sidebars all of a sudden with my hd TV even the guide is with a side bar . 22 receiver

I can not change my format on my TV no more, meaning letterbox to crop to stretch. The picture size is the same(side bars) no matter what the setting is on. The guide I pull up to see what is on is the same way ,it has side bars . Go to hd and no side bars on or when I turn on the guide they are gon

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side bars

Is there a way to stretch the picture to keep from having side bars on some hd channels

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Want Direct Tv to be hooked up to outlet on other side of living room.

Want direct tv to be hooked up to outlet on other side of living room.

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Moving a jack to other side of room

I have a HDDVR in my rec room. I recently bought a new TV and need to install a new jack on the other side of the room where the tv will be going. I installed the actual hardware in the wall just fine but I am confused as to which cable I need to run to the jack. I have a eight way splitter with cab

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Digital side channels

Why doesn’t Directv provide all the digital side channels available locally on over the air tv?

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3D side by side image on channel 106

I have channel 106 working and it showed the message congratulations earlier that it should work, but I see a split screen with a left image and right image side by side. I have samsung tv and 3d glasses. It works fine for 3d blueray. Any ideas?

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Can I set the receiver on it's side

Can I set the receiver (HR24) in it's side in a vertical position?  I have the remote set to RF, so that won't be an issue. Thanks

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HD channels appear to be cutting off sides of viewing screen

For example, when watching ESPN, the left side of the viewing area is not completely viewable.

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Why no ATT availability on my side of the street?

In early 2016 we received a door hanger stating that utility lines in our yards would be marked for Uverse/fiber installation.  While most of our neighborhood (several hundred residences) did get Uverse/fiber installed our side of the street did not as did half the houses on the other side of the st

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Sports Score Sidebar

A week or two a go a new feature notice popped up on my receiver regarding sports scores and channels. I think you pushed and held the ok button and a sidebar on the left side of the screen popped up. I loved this feature but it now seems to have disappeared. I have Directv Stream and would love to

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A new side effect

A week ago or so my service was rewired. I had a coax installation, now I have two STBs that are connected by cat 5 and the other two are wireless. This evening I had 3 channels recording and was watching a fourth channel. I tried to rewind and pause the program I was watching. But instead of rewind

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Installation on side of house

Can the dish be installed on the side of the house or does it have to be on the roof?

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Sides Black Out

On either side of my tv I am getting a black out.  Instead of a full screen on the tv I am getting a minimized screen with two black strips.  Most of my channels are full screen but when I've dvr'd I get it.  Please anyone can you help?

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Lower channels have big black lines on either side of the picture

We had issues with the DVR recording when it wasn't set to and it wouldn't shut off.  Talked with unverse support and they did a reset and that took care of that problem.  But when the TV came back on, all the standard channels have large black lines on either side of the picture.  The picture looks

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Two TVs side by side, remote changes channel on both tvs.

I have a Vizio on the wall next to a Samsung. I have two wireless receivers for both tvs. When I go to change the channel on my Samsung, it changes the channel on the Vizio too. I have two seperate remotes but they dont seem to program to each seperate TV. S10-S4 and S30 S1A.  Any ideas how I can us

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Persistent black bar on the right side of the screen

For a week we have had a black bar on the right side of the screen with the outline of a blue box. It all started one night when a small dog stepped on the remote control. We would greatly appreciate if anyone could tell us how to make this go away. Thank youSo far we have tried.Rebooting x3Resetti

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SWM splitter with all connections on one side?

I have a patch panel in the wall where all the room and external feeds come together. All the cables come down in a parallel bundle through a punch out in the top of the panel. There is a DTV SWM splitter and another basic splitter for the UHF antenna.  Because of the bend radius of the RG6 t

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side by side view

hi experts.. i have downloaded some buleray 3d files via torrent.  the video contains side-by-side view i.e L R screen ... can i play these files in smart 3d tv samsung and get the 3d effect.. regards

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