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dvr problems
Hi there. I am new to uverse. I have 4 dvr boxes in my home. If I set my bedroom dvr to record anything, for some reason it will show up on my living room dvr, but no information about the show shows up, and it won't let me play it in the living room. What am I doing wrong?
Thank you.
aviewer
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11 years ago
tinadago- I believe, you are not doing anything wrong. Your boxes could be out of synch or you could have a bad connection in your house wiring.
To synch the boxes -
Unplug all.
Replug RG - wait for all green
Replug DVR wait for viewing
Replug other STBs/WAPs
If you have COAX, make sure all connections are tight. What is your wiring?
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JefferMC
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11 years ago
You actually have only 1 DVR. The other Set Top Boxes (STB) communicate with the DVR to do recording and playback.
If you're having problems, it may be communication issues between the boxes, or it could be problems with the boxes themselves. You can start by completely unplugging all your gear at the same time, then plugging them back in in this order:
This is just to start from a known state. If this doesn't fix the issue (which I'm not going to be surprised that it doesn't), then how are they connected?
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tinadago
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11 years ago
What is RG & STB/WAB's?
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aviewer
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11 years ago
RG = Residwntial Gateway - Mosem/router
STB= Set Top box - Tunes TVs
WAP= Wireless transmitter for wireless STB, wired to RG
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JefferMC
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11 years ago
If someone else hasn't already used the abbreviations I try to be sure I spell them out the first time. Could I have done better? A link to Wikipedia perhaps?
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