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Wednesday, September 11th, 2019 6:29 PM

Haunted House

My receiver automatically changes channels, adjusts volume, and more or less whatever it feels like doing...even with batteries removed from the controls. Any ideas? This makes watching television impossible, and occasionally makes me cuss loudly.

ACE - Master

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6.5K Messages

6 years ago

are you in an apartment? have a close neighbor?

other tvs in the house in use?

New Member

5 years ago

Wild - same thing happened to me. What are do you live in?

New Member

5 years ago

Wild - same thing happens to me. What area do you live in?

ACE - Expert

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22.9K Messages

5 years ago

Is anyone in the home using a smartphone with the DirecTV app remote? Happened to me when I was waiting on a replacement remote I was using the app option temporarily, which going through our network apparently some ID info kept changing. So housemate was freaking out. Wasn't on purpose but it was so funny.

Alternatively a close enough neighbor could be an issue if your receiver is accepting commands from their remote.


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