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Monday, August 26th, 2019 2:01 AM

turn off the pop up window on channel guide

when I access my channel guide a pop up window appears covering the first program on the list that reads: "Press Select for on Demand Programs, Press Info for channel list view, press FastForward to tune channel.  How do i turn this annoying pop up off?

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255K Messages

6 years ago

Hi, @rick824.

As mentioned in the link that was provided, this banner was implemented in a new firmware update that we pushed to users starting on 3/5/19.

There is no way to remove the feature as of this time, but you may be able to shorten how long the banner is there by following these steps:

  1. Press Menu.
  2. Select Settings & Help.
  3. Select Settings.
  4. Select Display.
  5. Select Preferences.
  6. Press Down Arrow to highlight Banner Time.
  7. Press Select to show choices.
  8. Use Down Arrow to scroll choices.
  9. Press Select banner display of time (2- 8 seconds).
  10. Press Exit.

We hope this helps.

John, AT&T Community Specialist

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255K Messages

6 years ago

Hi, @rick824.

 

We understand your frustration with this information banner. Unfortunately there is no way to permanently remove the "pop up window".

To temporarily remove the banner press the EXIT button on your remote. This will allow you to view the first program on your list.

 

Ariel, AT&T Community Specialist

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6 years ago

Not exactly the solution I was looking for. First when you press Exit it takes you out of the guide completely.
Second it doesn’t solve the problem. Where did this come from? never had it before. Why is it there? It serves no purpose.
There must be a way to hide/remove the feature

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The popup occurs when I select the Menu button.

+ Setting Menu/Settings/Display to 2 seconds (say). The popup remains.

+ Selecting Exit takes me out of the Menu mode. The popup remains. Selecting Exit again, finally removes the popup.

The popup occurs when I select "Mute"+"Enter" on RC73 Genie remote, too.

So, how do we access the Menu mode without a popup, please?

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New Member

5 years ago

I performed a reset on receiver in settings annoying banner is gone.

 

The banner on the top of the screen displays shorter too (2 sec).

New Member

5 years ago

I have the same problem...just started appearing "out of the blue" a week ago (I've had Direct TV for almost a year.?????  So annoying and makes reading the guide/info almost impossible. gnewbytakn5 you said you reset receiver in settings to get rid it, did this "mess up" anything else?  Thanks so much! 

 

 

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5 years ago

This “downgrade by upgrade” feature (Edited per community guidelines). Incredibly annoying and completely useless. It’s in the way of everything, and you can’t even get around it. In some areas it disappears after a few seconds; other areas it stays intact indefinitely. Sometimes you even hit left on the circle pad and a SECOND window pops up. Keep  this crap up and I’ll be canceling.

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New Member

5 years ago

Well finally took the advice of gnewbytakn5 of resetting receiver by "pushing red button on the side of the receiver".  Hurray!  This simple reset took a few minutes but came back with all my DVR'd items intact but no annoying "pop-up".  FYI: ayemac, you might try this.  Good luck!


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