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Box says Connecting ... and flickers
My box is stuck on the "Connecting ..." screen and constantly flickers. This is my main box, the other two in my house say the same thing. I have reset it by pushing the red button, also held the red button down for over 20 seconds, and also unplugged it. Tried all these multiple times and it stills
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Can you post them on YouTube?
Can you post the CIC (DIRECTV Customer Information Channel) Videos on YouTube, if you please!
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Is one of the tuners going bad?
One out of every dozen recordings has a bit of sputtering, pixelation, hiccoughing — the kind of interference you might get in bad weather; more annoying than unwatchable. Just once has a program been unwatchable. Always different channels. No real pattern but it is happening more and more. One time
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Minis lose connection
I have a genie and 3 minis. The system has been in for 8 years. Within the last few months the minis will lose connection. The only way to get it back is to replace the SWM splitter. This has happened 4 times now.
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Account Update
My husband paaed away and the account is in his name What do I have to do to get the account switched into my name "
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Receiver Humming Noise
My receiver makes a humming noise that is a nuisance to my son (it's in his room). How can I buffer this humming?
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How many Boxes
I have a house in which I want to access DirectTV on 10 different TV's. I do not need any more than 3 or 4 at the same time. I just need to have access in 10 different locations when I am there. DirectTV is now telling me they have set the maximum at 8, which is 2 short. I need a solution
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Satellites I should be receiving and levels
Did a search, many people have asked, many unanswered. Genie 2 and Gemini and Genie Mini system Went to Solid Signal the 3rd party that everyone seems to like and watched their video on satellite signal strengths. Here's the satellites they "saw" in their video: *101 110 119 *99(ca) *99(cb) *99(s) *
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LAST CHANCE
How can I get rid of last chance or change it’s preference. I have over 60% free space on my Genie 2 and last chance is deleting saved programs I wish to keep. I’ve tried keeping them but within a day of two they are deleted anyway. I prefer to manage my saved programs myself. If I could at least no
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Autoplay feature for DVR recorded episodes.
I recently got my DirecTV system replaced and they installed the Genie HS17-500. This unit does not have the option to have the system automatically play the next recorded episode. I had that with my old DirecTV DVR and I used it all the time. I sat kids in front of the tv and it would auto play the
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