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Watching on Satellite
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Reception on certain channel cuts in and out
For the last 2 weeks we have not been able to watch a certain channel due to reception issues, specifically MTV. The feed just keeps jumping/skipping which makes it impossible to enjoy watching. Last night the weather was perfect, no wind, no rain and it still kept cutting in and out. We were thinki
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my yellow, white and red (video imputs) on the back of my tv stop working
i brought this AV To HDMI-compatible Scaler Adapter HD Video Composite Converter. i can't get it to work. my cable and sound do not come through.
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Getting an appointment.
When I was mowing, I snagged my coax cable at the dish and tore it apart. Fixed that; not a problem. It is giving me 771. I can tell I moved the dish, and after several attempts to align the dish, I haven’t had any success. I called tech support and the soonest they can get me service is 8/30! I’m o
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Paramount + Showtime
When does Direct TV become "partner" of Paramount Plus? When and how do we access the streaming service through Direct TV. As of today, Direct TV is now shown as a "partner".
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Limitation on number of simultanious recordings/viewings...
We have a satellite-based hr44-500 with three Genies. We are only allowed to record + watch a maximum of two shows. If we wish to record two different channels simultaniously, and watch a third channel, we get the "must cancel one recording or change to one of the channels being recorded" message. I
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Lightning Strike
There was a lightning strike on a tree 20ft. from the house, last Sunday. There was static electricity, discharge in the house that caused quite a scare to the family. Even though the power was off at the time, I lost eight pieces of equipment including the satellite receiver, TV, DVD player, NAS, a
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Using Directv with Alexa!
I paid thousands of dollars for this equipment that was supposed to work flawlessly, and it does not, for example, if I'm watching directv and I ask Alexa to change the channel, it actually changes the INPUT to my Firestick and starts trying to find some app to use there, even though I erased the di
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No local channels and most channels will not stream
App has no local channels and most channels come up with this message. Not available to stream on this device. These are all channels I have had no issues with in the past. Thank you for the help.
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