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Currently recording live sports auto-delete, poof, gone during the recording.

I set my Genie to record a Guardians MLB game, it starts recording, around 90 minutes after the start of the game I'll select the recording and start watching the game from the beginning. After about 60 minutes of watching 'all' recordings of the Guardians MLB games disappear, poof, gone.  The

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Bally Sports West signal issues need to go low resolution

On Jun 17, 2022 we noticed that Channel 692 and the MLB Extra Innings Channel showing the Angels Broadcast was continually recommending that we watch in lower resolution as something was wrong with the Broadcast. No other channels at all we’re having issues so it has to be that Broadcast. anyo

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DVR at Assisted living

My parents just moved to assisted living which provides DirecTV but no DVR. Are there any options to add one separately? Facility doesn't know if one.

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No captioning on my DirecTV programs box work.

None of your instructions work on the screen or internet. It has been doing this since DirecTV said they had a new home. That was back in March. The little box in the office does have cc, I need the main box replaced  in the living room in order to get the cc to come on all programs.  The

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RC73 no longer turns off TV

I have a Samsung TV UN43TU7000FXA with a Genie Mini C61-100 receiver. Recently, the RC73 no longer turns off the TV when I power off the receiver.  This worked for years until recently and the RC73 still controls the TV volume.  I reprogrammed the RC73 (Mute/Select code 12051) and the pro

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RTV remote and Sony tv

I have three Sony TVs and DTV genies for each one. As of last week, none of my remotes will turn the TV off. The on button will turn off the tv but turns the genie back on. i have reset and reprogrammed the remotes but still no good. whats the deal? They were all working fine up till now.

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Possible hack

On my TV came a notification that there was an upgrade and it started to "download". I did not see the words Direct TV on the screen, so I am concerned I was hacked.  

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MLB recording deleted after the recording ends

The last three extra innings MLB games I recorded were deleted from my receiver. The last one I was recording, I started watching it after about a 30 minute delay, and it was still recording.  I watched most of the game but I paused it to come back later.  When I came back, it was gone.&n

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Direct TV Box doesn't output sound through Samsung TU7000 via HDMI

Our direct tv box suddenly stopped appearing as an option on the home screen of our 2021 Samsung TU7000. A technician came out and said our box was faulty so he replaced the box and brought a brand new HDMI cable. Upon hooking it up to the TV, the picture would come up and Direct TV was an option to

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I have an 18ft by 9 ft led panel tv how do I get the picture to show up

I have a large panel tv on my patio outside. It shows my apple tv, Netflix etc perfectly, I go to DirecTV and the picture is only half the screen. How do I hook this up to show the full screen? I have changed the box and the cords and it still only shows half a screen. This is my business I need thi

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