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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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When trying to login to DIRECTV to stream tv shows I keep getting the following error something went wrong please try again later code 8003

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Service contract

Where does it say I agreed to 24 months of service? I was certainly never told this, and nothing I ever signed or was shown says anything of the sort. The MOST I've seen is on the back of the bill it says "by leasing equipment, you agree to UP TO 24 months of service." But I was told 12 months, and

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Two year agreement I didn't agree to

So about 2 years ago I had called and signed up for service service at some point I realized I wasn't able to afford the service so I called back at some point and told them that I wasn't able to afford it the agent then continued to sell me a service that I told him I wasn't able to pay for monthly

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Turn off TV but keep receiver on With RC73

I just replaced two RC73 remotes with new ones. The old ones would turn the TV both on and off with the ON button and leave the receiver on. The new ones will only turn off the TV with the OFF button, which also turns off the receiver and looses the buffering. I know I can turn off the TV with the T

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Tv swap and no signal

I recently decided to add a larger tv in the bedroom where everything was working fine. After simply swapping the tv, I can’t get the direct tv streaming to work. When plugging in the little device that plugs into the hdmi the Direct tv logo pops up and then goes to next dtv logo like it’s rebooting

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How can I block channel 1998

My husband loves Two and a Half Men Seasons 1-8 which we have set to record. Newer recording override older recordings. Some of these new recording are Channel 1998 and are "Pay Per View". I don't want these pay episodes overriding our recorded episodes. STOP this insanity! Help Please!

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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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NOT FINDING WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR?