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Can't get past opening screen with my Dish stream box and Genie Directv remote

I have reset the remote and reset the stream box. The remote should be like it comes out of the box. the remote now powers the box on and off. But when I turn on the box it says "lets get started" then takes me to a screen showing a remote. Tells me to press rewind and FForward for 3 second. I try t

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the channel and name of the show are on the bottom of the screen but no picture or sound

the channel and name of the show are on the bottom of the screen but no picture or sound when I hit ok on the remote

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Streaming

Trying to use my Roku device to stream on direct tv

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Satellite and Streaming on the Directv App

I am currently a month-to-month BYOD subscriber to Directv Streaming and am very happy with it. I have a motorhome with a Winegard Travler Pro satellite dish mounted on the roof. If I subscribe to Directv satellite service with my Travler Pro, can I cancel my Directv streaming subscription and still

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Satellite never catches up after an outage without rebooting??

I’ve tried to explain this to customer service over the phone several times but I just get frustrated so I’ll try to explain it here with an example of what happens. I have regular Directv satellite with dvr: For example: tv is tuned to channel 10(nbc) and scheduled to record a program from 8-9 pm.

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MyFree Directv

Hello, canceled DIRECTV a few years ago and just saw there’s a new free version. I see that I can stream it online but I’m wondering if it will work with my old satellite dish and receiver and just wondering if I can do it that way because I don’t have internet where it’s set-up. Thanks

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TV Ratio on HR24/500 Receiver

I change the TV Ratio on the Receiver to 16:9, but after leaving that screen, and choosing TV Ratio again, it always flips the ratio back to 4:3. Why is this happening?

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Remote on/off

Just programmed new remote, and can work volume and channels, but cannot turn my Samsung tv on or off.

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On genie air box/remote is there no way to recover a deleted recording, or to even access the recording manager.?

On all of the DirecTv support instructions, and on all of the online vids, they say/show a "list" page with a box at the top labeled "Recording Manager". This is not the same list screen on my Genie box system ; nothing to select except "Upcoming Rcrdgs" or one of the listed recordings. There is no

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Genie client not playing live tv

I have a whole home DVR genie system and one of the clients will not play live tv. You can see the guide and watch any of the recordings in the DVR, but live tv is a solid black screen no sound. I have unplugged, changed HDMI cables, reset with the whole hold the enter button and nothing.

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