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Changing Aspect Ratio on an HR24 receiver.

The new HR24 will not allow the user to change the "TV Ratio" from 4:3 to 16:9. You can change it on the screen, but when you go back in, the receiver has flipped your change back to 4:3. There is no way to override this bug. There is a bug in the firmware of the HR24 that needs to be upgraded, and

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fraud

A tech opened account at my address when I was not home. So no box was activated yet the bill is in collections. I mailed police report and identity theft form to DIRECTV Fraud Strategy and Operations.

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3 representatives in the Philippines lied to me or can’t read from Directv notes in English, forced me to ask for a rep in the USA

The Call centers in the Philippines You can speak to three people in their call centers, they read a script with so many words. Wow, ad nauseam kept repeating the same over and over. Finally a supervisor connected me to a great rep named April in Alabama. She resolved my question in minutes rather t

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Changing DIRECTV HR24/500 Aspect Ratio

I have tried to change the Aspect Ratio on my HR24 to 16:9, instead of 4:3. I can change it on the TV Ratio screen, but after I leave that screen and choose TV Ratio again, it flips the ratio back to 4:3 by itself. It will not allow my change to 16:9 to stay as I choose. What is going on??

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Gemini air remote

I need the volume adjust on the remote

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How to log out of Free direct tv on my Gemini Box

I need to log in to my paid account on the Gemini box with a different email but I cant get logged out of the Free direct tv, where do I turn that off on free Direct tv?

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Satellite and the Directv App

On the Directv website on how to watch DIRECTV How to Watch | Streaming Live TV & Satellite it says to get the DIRECTV APP whether you are a satellite customer or a streaming customer. If you are a satellite customer and you are streaming using the DIRECTV APP, is the experience the same as if you h

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DIRECTV login with STARZ app content locked

Hi, Whenever I try watching content through the STARZ app, I get a content lockdd message on most shows/movies and this never happened before. STARZ support says they don’t control the content so contact DIRECTV because they control it. DIRECTV says I should have access to everything. What’s going o

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Local Channels Sound Issue

With my DirecTv Genie connected directly to my large Screen TV set via HDMI cable, why do I have a problem with Charlotte Local Channels 3, 9, 36 and 46, especially channel 9 where the sound volume is considerably lower and poorer quality?

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how to permanently remove a recurring autotune?

how to permanently remove a recurring autotune? using the menu / manage autotunes manually does NOT allow the permanent deletion of recurring manually set autotunes. Pressing the red button only cancels the current autotune. Recurring autotunes need a method to permanently delete the recurring autot

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