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Your DIRECTV equipment arrives, what's next?

A big smile on your face, of course! Then, click here to learn how to set up equipment with a TV, pair the remote control, and activate service.

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black screen only on abc

i'm trying to watch my show. it works on the app. but not on my tv and its the only channel that doesn't show anything its just black.

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DirecTv no longer interested in maintaining existing satellite subscribers

I’ve been using DirecTV satellite for decades, as it produced a great product at competitive pricing compared to the alternatives. That aspect of DirecTV is now gone. While I don’t expect to get the exact same deals as brand new subscribers, DirecTv has always offered “promotions” to keep the price

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New card put in my DirecTV box at my motel in four rooms

I put a new card in my DirecTV box in four rooms at my motel and they are all given the same message 711 error please call front desk card not activated

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SignalSaver

I’m really frustrated with tech support. I think the problem is simple but getting a solution from them seems almost impossible. Here’s the situation This area had a major hail storm that damaged roofs and siding. Our house was one of them. The roof was just replaced and that meant the dish had to b

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Screen goes black on iPad while using Directv app. Audio sometimes keeps playing...sometimes not.

Have an intermittent problem while using the Directv App with an iPad Pro 12.9" 6th Generation running iPadOS 18.1.1 while streaming MSNBC for instance the screen will go black at times while the audio continues and then at times the screen will go black and the audio will stop. Any thoughts would b

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Changing transponder

Hello, My Directv started giving message about lost signal 771, watch in low resolution error. It was working fine without any issues. Then I noticed it started muting channel randomly. I adjusted satellite and numbers are in 90s but they are not stable. They keep going in and out. Is it possible th

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previous channel bug

Just got the update for the new interface. The first thing I noticed is that pressing previous channel or exit on the remote while watching a recording does not necessarily return to the current live channel. Rather it goes to the channel that first appears when the Genie (HR44) is turned on, not th

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How do I sign in to HBOGO?

How do I sign into HBOGO?

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Why do you (Edited per community guidelines)ing make people waste money just to watch TV?

Oh, DirecTV, where do I even start? It’s like they took the concept of "basic services" and threw it out the window, then made sure to charge you an arm and a leg for it. You’re literally paying them to watch stuff you could get for free—IF you didn’t need the privilege of fighting with their remote

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