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Connecton my gemini to my stereo receiver audio

I had my Genie receiver connect to my stereo receiver via RCA cables but can not do the same with the new Gemini receiver. how can I do it.

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Reception on certain channel cuts in and out

For the last 2 weeks we have not been able to watch a certain channel due to reception issues, specifically MTV. The feed just keeps jumping/skipping which makes it impossible to enjoy watching. Last night the weather was perfect, no wind, no rain and it still kept cutting in and out. We were thinki

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Finally thinking about upgrading our equipment....

We have a HR24-200, HR44-700 and a C41W-500. The main boxes are getting extremely laggy despite repeated resetting, etc. Two of our TV's are 4k capable. We may replace the third TV with a 4k TV in the near future. What is the best current system that is stable and reliable? I am assuming a HR-17, wi

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my yellow, white and red (video imputs) on the back of my tv stop working

i brought this AV To HDMI-compatible Scaler Adapter HD Video Composite Converter. i can't get it to work. my cable and sound do not come through.

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PIP does not show "ON" option

I have an HR44 receiver for several years. Until the last several months, when I navigated to the PIP option, there was an "ON" choice and an "OFF" choice. Now, when I navigate to that option, it only shows the "OFF" option along with all the choices (upper left, side by side, etc). The ON choice is

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Getting an appointment.

When I was mowing, I snagged my coax cable at the dish and tore it apart. Fixed that; not a problem. It is giving me 771. I can tell I moved the dish, and after several attempts to align the dish, I haven’t had any success. I called tech support and the soonest they can get me service is 8/30! I’m o

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Paramount + Showtime

When does Direct TV become "partner" of Paramount Plus? When and how do we access the streaming service through Direct TV. As of today, Direct TV is now shown as a "partner".

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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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