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disconnected "power to SWiM" (PI21R2-16) now the reciever isn't turning on

I disconnected the cable connected to the "power to SWiM" as it was tangled up with other cables and I needed to move it but now the receiver isn't turning on. To make it worse we have two cables that connect to the DirectTV satellite dish and another one that connects to an old Dish TV (old provide

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30 second skip for football

Not a Satellite customer yet and it has been very difficult to know if DTV is right for me without a demo. I am a Xfinity customer and I can frequently go through a recorded football game very fast. Using a 30 second skip with there being a 40 second clock between plays, I can press the skip button-

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zoom

My tv is showing a large picture with letters on the top and bottom. How do I set it to the correct.I think the zoom button was pressed. I have tried all the resolution formats and reset as well. thanks Pat

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Channel 360

Picture flashing in and out. Also losing audio all other channels working fine have reset all equipment

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Problem with Directv channel 360

Periodically over the last few days channel 360 flashes, freezes momentarily, loses audio andmomentarily goes to a black screen.

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Picture quality decline?

Has anyone noticed maybe in past few weeks to a month, the picture quality on Directv has declined? It seems more compressed than normal. This feels like it could be beginning of the end of the hardware satellite. Did they flip over to a streaming satellite feature with a low bit rate?

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Holiday Entertainment and Santa Tracker!

Tune to channel 188 on DIRECTV Satellite and enjoy the interactive TV app filled with holiday movies, family-friendly holiday games, sing-alongs, read-along books, & more. You can also track Santa on his journey around the globe on Christmas Eve!

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Using My RC66 With ROKU??

Can I program my RC66 to operate my 4620x ROKU receiver? Thanks, James

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Pairing With Hisense TV

I have the same issue as tyler3769. My Hisense is model #65H8C purchased in 2018 and paired with Direct TV remote RC73. It worked beautifully. It finally died so a new remote was needed. DTV sent new RC73 and nope! after several try's, nope! DTV tech support can't figure it out. Now What?

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Expanding an existing system

I am an electrical contractor wiring a pool house for a client. They currently have a DVR and 1 C51-100 client in the main house. I am looking for my options to add 4 more clients to the system in the new building. My questions are: - Is this equipment still available? Or will they need to upgrade a

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