how can I watch a program that started 2 hours ago on a HR54 when it has been turned off

The minis take any available tuner but not the buffer, so to do that you can't turn off the mini or the HR54 when watching it and leave it on the channel you want.

May not work consistently. The Genies work as a server, intending to feed those tuners to Mini Genie Clients for anything being watched or recorded. So that buffer can be interrupted. Less likely to happen if your other TVs are HDDVRs (up to HR24) as well, since they have dedicated tuners instead of stealing from the Genie.

But to come home from work, not a short spell, I would say set scheduled recording to get the news each day.

Hey @Ramnight. To rewind a program on HR54, do the following:

-Press GUIDE on your remote control.

-Select any show with a curved arrow.

-You'll see a prompt telling you to press the REWIND button to start the show at the beginning. Press it and enjoy!

For the list of networks where the Restart feature is available, visit New Live Buffer Feature & Restart a Live Program | DIRECTV Support 

Thanks, @shannon02 and @Juniper for your insights. Rhyan, DIRECTV Community Team

Thank you for the reply, but it will only go back to the time that I turned the unit back on. Usually about 5 seconds when I push the rewind button. 

@DIRECTVhelp Rhyan you're not understanding what his question is.

Based on the link we shared, is the show you're trying to rewind on the list of Networks that offer it? Rhyan, DIRECTV Community Team

Hi Rhyan, I can be on CBS, NBS, USA, etc, and I only rewind the program to the time that I turned on the 54.

I was used to the HR23 that I was using for over 5 years that would record at least an hour and a half before I would turn it on matter what channel it was on. But if I changed the channel, it would be gone if I went back to it.

@Ramnight what you're wanting can't be done on a genie because it doesn't hold the buffer like a non genie hddvr does  your hr23 keeps a buffer for about 2 hours as long as you don't change the channel. Directv help doesn't understand that

We sent you a DM, @Ramnight. We want to help you more and need your account info to check this. Please check the message we sent. Thanks! Charles, DIRECTV Community Team

Nabukl, thank you for the reply. I am finding this out, so I will not worry about it.  And just set the program to record if I will not be home in time to watch it.

@Ramnight you're welcome