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Double Play Not Recording
When I start double play by hitting the down arrow twice and entering another channel number, I can switch between the two channels with the down arrow, but nothing is recorded. Instead I just get live realtime TV on both channels. Isn't it supposed to pause each channel at the point in time where I
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Satellite signal lost, and It switched to streaming by itself
I didn't know I had this?? I have Genie in one room, and an older box in the other. Snow killed our signal, and the Genie started streaming the channel. We didn't miss a beat on the show. But the other was dead to anything live??? Confused on what's going on there.
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transfer service to new home requirements
Will I need the main Direct TV box to set up service in my new home. I will not occupy the home for a week, after the install can I take the main box back to the home I'm in for the next week?
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equipment upgrade
I have a pretty old system it looks like an AT-9 dish and two H24 Receivers. I've had the service tech out here a couple of times and he's recommended I upgrade my system. One receiver is one our porch. The other receiver is in the rec room and I have a HDMI 4k splitter off the box to upstairs bedro
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Digital out on DirectTV Mini Genie
In looking at a pic of the back of the Mini Genie, it looks like it doesn't have an optical out for my wireless headphones. Please correct me if I'm am overlooking something, but it looks like I have to connect with RCA cables. I'm confused...I thought RCA cables were analog, so why does it say Digi
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HISENSE COMPATIBILITY
Bought a 55" U8 Hisense TV. OTHER TVs in the house work with the Direct TV receiver we have. Hisense sound cuts out on almost ALL HD channels, but plays fine on ALL non-HD channels. Sound blips in only about 5% of the time on the HD channels. Any suggestions? Might the receiver just be out of date?
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Can't find internet signal.
I installed the new modem they sent to replace my old modem/router. Now, my computer sees the internet, my phone sees it, but not the Direct TV.
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Guide
On my DVR receiver, the guide keeps popping up randomly. it's not a functional guide, all it does is obstruct the view. the only way to get it to go away is to bring up the actual guide and exit. but it comes back a few minutes later. what can i do to fix this?
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