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Can you post them on YouTube?
Can you post the CIC (DIRECTV Customer Information Channel) Videos on YouTube, if you please!
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Is one of the tuners going bad?
One out of every dozen recordings has a bit of sputtering, pixelation, hiccoughing — the kind of interference you might get in bad weather; more annoying than unwatchable. Just once has a program been unwatchable. Always different channels. No real pattern but it is happening more and more. One time
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Minis lose connection
I have a genie and 3 minis. The system has been in for 8 years. Within the last few months the minis will lose connection. The only way to get it back is to replace the SWM splitter. This has happened 4 times now.
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Account Update
My husband paaed away and the account is in his name What do I have to do to get the account switched into my name "
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Receiver Humming Noise
My receiver makes a humming noise that is a nuisance to my son (it's in his room). How can I buffer this humming?
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How many Boxes
I have a house in which I want to access DirectTV on 10 different TV's. I do not need any more than 3 or 4 at the same time. I just need to have access in 10 different locations when I am there. DirectTV is now telling me they have set the maximum at 8, which is 2 short. I need a solution
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LAST CHANCE
How can I get rid of last chance or change it’s preference. I have over 60% free space on my Genie 2 and last chance is deleting saved programs I wish to keep. I’ve tried keeping them but within a day of two they are deleted anyway. I prefer to manage my saved programs myself. If I could at least no
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Autoplay feature for DVR recorded episodes.
I recently got my DirecTV system replaced and they installed the Genie HS17-500. This unit does not have the option to have the system automatically play the next recorded episode. I had that with my old DirecTV DVR and I used it all the time. I sat kids in front of the tv and it would auto play the
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Setting up a new account advice
I'm trying to contact a DTV vendor to coordinate setting up my 3rd DTV account at a location in the Sierras. ZIP is 95728 - Soda Springs CA. The install date is TBDetermined but I had some tech questions for the installer as well as time/date availability. DTV site chat box is only interested in lea
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DVR with out receiver in apartment complex
How can I DVR tv programs from the cable provided by the apartment complex as I do not have a receiver in my apartment?
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