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Connecting to a Sonos Soundbar
Can you please help with a problem I'm having. My satellite TV provider is DirecTV. I hooked up a Sonos Beam (GEN2) soundbar to an LG (smart) TV that receives its signal from a DirecTV receiver. The soundbar was hooked up to the LG TV using an HDMI cable plugging into the HDMI ARC input. There is no
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Error 201 when signing in
I can’t log onto my iPad DirectTv stream but no problem with main tv or iPhone: “care code 201” Huh?
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Save your money
Been working on electronics since the 90s. get streaming/other services , Not worth it, new boxes have to be reset daily. Sometimes multiple times. Is there any fix?
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When is CBS going to return to the Houston area??
We’re fairly new to DIRECTV and didn’t really pay attention to the announcement that they were in negotiations with the company that provides the CBS feed in Houston a month or so ago. Having coming from N Texas and having Frontier we ever had blackouts due to renegotiations. We weee. Notified. But
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Upcoming shows and series
hi all, I'm wondering why there isn't a way to set a DVR recording for new (upcoming) content before the first episode airs. I've run into this problem multiple times with this service. For example I keep seeing commercials for upcoming programs that say "Set your DVR for Jan 1!" and yet when I sear
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Rented movie stopped halfway through
We rented a movie yesterday, we were halfway through it, and the screen went black and won’t play the rest of the movie. It expires tomorrow and we paid to rent it. Everything has been turned off and on multiple times, reset, etc. The internet connection is fine and all equipment is in working order
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Setting up On Demand
First of all, I live in an area that doesn't have internet (or broadband) service yet. We've had Directv for years and, with the old equipment that we had, we were able to order On Demand movies through the plugged in landline on the equipment. When we upgraded our equipment, the new equipment no lo
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On demand feea
I used to be able to record multiple seasons of a shows for free. Shows on channels that I am already paying for. Now I am being charged $2.99 an episode, for previous seasons. I am not sure what changed and why. I never got an email or any notice. I understand having to pay for shows on PPV, but if
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I cannot get volume/audio
I press the Vol button on my remove right and left but still no volume. I googled to see what I could do. The instructions said to go to the home button on my remote. I have Genie and cannot find a home button. I even looked up the schematic for the remote but no home button showed up.
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complaints
Local ABC stations - when will they return? If they are not, and soon, I will be cancelling my Directv service. I chose Directv over others because of what was included. If Directv isn’t going to deliver then I don’t need it. And no! I am not getting another device just to be able to get local chann
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