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  1. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    I'm not going to bother opening up the box again just to plug the already-failed internal drive back in, the noise it makes would have a very low Wife-Acceptance-Factor (which is why I started this thread). If I open the box up again, it will be to install a new internal drive. THAT'S...
  2. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    Well, it was fun while it lasted. Woke up this morning to a blue screen saying "a problem has been detected in the storage device." The screen advised that rebooting might solve the problem. It didn't. Not sure at this point if I want to go through the trouble of putting in a new internal...
  3. DIRECTV Programming
    Not having this issue on my OTA-only Tivo. Only on the DirecTV boxes.
  4. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    It was definitely the drive. When I disconnected the power from the drive, the noise stopped just like THAT (snaps fingers).
  5. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    So what issues are we talking about? I opened up the unit, pulled the power connector off the hard drive, closed the unit back up, reconnected the external drive, and rebooted. Working like a champ so far, and whisper quiet. What issues should I be looking for? Thanks!
  6. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    I've had an HR20 with a failed internal hard drive for a few years now. It's in what i consider a noncritical area, so I've always been content with hooking an eSata drive to it and just living with the whines and moans of the internal drive (it's quite noisy but like I said, it's in a...
  7. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Correct. Enter channel 46 (without the dash one) on your remote to get ION in HD. Oddly, if you go to 46-1 in the guide, you can get to the OTA channel (still in 480i SD) after all. But entering 4, 6, dash, 1 directly gets the message saying the channel is no longer available.
  8. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    Sorry to bring up an old thread, but I'm the OP and I'm suddenly having similar issues again. On my main HR20 in the family room, SyFy, TNT, and AMC all come up 771 searching for satellite... EXCEPT when I activate the "doubleplay" feature. Then those channels suddenly come in fine. I come...
  9. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    Hmmm, never had these problems before, even though I've had 1% and sometimes 0% free. But just in case (and if the play list comes back after the RBR is done), I'll delete some of the older stuff. Thanks!
  10. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    Another update... Suddenly the DVR has nothing in the play list... it's BLANK, even though it shows only 2% free. RBR currently underway, but thinking maybe it's time to retire this unit and get another one?
  11. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    Update... After just letting it sit overnight, the DVR now gets those two channels fine again. Insert Twilight Zone music here. Thanks Tomcat and litzdog for the replies!
  12. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    By the way, this problem apparently started at 8:06PM Central Time, because the cheesy monster movie that started recording from SyFy at 8PM is showing in the list as a 6 minute partial recording.
  13. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    My HR20 in the family room is suddenly showing "searching for signal" on two channels: SyFy and TNT. These are the only two channels with this problem, and it's only on the family room HR20. I have another HR20 in the bedroom and it picks up those two channels fine and dandy. I've checked...
  14. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Seems to have corrected itself on both boxes now.
  15. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Who fell asleep at the switch at Fox News Channel? For the last half hour, the sound has been lagging a second or two behind the picture and often popping/droppng out. It's happening on two different DirecTV boxes, so it's definitely at the Fox or DirecTV end, not on my system(s).
  16. DIRECTV Programming
    Frankly, I've *always* thought the sound on Fox News (and Fox Business too) sucked since the two channels went HD. When I'm done watching a movie in 5.1 channel sound on the home theater system and sometimes flip to Fox News, the dialog always bleeds into the left and right channels, and bass...
  17. DIRECTV Tips and Resources
    A friend of mine who's had an eSata drive connected to his HR21 recently had that eSata drive crash, so he figured he'd go back to the internal drive until he could afford another external one. But now he says he has much better picture quality on the internal drive than he did on the eSata...
  18. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Well, boo hiss on that!
  19. DIRECTV General Discussion
    This limitation is something new, because I currently have a LOT more than 10 On Demand movies sitting on the hard drive.
  20. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Hmmm, looks like the Alice in Wonderland movie I told the DVR to download is in the Queue, but is just sitting there... not downloading. I wonder if it's waiting for there to be only 10 downloaded movies on my Playlist before it starts to download this one. If that's the case, it's gonna be...
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