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  1. DIRECTV General Discussion
    I certainly don't check it "on a daily basis", but I do periodically check the signal levels just to make sure that the pointing of the dish is still within an acceptable range. In the past couple of months, we've had some severe storms, including one with 80-90 mph straight line winds, and it...
  2. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Thanks for the reply and information. When I checked the signal levels earlier this morning, I checked both of my boxes, and the 0 readings were showing up on both. I think that, when I saw the 0s showing up, I was expecting to see readings for transponders 1-8, and, when they were all 0s, I...
  3. DIRECTV General Discussion
    This morning, I was checking my signal levels. On the 101 satellite, the signal levels were all at their usual 100 or 99 levels. On the 99ca, 99cb, and 103cb satellite, the transponders were at their usual levels around 95, but, on the 103ca satellite, all of the transponders were showing a...
  4. DIRECTV Installation/MDU Discussion
    Thanks much for the additional information. Up to now, the AM21 has worked fine with both my HR44 and HR24, Do we know, at this point, what DIRECTV is charging for the LCC?
  5. DIRECTV Installation/MDU Discussion
    Thanks much for the replies and information. One more question. If I get the HR54, am I correct in saying that it will be compatible with my AM21 off-air tuner to allow me to get the local sub-channels from the off-air antenna? Am I also correct in saying that a Genie 2 would not be...
  6. DIRECTV Installation/MDU Discussion
    But my question is, if I keep the HR24 and use it as a client with the 4K TV, will that setup allow me to receive 4K programming with the 4K TV?
  7. DIRECTV Installation/MDU Discussion
    Right now, I have an HR44 and an HR24. I want to upgrade the HR44 to an HR 54 so that I can have 4K capability, and I know that, to get that 4K capability, the HR 54 will need to be connected to a TV other than the 4K capability TV. But my question is, can I keep the HR24 and use it as a...
  8. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Thanks. At least, I know that there isn't something I can do with my receivers to solve the problem.
  9. DIRECTV General Discussion
    For the last 10 days or so, on my HR44, when there has been a Lexus commercial on either CNN or ESPN (perhaps, on other channels, too), at the end of the commercial, the screen freezes. Fast forwarding and, then, pressing "play" returns the screen to normal playback. At first, I thought that...
  10. DIRECTV General Discussion
    If you set up the recording via a manual record (per my post on page 2 of this thread), everything will be the way recordings have been in the past, and it will not auto delete. Setting up a manual recording is not exactly convenient, but it does work, and you can set up a manual recording to...
  11. DIRECTV General Discussion
    There is at least one workaround that I've discovered. It is a pain, and I certainly wouldn't want to use it long term, but, if someone really wants to avoid this feature/bug, it does work. If you set up the recording via the recordings menu and set up a manual record, the recording will not...
  12. DIRECTV General Discussion
    But what I was interested in knowing is what is the software version with the bug?
  13. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Did this auto delete issue start coincident with a new software download? For those who are seeing the problem, what is the software version (and date) being used by your equipment?
  14. DIRECTV General Discussion
    The last time that I returned a dead DVR a few months ago, that is the way it worked. Initially, the tracking number worked on the USPS site, but after the postal service turned it over to FedEx, I was able to just enter the tracking number in a Google search, and the Google search recognized...
  15. DIRECTV General Discussion
    I preface the description of my experience by saying that I know that DIRECTV does not treat all customers in the same way, and it could be that others might have an experience different from mine, especially if their account history might be different from mine. I have been a DIRECTV...
  16. DIRECTV General Discussion
    I had the exact same issue with my HR44 for the first several months after I got it. When I would try to access the TV Apps, I'd get the message saying that there was no internet connection. Yet, I could do on-demand and, when I checked what the router was doing, it said that the HR44 was...
  17. DIRECTV General Discussion
    While I've seen that said on this board a few times, my experience tells me that it is not the case. I have a grandfathered plan, and my total bill before discounts is about $140. On my last bill, I had $45 worth of monthly billing credits and $25 worth of additional discounts on premium...
  18. DIRECTV General Discussion
    An alternative to an extra box from DIRECTV or an RVU TV would be a wireless HD transmitter such as this product...
  19. DIRECTV General Discussion
    I'm not sure that you need the protection plan to get free equipment upgrades. Without the protection plan, I was offered a free upgrade, a couple of years ago, from an HD receiver to an HD DVR. A year or so ago, when I needed to have the dish pointing touched up (at no cost to me), the...
  20. DIRECTV General Discussion
    I have seen people say that they have had success using water toys like a Super Soaker to get a strong stream of warm water up to the dish from the ground. The one time that I tried using a similar toy, I didn't have success, but, perhaps, I didn't have the right toy. In any case, that is one...
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