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  1. 02-03-2011, 06:18 AM #1
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    Direct TV decided to upgrade my 10 yr old receivers about 6 months ago. Ever since then about twice a week the receivers reboot, do a check disk, and download info from satellite repeated calls to customer service have done nothing anyone else have this problem?
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    I've had Directv for 8 years and about 8 months ago, upgraded to the Swim feature (Where you can watch your DVR anywhere in the house) and I love it. I haven't had any problems, but I know the receivers do a daily download of information for the guide and stuff like that. You can schedule in settings to happen overnight (mine is set for 3am) but it doesn't interupt the service, so your problem may be something different.
    I can tell you that you don't need to have a phone line hooked to it unless you want to use the caller id function, or on demand. I never hook a phone line to mine and haven't for years. So I don't think your problem in there.

    Best advice I can give you, is unplug everything for about an hour, plug back in, and do a reset with the red button on the card receiver slot, this may rest it. Then go into settings to schedule your download time for 3am.
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    Get Uverse from AT&T. :-). I have direct tv as well. No problems here. Except when it rains hard
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    Quote Originally Posted by JBeezy View Post
    Get Uverse from AT&T. :-). I have direct tv as well. No problems here. Except when it rains hard
    Uverse may not be an option as they have a very scarse service area. At least they did when I looked into it about 8 months ago, but when DTV came out with a similar option, I went with it and have been very happy
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    Not that problem, but every once in a while, it's like it looses the signal, the TV goes black, and the comes back on. The Philips flat screen is less than a year old.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PonyUP View Post
    Uverse may not be an option as they have a very scarse service area. At least they did when I looked into it about 8 months ago, but when DTV came out with a similar option, I went with it and have been very happy
    I am getting the SWIM stuff installed on Sunday.

    I am glad to hear you like it.
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    Finally got a tech out, said the LMB was cracked, replaced it. We will see.
    Other than this problem I've been happy with them.
    Not that I have much choice. Local cable is out most of the time and trees are in the way of Dish network.
    Even on DTV I can't get HD because of trees, don't matter much I don't have HD eyeballs
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    Quote Originally Posted by mcb26 View Post
    Finally got a tech out, said the LMB was cracked, replaced it. We will see.
    Other than this problem I've been happy with them.
    Not that I have much choice. Local cable is out most of the time and trees are in the way of Dish network.
    Even on DTV I can't get HD because of trees, don't matter much I don't have HD eyeballs
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    Quote Originally Posted by martyo View Post
    I am getting the SWIM stuff installed on Sunday.

    I am glad to hear you like it.
    It's pretty cool Marty, I set my DVR up in the bedroom and beign able to watch it in the family room and the office is pretty cool, and I have had zero problems with it
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    Quote Originally Posted by mcb26 View Post
    Finally got a tech out, said the LMB was cracked, replaced it. We will see.
    Other than this problem I've been happy with them.
    Not that I have much choice. Local cable is out most of the time and trees are in the way of Dish network.
    Even on DTV I can't get HD because of trees, don't matter much I don't have HD eyeballs
    Thats great. Another thing you can do is diconnect the phone line hooked up to the reciever. BTW I LOVE YOU'RE Avatar. Is that AK or BB?
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    Quote Originally Posted by PonyUP View Post
    It's pretty cool Marty, I set my DVR up in the bedroom and beign able to watch it in the family room and the office is pretty cool, and I have had zero problems with it
    I assume if I have two DVRs i can go both directions (shut up CBT!)?
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    Quote Originally Posted by martyo View Post
    I assume if I have two DVRs i can go both directions (shut up CBT!)?
    Sorry, I gotta..... Thats what she said.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MMBLUE View Post
    Thats great. Another thing you can do is diconnect the phone line hooked up to the reciever. BTW I LOVE YOU'RE Avatar. Is that AK or BB?
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    Quote Originally Posted by martyo View Post
    I assume if I have two DVRs i can go both directions (shut up CBT!)?
    I would imagine so, I'm not sure as I only have the one. But it seems to me you can, because when I watch the DVR in the living room, it notes that I am tapping the bedroom (Shut up casey) receiever. So I would think it would just come up in a menu
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