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    HR34 (Genie) Responsiveness compared to HR24

    It's odd. I just got the genie today and find it so far to be pretty darn responsive. My older HR22 is slow as can be.
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    Another genie vs MRV question

    Cool. Thanks!
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    Another genie vs MRV question

    I finally went ahead and called directv today. Went right to retention, and they offered me: free genie, free genie client (wouldn't give me an HR25) and free cinema connection kit. I had to pay $99 for installation plus an extra $3 for the multiroom. They're also giving me $15 off a month for...
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    Another genie vs MRV question

    Thanks guys!
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    Another genie vs MRV question

    One other question: what extra will it cost me per month if I make those upgrades? The $20 "advanced receiver fee" plus $6 per box?
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    Another genie vs MRV question

    It's easy enough to do. I probably would just for safety's sake.
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    Another genie vs MRV question

    Yeah, that's one of my fears. I don't want to push things for that reason. We've been safe so far that none of the installers who've come through (we had a lot of dish alignment problems over the years) have brought it up.
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    Another genie vs MRV question

    Cool thanks! So if I go the MRV route... I should keep the HR22, get a new HR34 and an H25. That would give me 1 HD box, and 2 DVRS/4 record sources?
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    Another genie vs MRV question

    I haven't been able to find an answer to this, so I apologize if it's been covered elsewhere... I currently have 3 TVs at home, an HR22 and 2 very old standard boxes. Dish is a Slimline 3. I want the ability to DVR up to 4 items at once, rather than the current 2, while at the same time...
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    101 satellite down?

    Thanks guys. It resolved itself within 10 minutes - but there was definitely nothing blocking the dish, which had me wondering what was up. No cause for alarm, go about your business.
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    Help! Ongoing HD issue

    Update - finally got a good day for DTV to come out. The installer took one look at the cabling and shook his head, but was hesitant to do a full re-cabling job. He tested all of the lines and discovered - as you guys suspected - the one for 103 wasn't working. His diagnosis? A bad connector...
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    101 satellite down?

    very weird. Now everything's fine again. it's like it went blurp for 5 minutes...
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    101 satellite down?

    Suddenly I'm getting no signal on 101 on all the boxes in my house. Was working fine 10 minutes ago. In NJ - perfect weather. No sign of obstruction. Anyone else?
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    Help! Ongoing HD issue

    Well...my plan is to call DTV again and explain this to them precisely. Then, of course, I'll have to fight with the installer who will only want to do a patch job. But we'll see how it goes...
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    Help! Ongoing HD issue

    3 receivers - 2 standard def, 1 HD. There are 3 lines coming off the dish that go to the multiswitch. The original installer "didn't have enough cable" so he did it as 2 runs with a combiner. Having wired my own install at 2 previous houses, I knew enough to ask if that would be a problem and...
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    Help! Ongoing HD issue

    Pole is in a solid concrete mount, and it's plumb. The dish doesn't seem to be moving, because every other transponder and satellite is good with signals 90 and above. Only the odd transponders on 103 are the issue. The original install was done poorly - with the dish mounted to a tree (!) and...
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    Help! Ongoing HD issue

    Been trying to figure this out for weeks now, to no avail... Periodically our pole-mounted dish loses alignment and we have to get an installer out to make the HD stations work again. This most recently happened about 2 months ago. All of the odd transponders on 103 disappeared. So, I switched...
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    Satellite 103 is Nowhere to be found

    As was suggested, I checked the cables and all of the connections. Cable seems solid. There are a few splices (put in by the awful installer who put the system together), and I swapped the barrels out on those. The only splices I didn't swap were the ones on the short cable between the LNB and...
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    Satellite 103 is Nowhere to be found

    I am having a similar problem. Suddenly, last night, half of the 103 transponders disappeared. All the odd ones are coming in at 90+, and the evens are all at 0. Multiple reboots haven't fixed it. I have a spare LNB and multiswitch I got from a neighbor when he went to FIOS and will try those...
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    HR22 HDMI stopped working?

    And...miraculously, it started working again this morning. I'm gonna pick up a new cable, just in case...
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    HR22 HDMI stopped working?

    Tonight, in the midst of a pretty mild rainstorm, our power flickered, and the HR22-100 we have turned itself on and off. When it restarted, though, the HDMI connection with our Sony Vega TV stopped working, and we could only get picture over the component video connections. The HDMI worked...
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    The DirecTV install from hell

    The Resolution! I did call DirecTV again, and the CSR was as upset as I was. He tried calling Ironwood, and kept getting hung up on by their Indian call center. Somehow, someway, he got through to the local dispatch office and then to the supervisor, who gave him a song and dance (apparently...
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    The DirecTV install from hell

    Zip is 07083 - Union NJ (and I could use some of that bourbon right about now)
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    The DirecTV install from hell

    I live in NJ, recently upgraded to the HD-DVR (HR21) and 5LNB Dish. The first installer (from Ironwood) that came out was shocked (shocked!) that we needed a pole mount - even though original install was a pole mount. But, begrudgingly, he did the install anyway, and charged us $75 (cash, of...
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