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I noticed that the look of the two Mix channels changed with the 29b update. The "News Mix " now has about a third of the page available except for the main title. Appears that 4 more channels could be added but suspect that the space will be for advertisements as on the "Sports Mix "

Thank You Thom

After 15 minutes of viewing a channel the screen saver ( dimming of picture) activates. Pressing two dashes will disable it, but it will reactivate when the channel is changed. Does anyone know a way to permanently disable it as it is not needed for an LCD screen? Thanks, Thom

I live on the southern edge of the same beam. Sometimes I get the local HD channels and sometimes I do not. A friend who lives in the same city gets them all the time. When on the edge of the beam DirecTV will say you do not get the local HD's but you may depending on your exact home location. I...

:eureka Answer to my question: Held Both arrows down, Pressed one of them to cycle through the brightness levels.....

Have seen information that by simultaneously pressing the < > buttons on the HR20 units ,the blue indicator ring can be dimmed or turned off. Have tried it on my HR21-700 and it does not seem to work. Forgive me if it posted elsewhere in the forum. Have searched the site and find no info for...

I just had DirecTv installed on Monday 03/03/08. The HD21-700 guide scrolls, page by page ,when I hold the down or up channel button at a comfortable reading rate.