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  1. J

    MRV Freezes and blackouts with: Playback Failed ..." Message

    DECA One thing you can try is to remove the DECA adapter connected to your router. What that will do is remove the DHCP addressing on the router side. You will still have MRV, just no DOD. You can manually configure each receiver's IP address. Make sure they are all on the same subnet. See if...
  2. J

    MRV Freezes and blackouts with: Playback Failed ..." Message

    "Assigned" Installer Has this installer you refer to, that has been assigned to you, been back out? We've chatted---twice. I suggested we postpone a visit since the software updates seemed to be having a positive effect.
  3. J

    MRV Freezes and blackouts with: Playback Failed ..." Message

    If you are referring to Harshness, this is very typical behavior of his. I think he enjoys it, don't let it get to you.....he's not even a DirecTV customer....ignore him like the rest of us do..... Well thanks! But since he comes off as some sort of "guru" he taints your forum. And, since...
  4. J

    MRV Freezes and blackouts with: Playback Failed ..." Message

    caps... On the 8-way SWiM splitter you are not using every port. Are there caps on the unused ports? Yes.
  5. J

    MRV Freezes and blackouts with: Playback Failed ..." Message

    Jag 72 has been helpful. DTV is doing their best.
  6. J

    MRV Freezes and blackouts with: Playback Failed ..." Message

    Absolutely! Let's not air dirty laundry in public. I love D*TV. Been with 'em since 1995...six digit customer number. Their installers have always been great. Their inbound customer service is a crap shoot. BUT. When a forum "guru" provides nothing but attitude and implies that " I must...
  7. J

    MRV Freezes and blackouts with: Playback Failed ..." Message

    Well thanks for straightening me out. And thanks for jumping in late on a discussion and providing your insights. Rather than solutions or helpful suggestions I'd have to say that narcissistic, self aggrandizing, pedantic, "techno babble" is exactly what I was hoping for on this forum. This...
  8. J

    MRV Freezes and blackouts with: Playback Failed ..." Message

    Semantics. Love your dog pic.
  9. J

    MRV Freezes and blackouts with: Playback Failed ..." Message

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but the various D* boxes move audio/video data exclusively via DECA. Connection to the home network is only to provide internet access for TV App/Network Services, VOD, PPV. Network Services/TV Apps now work on all four boxes. Updated the DIR-655 firmware and unchecked...
  10. J

    MRV Freezes and blackouts with: Playback Failed ..." Message

    I can disconnect the powered DECA which ties to the home network (two installers and I have done so) with zero effect on the "playback failed" issues. As it should be. It's only there for internet access. It is better. HR24 updated software this AM (0x3e0). As each D* unit upgrades, the...
  11. J

    MRV Freezes and blackouts with: Playback Failed ..." Message

    192.168.0.100 HPD5927E 00:22:64:d6:9c:b1 192.168.0.101 DIRECTV-H24-243909D0 00:26:24:39:09:d0 192.168.0.102 L01oh0079470BBL 00:26:c6:00:ce:f6 192.168.0.106 c4:2c:03:6e:14:f4 192.168.0.181 DIRECTV-HR20-94EB6BFB 00:50:94:eb:6b:fb 192.168.0.184 00:24:be:69:3c:1c 192.168.0.191 toshiba-user...
  12. J

    MRV Freezes and blackouts with: Playback Failed ..." Message

    There are no splitters. There are no four ways or two ways. Nothing has been done to change or enhance the install. Since the audio/video feed is via DECA and not via my router DHCP is a moot point. And anyway, no, my router doesn't and since my router is not part of the D*T* DECA network...
  13. J

    MRV Freezes and blackouts with: Playback Failed ..." Message

    We've already done that. We're on installer #3 who has been assigned to us for the next 90 days so we don't have to go through D* inbound. If D* had a clue I wouldn't be here.
  14. J

    MRV Freezes and blackouts with: Playback Failed ..." Message

    We had some issues last evening but we also had thunderstorms from the SW which could have been a factor.
  15. J

    MRV Freezes and blackouts with: Playback Failed ..." Message

    YES! And just to be sure, I went around a rechecked every single component for a green label. I was with the installer at every stage. I can even look at the new LNB and see a green label although it is beginning to fade to yellow.
  16. J

    MRV Freezes and blackouts with: Playback Failed ..." Message

    I have a single wire SWM LNB (ONE LNB) with ONE out from the dish...which ultimately ends up at the 1 in 8 out module after the power inserter.
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    MRV Freezes and blackouts with: Playback Failed ..." Message

    We already addressed the Green Labels, they are on everything in the system. One wire off the Dish...one wire into the power inserter...one wire out of the power inserter and into the SWM Module...one wire to each DirecTV DVR or Receiver and one to the Powered DECA which is cat5d to my...
  18. J

    MRV Freezes and blackouts with: Playback Failed ..." Message

    "We are utilizing 1 less than the total possible output of the SWM module." Which is to say, three DVRs and a Receiver = seven signals v. capacity of eight.
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    MRV Freezes and blackouts with: Playback Failed ..." Message

    Everything is green tagged. Everything is connected via a discrete Coax from the SWM Module. You should have a splitter at some point, even if you do have a swm8 module(multiswitch). To split what? The SWM module has eight outs. One goes to the H24 One goes to the HR24 One goes to...
  20. J

    MRV Freezes and blackouts with: Playback Failed ..." Message

    I am also wondering what version of the software you are now running since you stated that it was updated this morning. Different version on different machines the H24 updated with Ox3eo at 3:32 AM.
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    MRV Freezes and blackouts with: Playback Failed ..." Message

    "So, let's start from the beginning. Give us a diagram of your system from the dish through the whole house. Include everything that is attached and how." That is probably not going to happen. Fortunately, DirecTV has put an employed senior installer on 90 day standby to ensure that my system...
  22. J

    MRV Freezes and blackouts with: Playback Failed ..." Message

    For the record, if you have a D-Link DIR-655 and are having trouble with TV Apps/Network Services, let me know. I've figured that one out.
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    MRV Freezes and blackouts with: Playback Failed ..." Message

    I've thought since day one that this was a software issue. DTV updated the H24 software this AM at three something. I forced an upgrade on the HR24 yesterday. This morning, my wife reported virtually no issues, other than some slowness in trick play and occasional slow connection---but no...
  24. J

    MRV Freezes and blackouts with: Playback Failed ..." Message

    Does the DECA module that is connected to your home network have a power inserter attached to it? Yes. However the DECA which is CAT5d to the D-Link Router provides only two things:(1) Internet Access for VOD/PPV and Network Services, i.e., TV Apps. Disconnecting that powered DECA would have...
  25. J

    MRV Freezes and blackouts with: Playback Failed ..." Message

    Yes, the Directv crap is DECA'd to my home network. But, since the D-Link router assigns discreet IP addresses for each device on the network, it's hard to imagine how there could be a conflict. From examining the router client list I can see no conflict. As a test we could disconnect the DECA...