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    On Demand downloads freeze

    DECA stands for "DirecTV Ethernet to Coax Adapter". A DECA is designed to integrate your internet into the coax cable so that you can get your on demand and download programs properly. Your HR-24 has a built in DECA that gets confused when you plug a cat5 cable into the ethernet port. If I were...
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    Why Would an Installer Do This?

    i want to start by saying "everything you all are saying is the very reason why I hate contractors." As an install tech for directv, I do not like having to go behind contractors on NC Rollbacks. the entire install was wrong from the get go. first, MRV will only work on swim. Second, internet...
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    On Demand downloads freeze

    do you have the ethernet plugged directly in to the back of the hr24? if so, dont. that confuses the receiver. you would need a broadband deca or a receiver deca to properly use your on demand. can you give me all the equipment on your system, including the dish? then i can help you better
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    On Demand downloads freeze

    homeplug powerstrips is the official directv name.
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    DVRs that Work With Unsupported MRV

    my question is why do they have 2 separate internet connections and satellites? it sounds to me like they have one home and one business account. if that is true , then bridging the two is illegal. If that is false, then a swim 16 hooked to one dish and the faster of the 2 internets would be my...
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    reinstall

    yes. think of the two tuners or cable connections like 2 separate tvs. if only one tv has a cable plugged into it, then you will only be able to watch tv on one tv. so, in order to be able to watch one tprogram and record another or record 2 programs, you will need both cables connected.
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    Errors on both tuners HR23/700 Sat 99 and 103

    your signal strengths are terrible. 101 should be no less than 95. use the satellite setup to determine what your presets need to be, then redither the dish using the 2 turns method. I have to ask, is there any trees or obstacles in the satellite line of site? 99s and 103s are not used since the...
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    Pole Mount Slimline Dish

    directv's policy on pole mounts for a ka/ku dish are: 6 foot pole buried in the ground with no more than 42 inches above grade, 150lbs of concrete, a trapizoidial shaped hole 12 inches in diameter at the top, and an anti-twisting device attached near the bottom of the pole. now, that being said...