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Last reply · posted in DIRECTV General Forum

Wanted 10-250 got HR20

I am currently a bit upset, and am not at home so I will give much more insight later. Installer was 1.5 hrs late to kick off with. I had a feeling this was coming. We specifically asked for 10-250 and the CSR read it back to us. Instead we got the new HR20-700. He was shocked that we got it A)for free and B) I was dissapointed. So we will see. I hd to get back to work for now, but will play with it later. He claims I am THE FIRST in Indianapolis. DTV rep was shocked to hear we got that box today. I am not really believing we are the first but we will see.
My biggest deal right now is the HD local bit. My #1 and ONLY reason for wanting the HR10-250 was to RECORD local's in HD. Now I CANNOT even get them via OTA, cannot diplex into AT9, and Indy currently only has 2 locals in HD 2! No CBS or Fox, oly ABC and NBC. Nice to have them over sat, but I want them all. THEN I was told that even once the OTA tuner is "turned on" sometime in next 2 months that I WILL NOT be able to record from that! Oh and to top it off, in order to continue getting the locals in HD via satellite that I MUST have the HD package. This is NOT RIGHT! So they are going to FORCE me to pay 10 bucks a month or I can't record locals in HD?! I hope I am just getting some conflicting and very wrong information. Oh and the AT9 is at the peak of gable on side of house where 3-LNB once was. He was "iffy" on putting it there, so we shall see.
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By the way to be completely fare I shoul redirect my anger at my own employer instead of blaming those bitchy pest customers. My company is the one who tells me I have to treat customers well never talk back to them. One thing I dont like about Directv is how they treat contractors. Customer always comes first. I've seen absolutely ridiculous scenarious when people claim they were promised this and that free at no price whatsoever and they threaten to cancel service unless they get what they want. Guess what? They get their sh*t free. The more they get the more they demand and always get it. And of course there is a lot of miscommunication when you have so many low paid CSRs. But "smart" customers learned a great technique of "Customer is the King" age: Lie as much as you can and you'll alwyas get something free. If you lucky you get tons of free if not you just get what you sposed to.

Now why this happens? Competition. They always threaten to go to cable or Dish. See with monopolies you cant do that. My gas and electric company treat me terrible and I just swallow it and pay up. I need heat and power. Cant threaten those guys they ll laugh at you. So competition is good for industries but sometimes bad for employees who have to work 7 (!) days a week. No sh*t. I forgot what weekend means. I dont have it. I work Saturday and Sundays to please you guys because people are home on weekends so Direct wants to acomodate you. And after all that you still complaining?
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GB33 said:
Now see according to our resident, uhh tech, here, you should be okay with that. You should not be on here complaining and whining about it. Just be okay with the fact you wasted hours of your day on them, did not receive a call, just sit quietly. Oh and it is your responsibility to call them and reschedule. Be happy that they are going to come at some point. Installers have feelings to you know.
Funny how this thread went from the negatives of me receiving the HR20, to now dealing with this guy. Ah well, there are plenty of negative threads on the HR20 I guess.
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So if YOU took a day off work for a install and the guy doesn't show up, You would be good with that ? I think not. I now from these boards that installers are worked like soup bones, Its not the customers fault. You cant really blame a customer who's mad his installer didn't show up or show up late ( I.ve actually had installers refuse to do the job ) In my line of work, if you get a sh*t job, if you don't do it somebody will have to do it. I cant believe installers blaming the customers, If the roles were reversed you would be pissed off too. I don't want OR expect anything for free, But I do want and expect what I pay good $$$ for. And if I don't get it, then hell yea I'm gonna bitch and complain and if I get something for free then that makes it a little less inconvenient (for me at least). I've had bad luck with Mastec here in South Florida, and I know at least Mastec doesn't care. I've had a installer install a 5LNB dish using tie-wraps to hold the LNB are on the dish ( I don't know anywhere in the country that that is acceptable at the top of the unacceptable places list is Florida, where its always hot/windy and rainy) Directv wanted a supervisor to come out to see it but after 3 weeks nobody showed up so Directv replaced it. I couldn't somebody would install a dish like that, but worse is that the installer thought I would accept that. Its crazy. Then I had another show up who didn't speak one word of English, not one word, Now I bitched about that too, but I bet some installers would say I'm a whiner huh. I could go on and on with my own experience with the installation techs but maybe I just got the bottom of the barrel tech here. Im done venting now. Remember that every customer isnt a whiney bitch without reason...
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Um Johnml, I was being sarcastic there.
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You were being sarcastic, but I have had those experiences with installers - Comming late or not even showing up. Even when they do show up, they brought wrong equipment ( the installer even showed me the work order that had the right equipment on it, but he didn't bring it. So spare me if I get pissed off after taking time off work that could be better used than wasting time waiting, and for what ? so the installer would reschedule and have to come back out ? Which means another day off. Its a never ending cycle which finally ended for me. Wish I was sarcastic but its the truth, nothing but the truth. call me whiney even, but I want what I'm supposed to get when I'm supposed to get it.:hatsoff:
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johnml said:
Call me whiney even, but I want what I'm supposed to get when I'm supposed to get it.:hatsoff:
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OK you're whiney.:D
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I guess even the patience of us laid-back Hoosiers has its limits:
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I guess even the patience of us laid-back Hoosiers has its limits:
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Colts relieve general manager Chris Ballard of his duties

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I guess even the patience of us laid-back Hoosiers has its limits:
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Colts relieve general manager Chris Ballard of his duties

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I'm getting fabulous picture on Ch. 148 4k, but zero audio with H713. This is with a recorded show (Notre Dame game). Anyone else have this? Audio is fine on every other channel.
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I'm getting fabulous picture on Ch. 148 4k, but zero audio with H713. This is with a recorded show (Notre Dame game). Anyone else have this? Audio is fine on every other channel.
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It's a known issue.
For a temporary fix, go into the menu, Audio, and turn Dolby Audio "OFF". You will have PCM stereo audio.

I was able to give the tech ops team some data logs so they could diagnose the problem, and they rolled me back to H708 temporarily. It fixed that issue.

They let me know that they understand what caused the issue, and it will be fixed within a few weeks in a new update.
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They let me know that they understand what caused the issue, and it will be fixed within a few weeks in a new update.
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Oh, you mean "soon"? :biggrin
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jsmit86 said:
It's a known issue.
For a temporary fix, go into the menu, Audio, and turn Dolby Audio "OFF". You will have PCM stereo audio.

I was able to give the tech ops team some data logs so they could diagnose the problem, and they rolled me back to H708 temporarily. It fixed that issue.

They let me know that they understand what caused the issue, and it will be fixed within a few weeks in a new update.
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I guess they will be busy when lots of people start asking for rollbacks to H708 now that you mention that downgrades of software does exist because it will likely fix the OTA Single Tuner and the IR Remote problems in H710-H713.
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it will likely fix the OTA Single Tuner
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it will likely fix the OTA Single Tuner
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I have gotten back into watching SG-1 and I have recorded most of the episodes to binge watch. What episodes are about the Antarctic or was this a movie? Also where could I watch the SG-1 movies?
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I have gotten back into watching SG-1 and I have recorded most of the episodes to binge watch. What episodes are about the Antarctic or was this a movie? Also where could I watch the SG-1 movies?
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Well, there are a couple involving the Antarctic. "Solitudes", S1 E17 (one of my favorites), Then, "Lost City', S7 E21 and E22. Then, in the SGA pilot, "Rising", S1 E1 and E2, it starts out in the Antarctic for about the first 20 minutes or so.
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long_time_Dish said:
Well, there are a couple involving the Antarctic. "Solitudes", S1 E17 (one of my favorites), Then, "Lost City', S7 E21 and E22. Then, in the SGA pilot, "Rising", S1 E1 and E2, it starts out in the Antarctic for about the first 20 minutes or so.
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Which one has O'Neil being Ancients? I am at the end of Season 8 now.
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Which one has O'Neil being Ancients? I am at the end of Season 8 now.
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If I understand your question, O'Neill had the Ancient's knowledge in the "Lost City" two-part episode. That was when Anubis attacked Earth and there was a big battle over Antarctica.
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They get cruel sometimes, very very cruel.😈. Hated to see my dawgs go down but I still say being ranked #1 is a hex on you!
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They get cruel sometimes, very very cruel.😈. Hated to see my dawgs go down but I still say being ranked #1 is a hex on you!
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Yup, I agree, I'd rather be 2 or 3 till the last few weeks.
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