Usually when we go for just a few days, we take our Direct Tv DVR and watch recorded programs in the evening for entertainment, not bothering to set up the satellite antenna. However on our most recent trip when I asked for the "List", it said it was "loading" .... for 30 minutes! Needless to say no recorded shows were loaded. Is this something new since Direct's latest "update"? Once we were home and connected to the satellite, everything worked as usual. Any ideas?

Did you power everything off and retry? Did you try again at home without the dish connected?

Maybe there was a pending update to the software that didn't finish downloading or installing. Could also be that they changed the system to phone home on boot up.

As I recall you have to skip past that message somehow. I just can't remember what. Clear, exit, back, something. Sorry, haven't tried it in awhile. A year or 2 back the DVR's would not let you watch recorded programming if the DVR was powered off and not re-connected to an antenna but a software update fixed that. I hope DTV didn't break it again.

We always have to wait for searching for sat on the menu before we can switch to the menu for the recorded stuff. If you didn't get to that then, as others ask, did you power off and retry. If some questions don't get answered there is no way to answer your questions. Chuck

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chuckbear
Explorer
May 10, 2019
We always have to wait for searching for sat on the menu before we can switch to the menu for the recorded stuff. If you didn't get to that then, as others ask, did you power off and retry. If some questions don't get answered there is no way to answer your questions. Chuck
Bill_Satellite
Explorer II
May 10, 2019
As I recall you have to skip past that message somehow. I just can't remember what. Clear, exit, back, something. Sorry, haven't tried it in awhile. A year or 2 back the DVR's would not let you watch recorded programming if the DVR was powered off and not re-connected to an antenna but a software update fixed that. I hope DTV didn't break it again.
Campfire_Time
Explorer
May 10, 2019
Maybe there was a pending update to the software that didn't finish downloading or installing. Could also be that they changed the system to phone home on boot up.
CA_Traveler
Explorer III
May 10, 2019
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CA_Traveler
Explorer III
May 10, 2019
Did you power everything off and retry? Did you try again at home without the dish connected?

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