Direct TV DVR
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 rece...
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CA Traveler wrote:
Did you power everything off and retry? Did you try again at home without the dish connected?
I powered down, disconnected the dish then turned it on again. Let it go through the "receiver self-check", then the Step 1 of 2 "Checking satellite settings". Changed the input to HDMI. I get the screen that says "There's a problem communicating with the satellite dish.(775)" OK I get that, since it's not connected. Then I went to Menu/View Playlist and the progress bar shows up with "please wait" over it, and that's where it stays.
I did go to the Trouble Shooting menu and it does say that we should be able to watch recorded programs from the DVR without the dish. Also did a hard reset with the little red button, same results.
I guess I'm gonna have to break down and make the phone call to DTV, not something I'm looking forward to.
