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NFT: Directv signal blockage during bad weather

Tony in Tampa : 7/26/2016 3:44 pm
Is it a known fact that in a thunderstorm or other weather event that blocks the Directv signal, switching to the standard definition channels will give you a picture? I just found this out about a week ago after having Directv for almost 8 years :( An AT& T guy told me this and I thought he was just blowing smoke but over the weekend we had one of our many Florida T-storms and it works.

Its SD so the picture stinks compared to HD but it's better than no picture at all.
It's worked...  
FatMan in Charlotte : 7/26/2016 3:46 pm : link
about 90% of the time I've lost a signal. The other 10% came during storms that are so strong, I get nothing.
Thanks for the tip. I had no idea that might work  
steve in ky : 7/26/2016 3:48 pm : link
Well definitely use in the future.
When it starts to go,  
PeterinAtlanta : 7/26/2016 3:53 pm : link
I put the other tuner on SD so I can toggle quickly without losing the buffer.
Wish I had known earlier  
Tony in Tampa : 7/26/2016 3:55 pm : link
Lots of frustration with the signal going out during games.

Further tip: Go to your custom setting in the guide (you know where you filter only the channels you want to see in the guide). Select "all channels I get">find the SD versions of your favorite channels and ad them to your custom guide. This way you show the SD for the channels you want to see in bad weather and not have dupe SD channels showing with all the HD channels in your guide.
I doubt this will work for most NFL games though  
steve in ky : 7/26/2016 4:26 pm : link
Since they are broadcasted on network feeds which I believe only do so in HD.

RE: I doubt this will work for most NFL games though  
MookGiants : 7/26/2016 4:27 pm : link
In comment 13045931 steve in ky said:
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Since they are broadcasted on network feeds which I believe only do so in HD.


Not true, works on them just fine
RE: RE: I doubt this will work for most NFL games though  
steve in ky : 7/26/2016 4:31 pm : link
In comment 13045935 MookGiants said:
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In comment 13045931 steve in ky said:


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Since they are broadcasted on network feeds which I believe only do so in HD.




Not true, works on them just fine


For example if the game if a game is on the Fox feed which is on channel 398 for the HD. What channel would I go to for the SD?
Off Topic a bit but...  
nccowboyfan : 7/26/2016 4:34 pm : link
...Playstation Vue is adding NFL Network and RedZone before this season starts. I know they do not Sunday Ticket, but it really makes the package more feasible IMO.
I assume you are in an area  
MookGiants : 7/26/2016 4:34 pm : link
that directv doesn't offer local channels for so they give you the national ones.

But it's still the same in that case, it will be the 2nd 398. So you would have to have your display preferences set to "show all channels" and then put in 398, and hit up one channel to get to the SD channel.

There is no way to directly go to the SD channel, you have to go to HD channel first then channel up once to get to the SD one
Strange but even when I sort by all channels it only displays HD  
steve in ky : 7/26/2016 4:39 pm : link
East and west options but still just HD.
RE: Strange but even when I sort by all channels it only displays HD  
MookGiants : 7/26/2016 4:45 pm : link
In comment 13045959 steve in ky said:
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East and west options but still just HD.


It sometimes takes a few minutes for the change to take effect, did you just change the display preferences in settings or did you do it a while ago
If I'm doing it correctly than it had been that way  
steve in ky : 7/26/2016 4:47 pm : link
Guide Options

Sort by : All
yeah that's the issue  
MookGiants : 7/26/2016 4:51 pm : link
click menu on your remote, then go to settings, then click display, then preferences, and the 2nd thing in that should be "guide channels", it likely says hide SD duplicates for you. Click on that and change it to show all channels.
Mook  
steve in ky : 7/26/2016 5:01 pm : link
Thanks that worked. Now I will be prepared for the next thunderstorm (grin)
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