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Old 01-25-2020, 10:58 AM   #1
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TV wars

My wife and I were enjoying the evening, watching a recording on our DirecTV in our 2014 Phaeton last Sunday when all of a sudden it began switching channels and deleting our recordings. I thought we were hacked by the Russians! I spent two hours with DirecTV and they sent a new Genie DVR but when I changed it out, same problem. We were battling with someone over control of our TV every evening. We finally discovered that it was the neighbors next door in a Tiffin Allegro. It seems that their Infra Red extenders (receivers) are on the same frequency as our IR transmitter in the electronics cabinet. Even though our Genie DVR was on Radio Frequency Remote control it still picks up IR signals. Fixed it with Duck Tape over the IR emitters.

I hope this helps someone else with this very rare problem.
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Old 01-25-2020, 11:01 AM   #2
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Good to know, thanks
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Old 01-25-2020, 11:12 AM   #3
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WOW !!! I would have hated to lose all HER recordings (Somehow it's my fault )
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What are the odds with 52 channels on the IR repeaters that your close neighbor would be on the same channel. That sounds like my kind of luck!
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There are only so many channels . . . or keys.

In a previous life I worked at a VW dealership. I was handed a workorder and keys and told to pull the heads on a beetle. I went out to the lot, drove the car in, and began pulling the engine. My supervisor came screaming in asking what the heck I thought I was doing. I showed him the workorder and he really came unglued. We had two identical beetles on the lot, same color, same year, same key. My proper target was already in a different bay getting a brake job . . .
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