Hi, I thought I already posted this question but I can’t find it right now so I will try again.
Yesterday, I was told I don’t need INTERNET to be able use Whole Home.
Here WAS my setup.
SL3 LNB SWM dish.
1x4 splitter with power connected to the power special port for that purpose.
The other 3 ports then went to the following.
1- Genie HR34 (which died this past weekend) on one TV
1- Genie Mini (C31) (still functional but disconnected for now) on a second TV
1- HR22 that we brought with us from our old home
Since the Genie is now dead, I called Directv a few days ago and they deactivated the HR34 and the Genie Mini and in their place they REACTIVATED to older HR20-700’s that we also brought with us from our old home and Directv did not want them back 3 1/2 years ago. So I stored them.
I got both of those HR20’s up and running after getting some help from you guys about how to configure them for SWM.
The HR22 was and still is connected to the internet via it’s DECA that was setup by Directv 3 1/2 years ago. But neither of the HR20’s is connected to the internet because there was/is NO DECA next to where the Genie used to sit as the Genie must not need a DECA because it must be able to strip internet off the SAT signal that had internet superimposed on to it by another DECA (used in the other direction) that puts internet onto all the SAT cables. And there is/was never a DECA in the room where the C31 Genie Mini sits so unless I was to add two DECA’s, there is no INTERNET for the two HR20’s I just deployed.
But, having said all that, I was told Whole Home does NOT depend on the DVR’s being on the Internet. That instead all DVR’s need to be on the same “something something” network that someone conveyed to me in another post that I, for the moment, cannot find.
So, why don’t I have Whole Home???
On the Whole Home setup, I have the following on ALL THREE DVR’s (1 HR22 and 2 HR20’s)
Share Playlist — YES
Allow Deletion From — All rooms
Name Location — All three DVR’s have reasonable names
External Device — External Access — Allow
External Device — Current Program — Block
External Device — Recordings — Allow
Status — Whole-Home DVR: Authorized
Status — No networked DVR’s found
1) What is the External Device stuff about??? In that section it says “Allow or block external devices from accessing your receiver, seeing the program you are currently viewing or seeing Playlist recordings”. Does that mean other DVR’s seeing a DVR you are on or is it referring to other types of external electronics, like Smart TV’s or something??? That External Device confuses me.
2) But the big question is why do I NOT have Whole Home Working??? All three DVR’s are connected to the same splitter and it appears from this other post I can’t now find that the sharing appears to occur over the SAT cables as long as they are all on the same network???
So why do I NOT have Whole Home working??? Why does it say “No networked DVR’s found”. Might I need to restart them all and then maybe it will work???
Confused about how Whole Home works!!!???
Any help would be much appreciated. thanks..
Yesterday, I was told I don’t need INTERNET to be able use Whole Home.
Here WAS my setup.
SL3 LNB SWM dish.
1x4 splitter with power connected to the power special port for that purpose.
The other 3 ports then went to the following.
1- Genie HR34 (which died this past weekend) on one TV
1- Genie Mini (C31) (still functional but disconnected for now) on a second TV
1- HR22 that we brought with us from our old home
Since the Genie is now dead, I called Directv a few days ago and they deactivated the HR34 and the Genie Mini and in their place they REACTIVATED to older HR20-700’s that we also brought with us from our old home and Directv did not want them back 3 1/2 years ago. So I stored them.
I got both of those HR20’s up and running after getting some help from you guys about how to configure them for SWM.
The HR22 was and still is connected to the internet via it’s DECA that was setup by Directv 3 1/2 years ago. But neither of the HR20’s is connected to the internet because there was/is NO DECA next to where the Genie used to sit as the Genie must not need a DECA because it must be able to strip internet off the SAT signal that had internet superimposed on to it by another DECA (used in the other direction) that puts internet onto all the SAT cables. And there is/was never a DECA in the room where the C31 Genie Mini sits so unless I was to add two DECA’s, there is no INTERNET for the two HR20’s I just deployed.
But, having said all that, I was told Whole Home does NOT depend on the DVR’s being on the Internet. That instead all DVR’s need to be on the same “something something” network that someone conveyed to me in another post that I, for the moment, cannot find.
So, why don’t I have Whole Home???
On the Whole Home setup, I have the following on ALL THREE DVR’s (1 HR22 and 2 HR20’s)
Share Playlist — YES
Allow Deletion From — All rooms
Name Location — All three DVR’s have reasonable names
External Device — External Access — Allow
External Device — Current Program — Block
External Device — Recordings — Allow
Status — Whole-Home DVR: Authorized
Status — No networked DVR’s found
1) What is the External Device stuff about??? In that section it says “Allow or block external devices from accessing your receiver, seeing the program you are currently viewing or seeing Playlist recordings”. Does that mean other DVR’s seeing a DVR you are on or is it referring to other types of external electronics, like Smart TV’s or something??? That External Device confuses me.
2) But the big question is why do I NOT have Whole Home Working??? All three DVR’s are connected to the same splitter and it appears from this other post I can’t now find that the sharing appears to occur over the SAT cables as long as they are all on the same network???
So why do I NOT have Whole Home working??? Why does it say “No networked DVR’s found”. Might I need to restart them all and then maybe it will work???
Confused about how Whole Home works!!!???
Any help would be much appreciated. thanks..
