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I have an Ethernet “network connection” port on my HD/DVR and my A/V receiver. Is ther any reason I should con

I have an Ethernet “network connection” port on my HD/DVR and my A/V receiver. Is ther any reason I should connect the two? What else besides hooking these up to a computer network are these ports for?

The HD-DVR is so the unit can automatically download firmware updates. If you dont want to do this, you can usually burn the updates into a CD-R disk and use this to update things.

(I just did this with 2 machines this weekend).

I dont know about the receiver. You have to read the manual to see why it has a port.

Note: I usually advise people to plan on putting a telephone jack and Cat5/6 eathernet behind their equipment rack. More and more things want this: PS3/XBox360 for ‘Live’ and to download HD movies, etc.

So I think it is worth doing.

Dish Network Dvr Receiver

How do I set up picture in picture viewing on a Direct TV DVR receiver?

It records two shows at once, can’t it display two live shows at once?

No.

PIP (picture in picture) has nothing at all to do with your Directv DVR.

I assume you think because it can either record 2 shows at the same time or record one while you are watching a different one that receiver can do PIP. It can’t. It can only output one program stream at a time through its AV connections.

Your TV has to be able to do PIP and you have to have your TV hooked up a certain way for it to work. In most instances, that means a antenna hooked up for one program stream and then a cable or satellite receiver connected by AV cables to the TV for the other.

Check your TV documentation.

DirecTV HD DVR Receiver Problem