DSTV issues

#1

Any clever people out there who can help

We have two dstv boxes. I honestly have no idea what packages we are on. But both of them are set up in the lounge. One the shiny old pvr system is supposed to be for the lounge tv and the grey old box is the one in the parentals bedroom.

Currently the issue is this:
Both the lounge and bedroom tv seems to be only working of one channel aka both remotes controls the pvr box. The other one nothing happens - even when you make sure that both remotes are on different channels. The one in the lounge is channel one (TV one what ever its called) And the bedroom is channel 2.

Now my dad controls the remote in the bedroom and when he adjusts the volume it goes up on both tvs
How do we fix it?

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Bad photo of the 2 decoders

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#2

It sounds like you need to set the decoder remotes onto different modes so that one remote doesn’t control both decoders.

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#3

Its the two channels - that much I know, and did, when you put it on any other channel but 1, both remotesw ont work

#4

but you did give me something to try - I suspect the 1 remote isnt linked to the decoder - so I will try to force a link between the two

#5

Ok so that didnt work, the silver decoder is not responding to either after market remote he has

#6

Holy crap, struggling since sunday. I even left the decoder off over night. nothing

Then this afternoon, I call multichoice, and 5 mins on the phone they have me rebooting the decoder again and naturally that fixes it.

#7

Ja jong… Blerrie DSTV

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#8

Ended buying a new DSTV Explora 2 - I hope to everything that I can install it myself and that we dont need anything

#9

Ive got that decoder, flippen nice, but I have to transfer it out of our name into my folks name it was cheaper for that duel view thing instead of our own subscription

#10

yea we have the extraview thing as well, so I just hope this thing is plug and play

#11

Do you have insurance on the decoder? My wife’s parents replaced many decoders over the years without having to buy a new one because they had insurance to cover it.

#12

I somehow doubt it - plus its the parentals dstv so he paid for the new one :stuck_out_tongue: Plus the one that we are replacing is beyond old - its one of the grey boxes

#13

Oh. Just thought I’d mention it. :blush:

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#14

My dad is that special person who has insurance
but doesnt claim from it

#15

Lol. I know a few people like that

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#16

Ok it’s plugged in, connected on the account and been saying load for the past 30mins