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<blockquote data-quote="natrlhy" data-source="post: 86330" data-attributes="member: 23624">mackandall,Try changing the channel with <a href="http://www.dtvcontrol.com/download/dtvcon182.zip" target="_blank">this</a> utility.&nbsp; You should be able to use it in order to test the functionality of your cable and COM port setup. I did this and once I verified that I could change channels, I knew it was working.A few times I would see that timeout error, even in the dtvcontrol utility. To resolve it, I would have to unplug the power from my DirecTV receiver and I think in a few cases, I even rebooted my PC just to be safe.See if you can get that dtvcontrol utility to work and change channels through that. If you want to change the settings with the dtvcontrol utility, just right click on the bar with the close/maximize/minimize buttons and you will see a settings option to change things around to test.Hope this helps!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="natrlhy, post: 86330, member: 23624"] mackandall, Try changing the channel with [URL="http://www.dtvcontrol.com/download/dtvcon182.zip"][B][U]this[/U][/B][/URL] utility. You should be able to use it in order to test the functionality of your cable and COM port setup. I did this and once I verified that I could change channels, I knew it was working. A few times I would see that timeout error, even in the dtvcontrol utility. To resolve it, I would have to unplug the power from my DirecTV receiver and I think in a few cases, I even rebooted my PC just to be safe. See if you can get that dtvcontrol utility to work and change channels through that. If you want to change the settings with the dtvcontrol utility, just right click on the bar with the close/maximize/minimize buttons and you will see a settings option to change things around to test. Hope this helps! [/QUOTE]

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