How to Reset a Samsung Direct TV Receiver
The big game or your favorite program is on the television. You have DIRECTV. All of a sudden, the picture freezes. You press the Samsung DIRECTV receiver's remote control and nothing happens. You try to change the channel and still nothing--just a frozen picture. You need to reset the Samsung DIRECTV receiver. Some receiver models have a "reset button," but your receiver may not. There is a way to reset the receiver no matter what model you have.
- Difficulty:
- Easy
Instructions
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Leave the Samsung DIRECTV receiver on.
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Unplug the receiver's power cable from the electrical outlet into which it is plugged. The Samsung DIRECTV receiver should have no lights on and the display should be blank.
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Let the receiver sit unplugged for 20 seconds.
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Plug the receiver's power cable back into the electrical outlet.
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Let the receiver power up. You should see the display light up after a period of time.
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Press the "Channel" button on the Samsung DIRECTV receiver remote to test the receiver.
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Tips & Warnings
Your Samsung DIRECTV receiver may take several minutes to load the "On-Screen" guide function.
If the receiver is still not functioning properly, contact your DIRECTV repairman for service or take the receiver into a DIRECTV-authorized repair shop.
