Do you have DIRECTV'S newest high-def receiver? The
H20? If you do we are confident that it runs hot 'cause most of 'em do. We don't know why (someone can tell us if they know) but we do have a solution for you that we found on
AVSForums. Simply, well not super easy but still easy, install a fan on the inside of the unit. We are just talking about a normal 80mm fan that you would use in your computer. If you are going to do this though, make sure you spend the few extra bucks to get a quiet one too; there is nothing worse then a noisy fan mixed in with your AV equipment. You might even want to do a slow 120mm fan as they are historically a bit slower and therefore more quiet.
This would require you to take apart the box and keep in mind that if it was 'purchased' after March 1st, this must void some type of user agreement as
you don't own the box but are leasing it. The fan plugs into the USB port on the back panel though and since you aren't touching anything on the board, if you take your time chances are DIRECTV won't even notice your were playing around inside of their equipment.
Have fun!
Grand Rapids, Green Bay, Greensboro and Providence step right up, you're the latest few in DirecTV's campaign to roll out MPEG-4 local channels via satellite. And by "few" we mean fewer than expected. DirecTV previously announced it was planning to add local stations to 25 markets in the fourth quarter of this year, bringing the total number to 67. Without any update on why, these latest press releases indicate that with the four markets added yesterday the company is now up to 49, and expects to add eight more by the end of the year. Thanks to our 3rd-grade educations we have deduced that this will only be 57 markets total. Which 10 cities can join Albany-Shenectady-Troy in waiting for next year is unknown, but maybe that means have the HR20's glitches will be fixed by the time locals come to your area. The stations added yesterday are:
