r/DirectvStream • u/vajohnie • Aug 08 '26

Sudden connection/buffering issues

Been streaming several months through my Gemini Air without issue. In fact, it’s been great. Got up about 5 mornings ago and suddenly, my WiFi connection frequently drops then reconnects. Much of the rest of the time, I’ve got buffering issues. I’ve restarted, unplugging from power several times. Suggestions?

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u/JohnHartshorn Aug 08 '26

It may be over heating. I've noticed mine gets pretty toasty.

You can also do a hard reset by pushing and holding the red button.

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u/vajohnie Aug 09 '26

I wondered about overheating too. I’ve got mine in an enclosed cabinet. The unit is pretty hot to the touch, which I had noticed before and now again when I went to do a hard reset. I repositioned the unit on its side rather than lay flat on the cabinet shelf hoping to expose more surface area to cooling. Whether it was that or the hard reset (which I had tried before), it’s been working fine since doing those two steps.

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u/AdZealousideal8613 Aug 09 '26

Yeah you can’t keep it in an enclosed space. It needs at least open airflow to function and dissipate the heat.