DirecTV: Playback skips to next track after approximately 1-2 minutes

[alexander7]

For three weeks now Pandora stops mid way in every song and switches to the next song. Its been three weeks now. No help from Pandora. They blame the TV manufacturing or the cable company.

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[Fjkphx]

Pandora is an app on my DIRECTV service. I normally listen to Pandora thru my home theater system without issues. 

Beginning yesterday, songs only play for about a minute before going to the next song. I rebooted my DIRECTV receiver even though I didn’t think that would help. 

Called Geek Squad tech support and they suggested I contact Pandora. 

I will add that I can listen normally on apple devices via Bluetooth. 

Thank you

[MariaPandora]

Hi @alexander7 , thanks for posting!

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[TannerPandora]

Hi @alexander7 

What's the model number of your DirecTV and software version?

Unfortunately, I don’t believe there are any immediate troubleshooting steps that would resolve this issue, but I’m happy to flag this for our engineering team so they’re aware of the trouble you’re experiencing.

Thanks for the additional details.

[beach004]

Exactly the same problem. Pandora plays fine on my iphone; not on my DirecTV

[TannerPandora]

Hi @beach004 

Welcome to community!

Happy to pass this along to our engineer teams. Can you please let me know the model number of your DirectTV and the software version.

Thanks for the additional help!

[olybob]

I just started having the same problem today 3/7/25 when using my directv receiver, songs play for about a minute then skip to next song. Called directv, they had me re-set/re-boot my receiver, did not fix, they advised it must be a Pandora issue. I have the Genie HR54/500, software is 0x1bdd. The Pandora app on my iphone is working correctly. 

[TannerPandora]

Thanks for the details, @olybob! I've passed this along to our teams for further investigation. We appreciate your patience in the meantime.

[DonBaker]

having the same issue, this just started today 3-7-2026. Song will play about 30-60 seconds then skip to another song 

Plays fine in my car and on iPhone 

It’s skipping while using the app within DirectTv . I’ve reset the directv box it didn’t do anything . Called dIRECTV, and they said that there was nothing they could do that I had to contact Pandora

need some help here from Pandora 

very frustrating!!!

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[DonBaker]

Plays fine in my car and on iPhone 

It’s skipping while using the app within DirectTv . I’ve reset the directv box it didn’t do anything . Called dIRECTV, and they said that there was nothing they could do that I had to contact Pandora

need some help here from Pandora 

very frustrating!!!

Moderator Edit: Merged posts

[beach004]

Even more mysterious: it plays fine on one tv, skips on the other!
Lowrie

[MJQO]

It does the same on mine and only started a few days ago.  Plays fine on one tv and not the other.  Directv replaced my receiver yesterday and that didn't solve the problem.

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[DonBaker]

Hi all, 

Update:
Ive called Directv and they are having the tech software team look into the issue. They said I was the only one reporting this issue so far.
I recommend that anyone having this issue also contact Directv.

800-531-5000
Talk to the tech support team and report the issue so we can get this fixed ASAP

[skippadeaux]

Only in the last couple of days have I noticed that the DirecTV Pandora app only plays the first minute and 37 seconds of each song before skipping to the next song.

I have logged out and reinstalled the Pandora app in the DirecTV Apps under the Menu. 

What else can I try?

Are there a "settings" button somewhere that would control that? 

[jhart]

Having the same issue for the past several days. Only on DirecTV not on my phone.

[Bananarama]

The same is happening for me. Worked great for years and starting yesterday, Pandora skips to the next song after about 90 seconds

[007Kennedy]

Songs are skipping while playing on TV

[Shauna]

Fix Direct TV app to allow completion of songs.  All picks cut out after approx 1 minute.

[Tplatz]

The last few days pandora only plays half a song before switching to the next on every song.  Several people have posted this same issue.  This is happening on direcTV. They say it’s an app issue but it doesn’t happen if I use Amazon. 

[beach004]

On top of that: it plays fine on my other TV, still using Direct TV but a different box!!

[TannerPandora · Accepted solution]

Note: This message has been Accepted as the Solution to flag the current status of the post and steps needed to further investigate.

This post will be updated with more information as it is provided to the moderation team.

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Pandora Update: 03/10/2025

Thank you all for posting your experience with DirecTV.

Since there have been no changes to the Pandora app for DirecTV recently our teams are investigating the cause for songs skipping to the next song part way through.

To help in our investigation - if you already haven't - please let us know your:

• DirecTV Receiver Model: (Example: Model: Genie HR54/500)
• DirecTV software version: (Example: Software version OX1bdd)

You can find your receiver make and model in Settings > Device Management > Info & Test

Thank you for your help and your patience! 🙌