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DIRECTV DVR User's Guide
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t r s t w e V a u d G e S r T o P L w r o p t P L S a t l u o d / e l f i o n l a i Remote Active Light DIRECTV Button Hints & Shortcuts Glossary of Icons Arrow Buttons DIRECTV Live TV Window These appear when you press the THUMBS UP or THUMBS Press the DIRECTV button once to go to DIRECTV Central, or twice to Press GUIDE to see the DIRECTV Advanced Program Guide™, then TM DOWN button. You can give a program up to three Thumbs go to the Now Playing List. press INFO (while the guide is visible
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® Welcome to DIRECTV
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16283360 RCA is a trademark of RCA Trademark Management S.A. Thomson, 10330 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN U.S.A. 46290 DIRECTV and the Cyclone Design logo, DIRECTV SPORTS THIS WEEK, and Advanced Program Guide are trademarks of DIRECTV, Inc., a unit of Hughes Electronics Corp., and are used with permission. All rights reserved. DIRECTV, 2230 East Imperial Hwy., El Segundo, CA 90245. TiVo and the TiVo logo are registered trademarks of TiVo Inc. The Instant Replay logo, the Jump logo,
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Welcome to the DIRECTV family! DIRECTV offers you more Hollywood hits, classic movies, family programming, news, and a wide range of exciting sports action. Plus access to 36 commercial-free audio channels. And that’s only the beginning. More Choices than ever before. With access to over 225 channels, it’s easy to see why DIRECTV has become the entertainment choice for millions of American families. And it’s all digitally delivered, so you get digital-quality sound and razor-sharp picture ev
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Table of Contents Using this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Chapter 1: Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Channel Banner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Play with Live TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Chapter 8: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 Contacting Customer Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Questions About Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Questions About
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Using this Guide ® Throughout this guide, you will see This User’s Guide describes how to connect your new DIRECTV DVR to your important and helpful notes and television and other audio/video equipment. It also provides valuable information about the features and use of the DVR. tips in this format. Glossary of Icons. The inside front cover of this guide provides an introduction to the remote control. The inside back cover has a “Glossary of Icons” that explains many of the graphic symbo
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The TiVo Logo. As you use your DIRECTV DVR, you’ll see the TiVo logo in places like the Now Playing List and TiVo Suggestions. Your new DVR incorporates the latest DVR (Digital Video Recorder) technology from TiVo. This means you have access to exclusive ™ ™ ™ TiVo features such as WishList searches, Season Pass recordings, Thumbs Up and ® ™ Thumbs Down , TiVo Suggestions, and TiVolution Magazine , all in one seamlessly integrated product that will change the way you watch television. Befo
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CHAPTER 1 Connecting Overview 2 Before You Begin 3 Useful Terms 5 Cables and Accessories 9 Setup Examples 10
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Ch apter 1 Connecting Jacks are places where cables can Overview be connected. TV used to be simple: no color, no digital video, no stereo sound, no digital audio, no choices. All you needed was an antenna and a TV. The antenna captured pictures and sounds. A wire connected the antenna to the TV to transfer pictures and sounds. As televisions have acquired more features, and new devices have been created to work OUT IN with them, it may seem that everything has become more complex. Fortunat
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Before You Begin Before You Begin 1 Make sure that all of your equipment is turned off and the DIRECTV DVR is unplugged. Your DVR should not be used with a digital PBX phone system. Doing Connecting to a Phone Line so may permanently damage your DVR’s You will need access to a standard analog phone jack. Your DVR needs to be connected to modem and will void your warranty. a phone line to communicate with DIRECTV. The DVR occasionally makes a brief Digital PBX phone systems allow many pho
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Ch apter 1 Connecting If you currently own a Dual LNB satellite dish antenna that is already connected to two TVs, you can purchase a multiswitch (described on page 6) that will allow you to connect two cables to your new DVR as well as one to an existing receiver for your second TV. ® Using an Antenna or Cable Connection, in Addition to DIRECTV Programming For information on how to switch If you have an antenna or cable connection in addition to your satellite dish antenna, you between wa
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Useful T e rm s Useful Terms 1 If you’re not an audio/video wizard, you may find yourself stumbling over some of the names, features and functions of various pieces of equipment. Here’s a quick reference to help you understand some of the terms you may encounter during installation. Satellite Dish Antennas—Types and Terms Round Single Satellite Dish Antenna, Oval 2 Satellite Dish Antenna, and Oval 3 Satellite Dish Antenna: The names Round single, Oval 2, and Oval 3 satellite dish antennas re
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Ch apter 1 Connecting Dual Tuner: A tuner picks one channel out of all of your available channels. This allows you to view a single channel and to change channels. “Dual tuner” means your DIRECTV DVR has two tuners. It can pick out two channels at once, allowing you to record programs on two channels at the same time. Multiswitch: A multiswitch lets you use the signal from one satellite dish antenna for more than two TVs. If you currently own a Dual LNB dish that is connected to two televisi
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Useful T e rm s Coaxial RF Cable: A coaxial RF cable transfers both audio and video on a single cable. Optical (or Digital) Audio Cable: An optical (or digital) audio cable transfers audio only. 1 This cable transfers audio at the highest possible quality from your DIRECTV DVR to an A/V receiver. If you have a home theater, own an A/V receiver capable of receiving Dolby Digital audio, and wish to use Dolby Digital audio, then you must use this cable. Not all A/V receivers with optical a
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Ch apter 1 Connecting between viewing DIRECTV channels, viewing video from your DVD player, or running your game system by changing the input source. ® Dolby Digital Audio: Dolby Digital audio is recorded on six separate channels, each of ® which can be heard on one of six separate speakers. To use Dolby Digital audio, you must use an optical audio cable to connect your DIRECTV DVR to an A/V receiver ® capable of supporting Dolby Digital audio. Not all A/V receivers with optical audio ® i
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t r s t w e V a u d G e S r T o P L r w o p t P L S a t l u o / d e l f i o l a i n Cab l es a n d Acc e ssories Cables and Accessories 1 In addition to your television and the equipment that shipped with this DIRECTV DVR (shown below), you’ll need a satellite dish antenna—which should be properly mounted before you connect the DVR—and a standard, analog phone line (see page 3 for details). 1. These are the basics: 2. See page 10 to choose 3. You may need to purchase audio/video cables. The c
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Ch apter 1 Connecting Setup Examples Audio and Video Cables If your TV has only one audio Composite. Many TVs and VCRs have connectors for Composite A/V cables. If your equipment has them, you can use the Composite A/V cables for both audio and video. connector, connect just the white Composite Video Connect to and yellow ends of the Composite A/V and L/R Composite Video cable (don’t connect the red end). Audio Cables and L/R Audio Jacks (red) (white) (yellow) RF Coaxial. Some TVs only have
