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DRD303RA
OWNER’S
MANUAL
SATELLITE RECEIVER
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Safety Information TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE WARNING WARNING COVER (OR BACK). NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. To reduce risk of fire or DO NOT OPEN shock hazard, do not This symbol indicates This symbol indicates expose this receiver to important instructions “dangerous voltage” inside the rain or moisture. accompanying the product. product that presents a risk of electric shock or personal injury.
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Table of Contents First Things First ............................................................3 What’s in the Box.............................................................................5 Using This Manual ...........................................................................6 The Only Rule: Point and select................................... 7 Program Guides .............................................................9 Bringing Up the Program Guides.................................
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Table of Contents Using Fetch .................................................................................... 32 The Mailbox ................................................................................... 32 Alternate Audio Programs ............................................................34 Picture Size ..................................................................................... 34 System Test .................................................................................
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First Things First Hi, my name is jay... First Things First 1 and I wrote this User Manual. You can believe me ª when I tell you that you should read this page first because it gives you a game plan for attacking this rather large manual. The Only Rule: 2 Point and select ª Read the First Four sections The first four sections of the manual introduce you Program Guides ® 3 to your DSS system, and show you how to use the ª on-screen guides and menus. Reading these sections gives you the basic inf
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First Things First ® What is the DSS System? ® You’ve purchased the DSS Digital Satellite System, so you already know a lot of the great things it offers. You know that ® the DSS system uses the latest satellite technology to deliver television programming to your home. And you know that the transmissions are digital, so the quality of the picture and audio rivals that of laser discs and CDs. You know the dish is small—18 inches wide—and that it often can be installed in a matter of ® hours. (Se
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First Things First What’s in the Box ® The following items come with your RCA DSS receiver: • Receiver (with access card inserted) • Remote Control OFF•ON VCR TV DSS ALT MENU•SELECT ON/OFF GUIDE DISPLAY DISPLAY MENU
SELECT ANTENNA CLEAR PREV CH 13 2 CHAN 465 79 8 VOL 0 Receiver ANT FAV•INPUT ALT AUD MUTE REW STOP PLAY FF REC PAUSE FETCH Remote Control Installing Batteries In the Remote Control Follow these steps whenever you need to install or change the ® batteries in your DSS remote. 1. Pull
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First Things First Using This Manual There are a couple of conventions used in this manual that might help you read it. • Words that appear in ALL CAPS indicate the name of a button. • The names of on-screen menu option are shown in italics. Important Note about This User’s Manual ® This manual assumes that your DSS system has been installed, meaning: ® satellite dish has been installed, correctly pointed at 1. The DSS ® the satellite, and connected to your DSS receiver. ® 2. The DSS receiver i
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The Only Rule: Point and Select What? There’s a Rule? First Things First 1 ª Well, it’s not exactly a rule, but more of a guideline for using the on-screen displays. If you understand this one thing, you have enough The Only Rule: knowledge to get around the menuing system 2 Point and select and program guides. ª Program Guides 3 ª The Menu System 4 ª Lists & Limits 5 Once you understand Point and Select, you can do just about anything you want with the menuing system. 7
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The Only Rule: Point and Select What is Point and Select? Point and Select is the two-step method you use to control the ® DSS system. 1. Point MENU•SELECT You point by pressing the arrow keys on the remote or front panel. Pressing the arrow keys moves the on-screen highlight to different items in the Program Guide and the menu screens. Pressing an arrow once moves the highlight one CLEAR space in the direction of the arrow. For example, to point down (that is, to move the highlight ARROW KEYS
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Program Guides What is a Program Guide? First Things First A program guide is an on-screen programming 1 ª schedule. There are several types of guides, each presenting the schedule in a different format. Using the Program Guide is easy as long as you The Only Rule: 2 remember the Point and Select rule. Point to Point and select items on the screen by pressing the arrow keys on ª the remote or front panel. Then, press MENU•SELECT to tune to that program. Program Guides 3 ª The Menu System 4 ª Li
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Program Guides Bringing Up the Program Guides You can access the program guides by using the GUIDE button on the remote, or by selecting Program Guide from the Main menu. Using the GUIDE Button Each press of the GUIDE button takes you to an alternate type of program guide: • Press GUIDE once to see the seven-channel Grid Guide. • Press GUIDE again to see the five-channel Info Guide which contains program information. You can switch the order in which the Grid Guide and the Info Guide appear by s
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Program Guides Scrolling Page By Page If you want to scroll up or down through the Program Guide faster, press the Channel Up/Down buttons on the remote control. The highlight scrolls a page at a time. This is called “paging.” Tuning to a Program • To tune directly to a program listed in the guide, point to the program and press MENU•SELECT. • To see information about a program in the guide, press DISPLAY. Then, you can select View Channel to tune to that channel. If you select a future program,
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Program Guides Types of Program Guides There are five types of program guides: the Grid Guide, the Info Guide, the Topic Guide, the Channel Guide, and the Attractions Guide. The Grid Guide Shows the schedule in a time-and-channel format, similar to a TV schedule listed in a newspaper. The seven-channel Grid Guide. The Info Guide Shows you five channels and includes a brief description of the selected program. By default, the Grid Guide appears when you press the GUIDE button on the remote. Go to
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Program Guides The Topic Guide Lets you sort the programming schedule to show certain topics, such as “movies” or “sports.” The Topic guide. The Channel Guide Displays the programming schedule in a channel-by-channel format. The Channel guide. The Attractions Guide Displays coming attractions and special events information. See the section on purchasing pay-per-view programs for more information on the Attractions guide. The Attractions guide. 13
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Program Guides Sorting the Grid and Info Guides There are six on-screen choices—called “buttons”— at the bottom of the Grid Guide and the Info Guide: down arrow, Movies, Sports, Other, All, and Sort. The Sorting buttons are at the bottom of the screen. The arrow button allows you to scroll down through other channels in the guide. Point to the down arrow, and then press MENU•SELECT to scroll down through the program guide. Using the Sorting Buttons The remaining buttons at the bottom of the guid
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Program Guides Allows you choose from a list of sorting topics. Once you have selected a sorting topic from the list, your guide will be simplified to show only that type of program. After selecting a topic, a Themes button may appear in the place of the Other button. Resets the guide to show all available channels and listings. The Sort button takes you to the Guide Filter menu screen Using the Themes Button After you select one of the sorting buttons, the name of that button changes into the T
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The Menu System What’s a Menu? First Things First 1 ® The DSS menu is a list of choices, just like a menu ª in a restaurant. And, just as a restaurant menu is divided into sections such as appetizers, entrees, and desserts, the on-screen menus are also The Only Rule: 2 separated into sections to help you find the Point and select information you need. ª Don’t Forget Point and Select Program Guides 3 As with all of the on-screen displays, you use Point ª and Select to navigate. The Menu System 4
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The Menu System Using the Menu System To bring up the Main Menu, press MENU•SELECT on the remote. The Main Menu. To use the menu system, you need to know the Point and Select rule. Use the arrows on the remote to point to an item on the screen, and then press MENU•SELECT to select it. Exit and Help There are Exit and Help buttons at the top of most screens. Point to Exit and press MENU•SELECT to leave that screen. Point to Help and press MENU•SELECT to see more information about that screen.
