Memorizing Channels

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Setting up and connecting

Turning on the DIRECTV® Receiver for the first time

You have completed the connection steps and are ready to start using your DIRECTV® Receiver. The first step is to turn on the DIRECTV® Receiver.

Turn on your TV and set it to display the signal from your DIRECTV® Receiver. If you connected

1 the DIRECTV® Receiver to video input jacks on your TV, you will need to set your TV to display the input from these jacks. Usually this is done by pressing a Video, Input, or Mode button on your TV’s remote control. (See the manual for your TV if you need help.)

Press the PWR button on the DIRECTV Receiver’s remote

2 control or POWER on the front of the DIRECTV Receiver. If this is the first time you have turned on your DIRECTV® Receiver, it will take a few moments to acquire the program guide from the satellite. During this process, the Progress screen appears. When the program guide has been fully acquired, the Progress screen clears and the TV screen is displayed. You are ready to continue setting up your DIRECTV System.

If your DIRECTV® Receiver is able to acquire the program guide and display TV programs, your satellite dish is setup and working. You can skip ahead to the section on Setting the dish type. If your DIRECTV® Receiver cannot acquire the program guide, and you intend to watch DIRECTV® programming, you may need to adjust the way your satellite dish is installed. To do this, first make sure your TV and DIRECTV® Receiver are turned on and connected to each other properly. Then follow the instructions below to use your DIRECTV® Receiver’s Menu system to set up your satellite dish.

The Installation option in the Setup menu provides access to a variety of important setup controls. The first of these is the Set Dish menu. The Set Dish menu allows you to:

Acquire the exact azimuth, elevation, and tilt angles to help you point your dish accurately based on your ZIP code. Check the setup of your satellite dish using an on-screen signal meter.

Set the dish type (to tell your DIRECTV® Receiver what kind of satellite dish you are using). Set your dish type automatically.

The sections that follow detail each of these procedures.

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Setting up and connecting

Acquiring the correct dish pointing angles

The Dish Pointing menu item in the Set Dish menu allows you to find out exactly how to point your satellite dish by entering your ZIP code. If you have not yet successfully aligned your satellite dish, or if you need to realign it, follow these instructions to find the exact angles you should use to point your dish:

1 Press the MENU button on your remote control. The Main menu appears.

2 Highlight the Setup menu item, then press the SELECT button. The Setup menu appears.

Highlight the Installation menu item, then press the SELECT button. The Installation menu

3 appears.

4 Highlight the Set Dish menu item, then press the SELECT button. The Set Dish menu appears.

Highlight the Dish Pointing menu item, then press the SELECT

5 button. The Dish Pointing screen appears.

Use the right-arrow button on your remote control to highlight

6 the space for the first digit in the ZIP code.

Use the 0 - 9 buttons on your remote control to enter your five-digit ZIP code. When you have

7 entered all five digits, the screen updates to display the correct azimuth, elevation, and (for oval dish types only) tilt. Azimuth refers to the left-to-right angle to which you should point your dish. Elevation refers to the up-and-down angle to which you should point your dish. Tilt (for oval dishes only) refers to the amount off-horizontal you should twist the dish on its axis. Write down these numbers and use them to accurately point your satellite dish.

To return to the Set Dish menu, press the BACK button on your remote control. To exit the Menu

8 system, press the EXIT button on your remote control.