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Important Safety Instructions
Safety & Care
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Safety & Care
Navigating
Great TV viewing is in your hands
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Contents
Other Information
Quick Menu
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Chapter
Welcome
Getting Started
Making the Right Connections
Before you begin Package Contents
Hardware Reference
Access Card
General
Satellite Dish Antenna
Best Video S-Video Jack and Cable
Cables & Connections
Audio/Video A/V Jack and Cable
RF Jack and Coaxial Cable F-type
Telephone Jack and Cord
Directv Receiver Front Panel
Getting Familiar
Directv Receiver Rear Panel
Insert your Directv Access Card
Getting Familiar
Connecting Your Directv Receiver to the Satellite Dish
Choose Your Setup
Connecting Your Directv Receiver to your TV or VCR
Video & A/V Audio Connection Best Quality
Best Quality Connection
Connection Better Quality
Very Good Quality Connection A/V
RF Coaxial Connection Good Quality
Connecting Your Directv Receiver to Your Telephone Line
Completing the Connections
Good Quality
Now, let us lead the way…
Guided Setup & Activation
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Activate Your Directv Service
Programming Your Remote Control
Factory Defaults
Getting Started
Watching TV Guide Autotune Pay Per View
Watching TV
What’s On
Current date & time
Channel Banner
Overview of the Directv Advanced Program Guide
Guide
Getting Around in the Guide
An even better way to catch all your favorites
Autotune
Recording to VCR
Changing Autotune Options/Canceling an Autotune
Latest Movies, 24 Hours a Day
Pay Per View
Chapter
Settings
Using the Quick Menu
Setup
Reset
Access Card
Info & Test
Satellite
Parental Controls
Favorites
Audio Options
Category Sort
Recent Finds
Find By
Favorites
Date & Time
Caller ID
Caller ID & Messages
Directv Messages
Parental Controls
Movies
Ratings
Spending
Channel Blocks
Hours
Let me in…
Now, lock it
Press MENU, Select Parental Controls, then Edit Settings
Directv Protection Plan
System Upgrades
Troubleshooting
Progress bar freezes during Satellite Data Acquisition
Directv Receiver or TV Problems
Wrong picture, blue screen, snow or black/blank picture
Directv Receiver will not turn on
Directv Receiver turns on or changes channels unexpectedly
Turns off while playing
Blank screen
Other Information
My video and audio are out of sync
Problems with the remote control
Remote Control Problems
Remote control indicator light starts flashing
Running the System Test
Fine-Tuning the Signal
First make sure that
Select Setup, then Info & Test
What is Covered?
Limited 90-Day Warranty
Who is Covered?
What is Excluded?
Make Sure You Keep
Before Requesting Repair Service
To Get Out-of-Warranty Service
To Get Warranty Service
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Product Information
Directv Protection Plan Benefits
Directv Protection Plan
Protection Plan
Sign up for the Directv Protection Plan Today
FCC Customer Information
FCC Customer Information
Is necessary
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Index
Ordering 6, 7, 16, 19, 20 37, 41, 45, 51 Tuning to
Spending limit 2 viewing hours
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