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