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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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Language
Ordering 6, 7, 16, 19, 20 37, 41, 45, 51 Tuning to
Spending limit 2 viewing hours
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