DirecTV D12 manual Connecting Your Directv Receiver to the Satellite Dish

Connecting Your DIRECTV Receiver to the Satellite Dish

Connect the RG-6 RF coaxial cable from your satellite dish to the jack labeled SATELLITE IN on the DIRECTV Receiver. If your installation includes an FTM (Frequency Translation Module), you should connect the RG-6 RF coaxial cable from your FTM to the SATELLITE IN jack. Some systems may instead make this connection to a cable entry point in your house. Your DIRECTV installer will make the appropriate connection..

Connecting Your DIRECTV Receiver to your TV or VCR

Depending on the connections on the back of your TV or VCR, you have the following options:

4S-Video & A/V Audio Connection (Best Quality)

4A/V Connection (Better Quality)

4RF Coaxial Connection (Good Quality)

These connections are described on the following pages.

Note

Hardware Reference

TIP

When working with cables, be sure to connect corresponding outputs and inputs (Video OUT to Video IN, Right Audio OUT to Right Audio IN, etc.). Never connect an IN to an IN or an OUT to an OUT.

OUT IN

All A/V jacks and inputs are color coded. Always match the color of the plug to the same color of the jack.

NOTE: To obtain optimum picture quality, make sure the receiver is connected directly to the TV. Connecting the
receiver to the TV through a VCR or DVD recorder is known to yield less than optimum picture quality, particularly
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