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Dual tuner will not work if you only connect one cable from your

satellite dish, even if you also connect an off-air antenna.

T h e B a s i c s i n 5 S h o r t T o u r s

Use the EXIT button. The EXIT button hides the status bar, guide, channel banner, and anything else that is not part of the program.

Record two programs at the same time with Dual Tuner! Dual tuner means your HD DVR can record programs on two channels at the same time—two satellite channels, two off-air channels, or one of each (depending on how you connected your HD DVR).

To enable dual tuner, both Satellite In jacks on the back of the HD DVR must be connected to cables from your satellite dish antenna (or a multiswitch), and you must choose the “Two cables” option in Guided Setup (described on page 23).

If you set up the HD DVR to receive off-air antenna broadcasts only (that is, you connected an off-air antenna and you selected “Off-Air antenna only” during Guided Setup), you will be able to watch programs from two antenna channels at the same time. However, no recording is possible unless you activate the DVR service and connect a satellite dish antenna.

The Star and the Clapboard. You will occasionally see a yellow star ( ) on DIRECTV Central. The star signals a new selection that may change the next time you visit. Depending on the selection, it may allow you to record a program, watch a preview, or go to a special Showcase. Don’t worry if you pass up a particular new selection; keep going back to DIRECTV Central until it appears again—or just go to Showcases and look for the item you’re interested in.

The clapboard icon—on DIRECTV Central, or in Showcases—indicates that a selection includes a video preview. If the clapboard has a green triangle in it (), you can press PLAY to play the video. If there is no green triangle, the current selection takes you to another screen where you’ll find the actual video clip.

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