Using this Guide

This User’s Guide describes how to connect your new DIRECTV® HD DVR to your television and other audio/video equipment. It also provides valuable information about the features and use of the HD DVR.

Remote Control Tips & Glossary of Icons. The inside front cover of this guide provides an introduction to the remote control. The inside back cover has a Glossary of Icons that explains many of the graphic symbols you will see when using your HD DVR.

Useful Terms. Many technical terms in this guide are explained in the Useful Terms section beginning on page 6.

Menu Paths. Notes at the bottom of some pages show you how to find the screen being discussed on that page. For example, page 59 describes the “Record by Time or Channel” feature. At the bottom of the page is the note DIRECTV Central Pick Programs to Record Record by Time/Channel. This note means you can find Record by Time/ Channel, the screen being discussed, by going to DIRECTV Central (press the DIRECTV button on your remote control) and selecting Pick Programs to Record, then Record by Time/Channel.

DIRECTV® DVR with TiVo® Service. This is the program searching and recording service provided through the DIRECTV HD DVR.

DIRECTV HD DVR. Refers collectively to the high-definition satellite and off-air receiver and the digital video recorder (DVR) hardware. Your HD DVR combines a DIRECTV HD Receiver, an off-air digital receiver, and a DVR.

Throughout this guide, you will

see important and helpful notes

and tips in this format.

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