Chapter 2: Setting up and connecting
Connection option F
DIRECTV Receiver to TV with Component Video inputs and digital A/V receiver
1Make sure your TV, A/V receiver, and DIRECTV Receiver are turned off and unplugged.
2Connect the
3Connect the coaxial cable running from your cable TV system or
4Connect the supplied phone cord to a telephone wall jack and to the TEL LINE jack on the back of the DIRECTV Receiver.
5Connect one end of a set of three component video cables (not included) to the COMPONENT OUT jacks on the back of the DIRECTV Receiver.
6Connect the other ends of these cables to the component video input
jacks on your TV. Be sure to connect the outputs on the DIRECTV Receiver to corresponding inputs on your TV (Y out to Y in, Pb out to Pb in,
Pr out to Pr in).
7Connect one end of the supplied A/V cable’s audio connectors (the red and white connectors) to the AUDIO OUT jacks on the back of the DIRECTV Receiver. (You can leave the yellow video connector on this cable disconnected.)
8Connect the other ends of the audio cables to the audio input jacks on your TV (again leaving the yellow video connector disconnected).
9Remove the protective plug from the OPTICAL DIGITAL AUDIO OUT jack. Then connect an optical digital audio cable (not included) to the OPTICAL DIGITAL AUDIO OUT jack on the back of the DIRECTV Receiver.
10Connect the other end of this cable to an appropriate optical digital audio In jack on your A/V receiver.
11Plug in the power cords for your TV, A/V receiver, and DIRECTV Receiver.
To watch DIRECTV® programming
Set your TV to the Component Video input mode. (This is a setting on your TV usually controlled by a Video, Input, or Mode button. See your TV manual for help.) Also set your A/V receiver to play the audio from the Digital Input jack you used to make the audio connection. See your A/V receiver manual for help.
Next Step
Now turn to page 29 to start using your DIRECTV Receiver.
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