Chapter 3: Watching TV
This chapter covers all of the things you can do with the Program Guides and other features that let you control the way you watch TV. Specifically, it contains information on:
•Remote control overview
•Changing channels
•Adjusting the volume
•Getting help
•Getting information on the TV program you are watching
•Finding out what’s on: the Guides
•Searching for programs in the Guide
•Choosing an alternate audio format for a program
•Changing the User setting
•Pay per view programs
Remote control overview
Here is a quick review of the buttons on your DIRECTV®
Receiver’s remote control.
Before your DIRECTV Receiver’s remote control can operate your TV, VCR, DVD player, or other device, you must first program the remote control to operate that device.
See Chapter 7: Programming the remote control.
POWER
Press the POWER button to turn the device you are controlling on or off.
SET
Use this button when programming your remote control to operate your TV, VCR, DVD player, or an auxiliary device (AUX). See Chapter 7, Programming the remote control.
TV, VCR, DVD, AUX
This row of buttons tells your remote control which device you want to operate. For example, to start playing a DVD, you would press the DVD button, then press the Play button. These buttons work only after the remote control has been programmed — see Chapter 7.
DIRECTV
Press this button to make the remote control operate your DIRECTV Receiver (e.g. to change channels, access the Guide, or get information about a program). Your remote control does not need to be programmed to operate your DIRECTV Receiver.
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