Samsung SIR-S300W, SIR-S310W owner manual Program reminders and recording timers

Chapter 4: Program reminders and recording timers

This chapter tells you how to use your DIRECTV® Receiver to set timers that can remind you when a program is about to begin, and (on model SIR-S310W only) record a program for you on your VCR. The sections of this chapter include:

•Setting up the VCR control (model SIR-S310W only)

•Scheduling program reminders and recording timers

•Reviewing and modifying reminders and recording timers

Setting up the VCR control (model SIR-S310W only)

DIRECTV Receiver model SIR-S310W can use the supplied VCR control cable to automatically program your VCR to record programs for you. (Instructions on setting recording timers appear later in this chapter).

Before your DIRECTV Receiver can program your VCR, you must have correctly connected and aligned the VCR control cable (see Connecting the VCR control cable in Chapter 2), and you must tell your DIRECTV Receiver what kind of VCR you have. Here’s how:

1Press the MENU button on your remote control. The Main menu appears.

2Use the arrow buttons on your remote control to highlight the SETUP menu item, then press the button on your remote control.

The SETUP menu appears.

3Use the arrow buttons on your remote control to highlight the Installation menu item, then press the button on your remote control.

The Installation menu appears.

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