Chapter 5: Program reminders and recording timers

Chapter 5: Program reminders and recording timers

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

Setting up the VCR control

Scheduling program reminders and recording timers

Reviewing and modifying reminders and recording timers

Setting up the VCR control

Your DIRECTV HD Receiver 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 HD Receiver can program your VCR, you must have correctly connected and aligned the VCR control cable (see Connecting the VCR control cable in Chapter 3), and you must tell your DIRECTV HD Receiver what kind of VCR you have. Here’s how:

1Press the MENU button on your remote control.

2Highlight the SETUP menu item, then press the OK button.

3Highlight the Installation menu item, then press the OK button.

4Highlight the VCR Setup menu item, then press the OK button.

The VCR Setup screen appears.

5Highlight the manufacturer of your VCR from the list on the left side of the screen.

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