Setting Up Your DIRECTV System
Viewing Satellite Programs
Viewing Cable or
Off-Air Programs
Recording Satellite Programs While Watching Cable or
1 Turn on the TV, and then set the TV’s line input to the Digital Satellite Receiver. (For example, set the TV to channel 3 or 4, if you used an RF connection; or set to VIDEO1, etc., if you used an A/V connection.)
2 Turn on the VCR and A/V receiver, if you connected these components. Then set their output switches accordingly.
3 Turn on the Digital Satellite Receiver and select a station.
The following instructions apply only if you connected your cable TV or terrestrial antenna to your Digital Satellite Receiver.
1 Turn off your Digital Satellite Receiver, or press the TV/SAT button to set the Digital Satellite Receiver to TV mode.
2 Turn on the TV and then:
qIf you have a cable box, turn it on and then tune the TV to the output channel of your cable box, usually channel 3 or 4.
qIf you do not have a cable box, just tune your TV to the station you want to watch.
The following instructions apply only if you connected your cable TV or terrestrial antenna to your Digital Satellite Receiver.
1 Turn on the TV and then:
qIf you have a cable box, turn it on and then tune the TV to the output channel of your cable box, usually channel 3 or 4.
qIf you do not have a cable box, tune your TV to the station you want to watch.
2 Turn on the Digital Satellite Receiver, and tune to the program you want to record. Then select the VCR to line input, and start recording, according to your VCR’s instruction manual.
3 Press the TV/SAT button to set the Digital Satellite Receiver to TV.
The Digital Satellite Receiver’s signal is sent to the VCR, while the off- air signal is sent to your TV for you to watch.
Note
For information on using the Digital Satellite Receiver’s automatic timer, see “Setting Up the Timer” on page 35.
You cannot record one satellite program while watching another satellite program (unless you have a second Digital Satellite Receiver).
If the screen appears fuzzy, the program you are watching may be protected by Macrovision. Turn the VCR off to improve the picture quality.
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