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CHAPTER 3
Setting up and connecting
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CHAPTER 3
Setting up and connecting
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Connecting the VCR control cable
The VCR control cable allows your DIRECTV
®
HD Receiver to automatically program your
VCR to record a TV program.
By selecting a Record option from the on-screen Program Guide, you can direct the VCR
control cable to flash signals to the VCR’s remote control sensor programming the VCR to
tape a TV program for you.
To connect the VCR control cable to your DIRECTV
®
HD Receiver, follow these steps:
1
Plug the VCR control cable into the VCR CONTROL jack on the back of the
DIRECTV
®
HD Receiver.
2
Remove the backing tape from the adhesive on the other end of the VCR control cable.
Stick the VCR control next to the remote control sensor on your VCR. (See the manual for
your VCR if you are not sure where its remote sensor is located.)
NOTE
Before you can use the VCR control cable to program your VCR, you must set up the VCR control.
See Setting up the VCR control in Chapter 5 for details.
Turning on the DIRECTV
®
HD Receiver for the first time
You have completed the connection steps and are ready to start using your DIRECTV
®
HD
Receiver. The first step is to turn on the DIRECTV
®
HD Receiver.
1
Turn on your TV and set it to display the signal from your DIRECTV
®
HD Receiver.
If you connected the DIRECTV
®
HD Receiver to video input jacks on your TV, you will need to
set your TV to display the input from these jacks.
Usually this is done by pressing a Video, Input, or Mode button on your TV’s remote control.
(See the manual for your TV if you need help.)
2
Press the POWER button on the DIRECTV
®
HD Receiver’s
remote control or on the front of the DIRECTV
®
HD Receiver.
Characters will be displayed on the VFD in the front panel.
If this is the first time you have turned on your DIRECTV
®
HD
Receiver, it will take a few moments to acquire the program
guide from the satellite. During this process, the Progress
screen appears. When the program guide has been fully
acquired, the Progress screen clears and the TV screen is
displayed. You are ready to continue setting up your
DIRECTV System.
Memorizing Channels
If your DIRECTV
®
HD Receiver is able to acquire the program guide and display TV
programs, your satellite dish is setup and working.
You can skip ahead to the section on Setting the dish type.
If your DIRECTV
®
HD Receiver cannot acquire the program guide, and you intend to watch
DIRECTV
®
programming, you may need to adjust the way your satellite dish is installed.
To do this, first make sure your TV and DIRECTV
®
HD Receiver are turned on and
connected to each other properly.
Then follow the instructions below to use your DIRECTV
®
HD Receiver’s Menu system to
set up your satellite dish.
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