DirecTV HDTV - Manual (Page 33)

BASIC TV OPERATION
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USING THE INPUT BUTTON
1. Repeatedly press the INPUT button to scroll through the available input sources
until you find the input associated with the component (such as VCR or DVD
player) you want to view.
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
0
ON•OFF TV VCR1
DVD
MUTE SKIP
GO BACK FETCH
GUIDE INFO
MENU CLEAR
INPUT
REVERSE PLAY FORWARD
RECORD
PIP SWAP CH CTRL WHO
STOP PAUSE
ANTENNA
AUX DIRECTV
OK
CH +
CH
VOL
VOL
VCR2
INPUT
button
Watch the channel banner to see the input sources change with
each press of the INPUT button.
Input
source
Press INPUT then
GUIDE on the remote
control to view a guide-
like list of your line
inputs and
corresponding channels.
2. Once you have found the input source you want, stop pressing INPUT.
• If you tune to VID1 and your VCR is connected to that input, you will be
able to view your VCR. To play, stop, or rewind the VCR1 tape using the
remote that came with your TV, you must first press the VCR1 button to put
the remote control in VCR mode.
There are other ways of selecting an input channel:
• Program the component (VCR, DVD, etc.) buttons on the remote control to
automatically tune to the correct input channel when pressed. See the section
in this book, “System Options and Preferences“ for information on auto tuning.
• After pressing INPUT on the remote, enter the digits 1, 2, 3, or 4 to tune to
(S)VID1, 2, 3, or FRONT, respectively.