DirecTV HIRD-E11 - Manual (Page 7)

TABLE OF CONTENTS
A FIRST LOOK AT THE DIRECTV
PLUS DIGITAL SATELLITE
RECEIVER
............................................ 1-1
What You Should Do First .................................1-1
How Does All This Work? .................................1-1
DIRECTV PLUS S YSTEM C OMPONENTS ............1-2
The Satellite Antenna ..........................................1-2
The Digital Satellite Receiver ...........................1-2
The Remote Control ............................................1-4
SETTING UP YOUR DIRECTV PLUS
SYSTEM
................................................. 2-1
I NSTALLING R EMOTE C ONTROL B ATTERIES .........2-1
C HOOSING THE B EST C ONNECTION FOR Y OUR
E NTERTAINMENT S YSTEM .......................................2-1
Hook Up the Audio/S-video Signals .................2-2
Hook Up the Audio/Video Signals ....................2-3
Hook Up the RF Signals .....................................2-3
Hook Up to a Stereo System ..............................2-4
Finishing Up .........................................................2-4
C ONNECTING THE VCR C ONTROL C ABLE ...........2-5
Finding the VCR’s Remote Control Sensor ....2-5
N OW Y OU C AN T URN I T O N ...................................2-5
CONTROLLING THE DIGITAL
SATELLITE RECEIVER
..................... 3-1
F RONT P ANEL VS . R EMOTE C ONTROL K EYS ........3-1
B ASIC N AVIGATION ..................................................3-1
INSTALLING THE SATELLITE
ANTENNA
.............................................. 4-1
D ETERMINE W HERE TO P OINT Y OUR S ATELLITE
D ISH A NTENNA .........................................................4-2
The INSTALLATION screen ..............................4-2
ALIGNMENT RESULT Pop-up Panel .............4-3
C HOOSING THE A NTENNA I NSTALLATION S ITE ...4-4
S ELECTING A M OUNTING O PTION ..........................4-5
I NSTALLING THE S ATELLITE D ISH A NTENNA ONTO
A W OODEN S URFACE ...............................................4-6
I NSTALLING THE S ATELLITE D ISH A NTENNA ONTO
A B RICK S URFACE ....................................................4-9
I NSTALLING THE S ATELLITE D ISH A NTENNA ONTO
A C INDER B LOCK S URFACE ..................................4-10
I NSTALLING THE S ATELLITE D ISH A NTENNA ONTO
A M ETAL P OLE ........................................................4-12
A TTACHING THE R EFLECTOR ONTO THE LNB
S UPPORT A RM .........................................................4-13
Assembling the Satellite Dish Antenna ......... 4-13
A TTACHING THE S ATELLITE D ISH A NTENNA
A SSEMBLY TO THE M AST OR P OLE ......................4-14
G ROUNDING THE M ETAL P OLE M OUNT ..............4-14
G ROUNDING THE B ASE P LATE ..............................4-15
I NSTALLING AND R OUTING THE LNB C OAXIAL
C ABLE .......................................................................4-16
C ONNECTING THE C OAXIAL C ABLE TO
THE LNB ...................................................................4-17
Installation Procedure ..................................... 4-17
A TTACHING THE LNB TO THE LNB
S UPPORT A RM .........................................................4-17
R OUTING THE LNB C ABLE TO THE S ATELLITE
R ECEIVER .................................................................4-17
C ONNECTING THE S ATELLITE D ISH A NTENNA ..4-18
P OSITIONING THE S ATELLITE D ISH A NTENNA ...4-18
The INSTALLATION Screen ........................... 4-19
Pointing the Satellite Dish Antenna Using the
“Box” Method
................................................... 4-19
A UTHORIZING Y OUR S ERVICE ..............................4-21
WATCHING PROGRAMS ON
DIRECTV PLUS
.................................... 5-1
B ASIC C HANNEL C HANGING ...................................5-1
The Channel Banner ...........................................5-1
The Information Banner .....................................5-1
The OneLine™ Guide .........................................5-2
TurboTune™ ........................................................5-2
AlphaTune™ ........................................................5-2
A LTERNATE S ERVICES .............................................5-3
Alt. Audio ..............................................................5-3
THE ON-SCREEN GUIDES ................ 6-1
Choosing the Guide Style ...................................6-1
Descriptions .........................................................6-2
General On-Screen Guide Features .................6-2
Using PreSelect ...................................................6-3
PreSelecting Programs for Taping ..................6-3
PreSelecting Programs for Viewing .................6-3
Canceling PreSelecting Programs ...................6-3
T HE PROGRAM GUIDE (SM. CELL) ................6-4
T HE PROGRAM GUIDE (LG. CELL) .................6-5
T HE TITLE GUIDE ..................................................6-6
T HE LOGO GUIDE ..................................................6-6
T HE WATCHWORD
TM
G UIDE ..............................6-7
F ILTERING THE G UIDES ............................................6-7
Theme Filters ........................................................6-8
Channel List .........................................................6-8
Guide Times ..........................................................6-9
Class Filters .........................................................6-9
T HE INFORMATION S CREEN ..............................6-9
Done .................................................................... 6-10
View .................................................................... 6-10
PreSelect ............................................................ 6-10
PreSelect To View ............................................ 6-10