User manual DIRECTV H10

[. . . ] DIRECTV HD RECEIVER USER GUIDE ® Using the Remote Great TV viewing is in your hands! ® Selects which piece of equipment displays the video picture on your TV -- TV (Satellite), VCR, DVD or AUX TV INPUT AV1 TV INPUT Changes remote to control other equipment, i. e. , a VCR AV2 TV TV POWER MODE SWITCH A good way to begin learning about your DIRECTV HD System is to familiarize yourself with the remote control. You'll find further details throughout the User Guide relating to specific functions. Cycles the resolution and screen formats that are set in Settings. Each time you press the key, it cycles to the next available format and resolution. FORMAT Turns equipment on and off, based on the position of the MODE SWITCH Turns your TV and DIRECTV HD Receiver on and off, when MODE SWITCH is set to DIRECTV POWER TV POWER/ON/OFF ON PWR FORMAT STOP Keys in this shaded area can be programmed to function with your VCR, DVD player or stand-alone DVR unit. REPLAY REWIND PAUSE For future use. R OFF ADVANCE PLAY FFWD RECORD Displays your To Do List of programs IT EX Navigating 101 You'll find you can get around nearly all on-screen menus the same simple way. [. . . ] Keep in mind, too, if ever a pay per view program exceeds spending or rating limits you've set with Parental Controls, your password will be required to purchase it. TIP You can also order DIRECTV Pay Per View movies or events over the phone or at DIRECTV. com. Keep in mind, though, there is an ordering fee for those purchases placed over the phone. Also, you will be charged for the program even if you don't watch it. Chapter 3 47 Section Title Chapter 4 50 What's On the MENU? 51 Settings 55 Audio Options 56 Category Sort 57 Pay Per View 58 Find By 60 Date & Time 61 Favorites 62 Previous Channels 63 Caller ID & Messages 65 Parental Controls Chapter 4 49 The Quick Menu What's on the MENU? All sorts of great things!With the MENU key on your remote, accessing useful information and many handy features is a snap with the Quick Menu. Some of the items you'll see depend on which screen is currently displayed. For instance, if you access the Quick Menu while viewing the Guide, you'll find an option to filter programs by category. Other options, such as Settings, appear anytime you bring up the Quick Menu, regardless of your current screen. Whenever you access the Quick Menu, the header across the top of the Quick Menu will read "Quick Menu. " To remove the Quick Menu from the screen at any time, simply press EXIT to return to live TV, or press the MENU key again to go back to where you were. So, let's start with some of the most commonly used features -- ones you'll use to enhance your viewing experience. 50 What's on the Menu Help & Settings Settings Want to have things just your way?From the Quick Menu SELECT Settings, here, you'll find all kinds of ways to customize, adjust and keep track of your DIRECTV® viewing experience. Setup When you first enter Setup, your System Setup status screen will be displayed. To view all the different settings that are currently in force, hit the RIGHT arrow and PAGE down through the screen. You can make changes from the menu options on the left side of your screen. Info & Test SELECT Info & Test will allow you to choose 2 options: 4 System Info screen lets you view the current system information. 4 Arrow and SELECT System Test to run tests of the tuner, access card, receiver ID, LNB output and phone lines. Sat & Ant This option is useful if your box has lost signal strength, or you need to realign your satellite dish. Here you can access the dish setup (including latitude and longitude screens, if you're using DIRECTV service from an RV or boat or other circumstance where you don't have a ZIP code). You'll also find options for setting up your off-air antenna to receive locally transmitted, off-air broadcast HD channels. Remote You can also find instruction for programming the remote for other equipment, like DVD players, VCRs, Stereo equipment and TVs. You can also choose to set up a remote for RF (omni-directional use as opposed to pointing it at the receiver). Chapter 4 51 The Quick Menu Audio This screen allows you to make changes to your language audio setting. Audio language settings only affect programs with a Secondary Audio Program (SAP) in the language you've selected. By selecting the Interface tab, you can adjust the timeout of the on-screen channel banner, as well as choose menu language preferences and Time Zone and Daylight Savings Time settings. Select Captioning to adjust display preferences for closed captioning. [. . . ] ____________________________________________________________ Purchase Date: ________________________________________________________ Dealer/Address/Phone: _________________________________________________ Access Card: __________________________________________________________ Receiver ID: __________________________________________________________ 94 Registration Information Other Information Index A Access Card 17, 18, 25, 52, 94 Alternate Audio i, 41, 55, 99 Analog Tv 4 ARROWS i, 24 Aspect Ratio 7, 33, 72 ATSC 76 Audio Hum 16 Audio Options iii, 41, 49, , 55 Autotune iii, 39, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 53, 57, 81, 99 B DIRECTV Mode 73, 80 DIRECTV PROTECTION PLAN 88­ 89 Disable notification 64 Dish-pointing Coordinates 83 Display Formats 4, 9, 11, 24, 32­35, 37, 43, 44, 52, 53, 57, 59, 60, 61, 77 Dolby Digital 12, 52, 55, 99 DVI 19 E H HDMI 12, 19, 27, 28, 35, 75, 81 HDTV 4­8, 10, 12, 19, 21, 30, 32, 34, 52, 72, 75, 77, 99 Highlight And Select 57, 59, 62, 65 High Definition 4, 29, 30, 99 Hours 67 I Icons 41 Interlacing 4, 6 J Back Panel 16, 78 Batteries i, 14, 36, 73, 80, 82 Blocking Program Content 65 Buttons i, 33, 70, 80 C Entering Latitude and Longitude 51 EXIT Button i F Jacks and Cables Digital cables and connections 20, 21 L Caller ID iii, 41, 49, 63, 64, 73 Category Sort iii, 49, 56 Channel Banner 12, 41, 42, 67 Channel Blocks 66 Connections iii, 13, 14, 19, 21, 22, 78 D Factory Defaults 52 Favorites iii, 41, 49, 54, 61, 79 FCC Information 90 Find By iii, 49, 58, 59 Fine-Tuning the Signal 83 FORMAT button 32, 33, 34 Front Panel 33, 34, 71, 72, 74, 78, 99 Full Screen. See also Aspect Ratio G Language 32 Latitude and Longitude 51 Letterbox 72, 99 Locking the System Lock Now 66, 67 M Date & Time iii, 49, 60 Digital Audio 12, 20, 26 Digital TV 4 DIRECTV HD Receiver Problems 72 Guide i, iii, 1, 3, 12, 14, 24, 37, 39, 40, 43, 44, 45, 47, 50, 53, 56, 57, 58, 60, 61, 78, 79, 86, 99 Guided Setup iii, 3, 13, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 52, 83 MENU Button i Messages Caller ID iii, 41, 49, 63, 64, 73 Mode Switch 80, 82 Movie Ratings 65 MUTE Button i 96 Index Index N Notification Caller ID 64 P Parental Control 99 Passcode 65, 67, 68 Pay Per View 42, 43, 47, 53, 57, 66, 99 Pillar Box 72 Power surges 16 Previous Channels iii, 49, 62 Programming Order 33, 37, 47, 53, 92 Tuning To 80 program details 42 Program Guide Advanced 12, 37 Progressive 6 Purchases 53 Q Reset 52, 78. See also Troubleshooting Factory Defaults Resolution 6, 32, 34, 35, 52, 75 RF Antenna 22 RF REMOTE 22, 27, 28, 30 S Tuning to a program Autotune iii, 39, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 53, 57, 81, 99 Turn On/Off Notice 63 TV Aspect Ratio 33 TV Problems 81 TV Ratings 65 U Quick Menu iii, 12, 24, 37, 46, 47, 50, 51, 53, 55, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 75, 76, 82, , 83 R Ratings 65 Receiver Rear Panel 26 Recent Finds 59 Recording 53 Remote Control Buttons i Problems 80 Programming 35, 70, 80 Satellite Data Acquisition 72 Satellite Setup 83 Scheduler 46, 47, 53, 99 Schedule History 53 Screen Format 33, 52, 77 Scrolling 52 SDTV 4, 7 Searching For Programs 58 Settings 51 Setup 51 Showings 42, 44, 47, 53, 56 Signal Strength 51, 76 Spending 47, 65, 66. See also Parental Controls System Info 51 System Test 51, 71, 82 T Unblocking Channels Channel Blocks 66 Unblocking Program Content. [. . . ]