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DirecTV D10-300 manual

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    D10-300-6 27/09/04 17:13 Page 1[...]

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    2 F or Customer Use Enter below the Model, Serial and Access Card Number , and Receiv er ID located behind fr ont door of the DIRECTV ® Rec eiver . Retain this information for future r efer ence. Model No . ________________________________________ Serial No . ________________________________________ Access Card No . _______________________________[...]

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    Safety Instructions - Read Before Oper ating Equipment 3 Impor t a nt Sa fety Instr uc tio ns: 1 - Read these instructions. 2 - K eep these instructions. 3 - Heed all warnings. 4 - Follow all instructions. 5 - Do not use this apparatus near water . 6 - Clean onl y with dry cloth. 7 - Do not block an y v entilation openings. Leav e minimum distances[...]

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    Safety Instructions (cont’ d), Gener al Information 4 This device incorporates an anticop y process technology that is protected by U .S. patents and other intellectual pr operty rights.The anticop y pr ocess is licensed for non-commer cial, home use only . Reverse engineering or disassembly is pr ohibited. NO TE T O C A TV SY STEM INST ALL ER Ar[...]

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    Contents 5 P ackag e Contents ......................................................6 Fr ont and Rear Panels ..............................................7 Access Card ................................................................8 Connections Antenna and Phone ................................................9 TV ................................[...]

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    P ackage Contents 6 DIRECTV ® Receiv er Infrared (IR) Univ ersal Remote Contr ol with two AA Batteries Access Card User Guide Po wer Suppl y Cord RCA T ype Audio/Video Connecting Cable RJ-11 T elephone Cord S-Video Connecting Cable S-VIDEO D10-300-6 27/09/04 17:13 Page 6[...]

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    Video output 1 L eft/right Audio output 1 Secondar y Audio/Video Outputs (*) SEL V: Safety Extra Low V oltage (**) TNV3: T elecommunication Network V oltage (***) HV: Hazardous V oltage F r ont and Rear P anels 7 Fr ont Panel Inf o button Switches between pr ogram information in the banner and the pr ogram details screen. Activ e button For futur e[...]

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    Access Car d 8 a a Y OUR ACCESS CARD IS FRA GILE. a a AL W A YS INSER T CORRECTL Y AND CAREFULL Y . a a DO NO T BEND . a a DO NO T REMO VE AND RE-INSER T UNNECESSARIL Y . a a NEVER SUBMERGE IN LIQUID OR APPL Y CLEANING FLUIDS. Caution The access card pr ovided with y our system includes information about y our pu rcha se authorization and other dat[...]

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    9 Connections Unplug all equipment fr om the A C outlet bef or e making connections. 1- Connect the RF coaxial cable from the satellite dish to the SA T IN connector . 2- If you ha ve cable (CA TV) or an off-air antenna, connect its RF coaxial cable to the OFF AIR IN connector 3- Using the telephone cord (supplied), connect one end of it to a phone[...]

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    10 Connections (cont’ d) Unplug all equipment from the A C outlet befor e making connections. There ar e sev eral options for connecting the video and audio outputs of y our DIRECTV® Receiv er , depending on the type of equipment you want to connect and the quality of signal y ou want to achiev e. The following chart summarizes your options for [...]

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    11 Connections (cont’ d) Unplug all equipment fr om the A C outlet befor e making connections. There ar e sev eral options for connecting the audio outputs of y our DIRECTV® Receiv er , depending on the type of equipment you want to connect. The following char t summarizes your ad ditional options for audio connections. Refer to the illustra- ti[...]

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    12 Connections (cont’ d) VCR/D VD r ecorder Unplug all equipment from the A C outlet befor e making connections. T o record satellite pr ogramming, connect the VIDEO OUT 1 and AUDIO LEFT and RIGHT OUT 1 on the rear of the DIRECTV Receiv er to the cor responding video and audio inputs on the VCR. These outputs alwa ys output satellite pr ogramming[...]

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    13 Remote Contr ol Batter y Installation 1. Remov e the batter y compartment cov er . Insert the two batteries (type/AA) supplied. 2. P osition them in the batter y com- par tment, as sho wn in the diagram. 3. Replace the cov er . Pr eparing Y our Remote Contr ol Satellite Functions D10-300-6 27/09/04 17:13 Page 13[...]

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    Remote Contr ol (cont’ d) 14 Pro gramming Y our Remote Control TV Setup (TV Po wer , VOL and MUTE) Y ou can program the DIRECTV r emote contr ol to operate your TV pow er , volume and mute. 1) Mov e the slide switch near the top of the remote to TV . 2) P oint the r emote a wa y from your DIRECTV Receiv er . Press and hold MUTE and SELECT until t[...]

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    15 Remote Contr ol (cont’ d) Admiral ....................................20048, 20209 Adv entura ............................................20000 Aik o .......................................................20278 Aiwa ........................................20037, 20000 America Action ...................................20278 American High ......[...]

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    Remote Contr ol (cont’ d) 16 TV Mov e to position TV to put the remote contr ol in TV mode . LED will blink when other buttons are pr essed while in TV mode. TV INPUT Switch thr ough TV inputs (if applicable). V OL +/- Incr eases and decr eases v olume . MUTE Switches audio on and off 0-9 Allows dir ect number entry for tuning to a channel. TV PO[...]

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    Setup Wizar d 17 If your equipment has been pr ofessionall y installed, skip this first time setup section and go to page 18. After the DIRECTV ® Receiver has been connected to y our compo- nents, it is time to turn the DIRECTV Receiver on. 1. Press the PWR button on the r emote contr ol. 2. Use the 89 buttons to select your pr efer red language o[...]

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    All Da y Tick et (Pa y P er View) Alternate Audio T rack Closed Captioning New Incoming Messages Letterbox format System Lock ed System T emporarily Unlock ed Pa y P er View W atching TV 18 The Info Banner shows inf ormation on the curr ently tuned pr ogram such as the rating, title , start and end time , program description, and channel number . I[...]

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    Enhanced User F eatures (cont’ d) F a vorite Channels Fa vorite Channels is an easy wa y to customize the listing of ch an ne ls . Once Fav orites is configur ed, the Fa vorites icon displa ys in the banner and pr ograms displa y ed in the Program Guide are onl y those in the selected list. When using the CH+ and CH- buttons, you ar e limited to [...]

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    Using the Guide T o do this…. Do t hi s …. Displa y the Guide Pr ess the GUIDE button on the r emote contr ol or select “Guide” fr om the Main Men u. Scroll thr ough the Pr ess the ,9 buttons. Y ou can use the P AGE+/- buttons to scr oll a full page at Pro gram List a time. Scr oll to another time slot Pr ess the ;: buttons. Pr ogram inf or[...]

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    DIRECTV AD V ANCED PROGRAM GUIDE ® (cont’ d) 21 PPV (P a y P er Vie w) Pa y per view pr ograms include special programming, movies, and spor ting programs and ar e indicated by a "$" in the banner . In the Guide , y ou can pre view curr ently airing PPV programs, purchase curr ent and futur e PPV programs, and cancel a pur chase. Fro m[...]

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    Guide Men u 22 Guide Menu The bottom of the Guide screen (r efer to page 20) contains thr ee buttons that can be accessed by pr essing the GUIDE button on the remote contr ol when the Guide is already displa yed. a a Use the ;: buttons to highlight a button and press SELECT to view its list of options. a a T o close the list of options and select a[...]

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    Guide Men u (cont’ d) 23 Guide Menu: Sear ch: Category A categ ory search allows y ou to choose fr om a predefined list of categ ories and subcategories. The : ar r ow indicates the category has subcateg ories. 1. Use the ,9 buttons to highlight a category or the : arrow to view a list of subcategories. 2. Pr ess SELECT to select one categ or y o[...]

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    Main Men u 24 Using the Main Menu The Main Men u lets y ou customize the featur es of your DIRECTV ® Receiv er . T o access the Main Menu fr om the Guide or TV: Pr ess the MENU button on the r emote contr ol. T o exit the menu: Press the MENU button or EXIT . T o na vigate through the men us: Use the ,9 buttons to highlight an option. Then press S[...]

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    Main Men u (cont’ d) 25 The Pref erences option in the Main Men u lets you change the “Preferr ed Language”, screen format, or banner duration, set or edit the fa vorite channels list, and set the remote contr ol ID . T o change y our pref erences, select “Prefer ences” in the Main Menu and pr ess SELECT . In the sub-menus that displa y ,[...]

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    26 Main Men u (cont’ d) “Banner Duration” menu options Pref er ences: Banner Duration Banner durations define how long the banner r emains on the scr een after y ou pr ess INFO . Options are 5 or 10 seconds. The default value is 10 seconds. T o select the banner duration: 1. Pr ess MENU . 2. Press 9 to select “Prefer ences” and pr ess SEL[...]

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    Main Men u (cont’ d) Main Menu: P arental Contr ols If you want to contr ol what channels and pr ograms ar e being watched or how much is being spent on each pa y per view pur chase, Par ental Controls allo ws you to do this with channel locks, spending limits, and rating limits. Parental Contr ols are protected b y a 4-digit numeric passw or d t[...]

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    Main Men u (cont’ d) 28 P ar ental Contr ols: Set Spending Limit Y ou can set a per purchase spending limit on pa y per view pr o- grams. It is not a cumulativ e limit. Y ou must lock the DIRECTV ® Receiver to enf orce this setting (r efer to page 27). T o set the Spending Limit: 1. Choose “Set Spending Limit” fr om the “Parental Contr ols[...]

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    Main Men u (cont’ d) 29 Main Menu: Pur chases Pur chases: P ast Pur chases The Past Pur chases menu displa ys a summary of your past pa y per view pur chases. It includes the pr ogram name and channel number , program date, start and end time , price , and whether the program was view ed or cancelled. Information for all past purchases is stor ed[...]

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    Main Men u (cont’ d) 30 Main Menu: Setup Use this menu to run thr ough the setup pr ocess (prof essional installation is highly r ecommended). Configure each setting within “Enter ZIP Code” and “Dish Configuration. ” Use “P oint Dish” and “System T est” to confirm y our setup. T o view Setup options: 1. Press MENU . 2. Select “S[...]

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    Main Men u (cont’ d) 31 Main Menu: System Upgrades Y ou r DIRECTV ® Receiver is able to r eceive upgrades or modifications to some of its f eatures and functions. These modifi - cations will occur automatically , usually at times when the D IRE CT V Receiv er is not lik ely to be in use. If your D IR EC TV Receiver is on when an upgrade or modif[...]

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    Main Men u (cont’ d) 32 Main Menu: Messag es When you r eceiv e a new message, the New Incoming Messages icon appears in the banner . Y ou can view and delete messages. Each message includes the date and time it was sent. When ne w messages are r eceiv ed, the oldest message is automaticall y deleted if the maximum amount of mes- sages (30) is ex[...]

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    T r oubleshooting 1. Press the PO WER button on the front panel of the DIRECTV® Receiv er if the pow er indica- tor LED is not on. 2. Mak e sure TV pow er is on. 3. Check TV connection from the DIRECTV Receiv er . a. If using RF output, tune TV to channel 3 or 4 to match the channel switch on the rear panel of the DIRECTV Receiver . b. If using co[...]

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    34 T echnical specifications Video Decoding • MPEG-2 DSS compliant (up to Main Pr ofile/Main Lev el) • Video bit rate: up to 15 Mbit/sec • Video format : 4 :3 and 16:9 • Resolution : up to 720 x 480 pixels Audio Decoding • MPEG-1 la y er II • Sampling frequency : 48 kHz - 32 kHz - 44.1 kHz • MPEG-1 system pack ets • Audio mode : Sin[...]

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    Limited W arr anty This w arr anty gives you specif ic legal r ights . Y ou may have other r ights which var y from state/pr ovince to state/pr o vince . LIMITED 90 D A Y W ARRANTY DIRECTV warrants y our DIRECTV Receiver (Model Number: D10-300) and any included accessories against def ects in material or w orkmanship for a period of ninety (90) da [...]

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    DIRECTV PR O TECTION PLAN DIRECTV PRO TECTION PLAN Protect y our DIRECTV ® System with the DIRECTV PR O TECTION PLAN. For a low monthly fee, the DIRECTV PR O TECTION PLAN covers the components of your DIRECTV System, giving you peace of mind and comprehensiv e support to ensure that you and y our family enjo y nonstop DIRECTV ® enter tainment. DI[...]