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BASIC OPERATION
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When you want to watch a DIRECTV channel:
1. Press INPUT on the remote control until the DIRECTV icon is highlighted
in the channel banner.
2. Enter the channel number and press OK. The channel numbers are three
or four digits long. Note that it may not be necessary to press OK after
you enter a four-digit channel number.
If you do not enter at least three digits, “???” will appear in the channel
entry box, and the system will wait for a valid entry.
When you want to watch a digital or analog TV channel:
If you want to watch an analog channel:
1. Press INPUT on the remote control until the TV icon is highlighted in the
channel banner.
2. Enter the channel number. This number will appear in the primary
channel entry box. (Analog channels don’t have subchannels.)
3. Press OK on the remote control to tune to the channel.
If you want to watch a digital channel:
1. Press INPUT on the remote control until the TV icon is highlighted in the
channel banner.
2. Enter the primary channel number. This number will appear in the
primary channel entry box. If there is no subchannel, press OK.
3. If the primary channel number has fewer than three digits and you want
to enter subchannel numbers, press the right arrow to advance to the
subchannel entry box.
4. Enter the number of the subchannel. This number will appear in the
subchannel entry box.
5. Press OK on the remote control to tune to the programming.
Changing Channels
To change channels by entering numbers with the remote control, you need
to tell the HD receiver what you want to view: DIRECTV
®
programming (if you
subscribe to DIRECTV) or TV programs.
Channel
entry box
Primary
channel
entry box
Subchannel
entry box
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456
789
0
INPUT
REVERSE PLAY FORWARD
ANTENNA
INPUT
button
123
456
789
0
INPUT
REVERSE PLAY FORWARD
ANTENNA
INPUT
button
Highlighted to indicate
you are viewing TV
programming
Note that you can
always use the channel
up and down buttons
on the remote control to
change channels within
DIRECTV and TV channel
viewing.
Highlighted to indicate you
are viewing DIRECTV
®
programming