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However, ENERGY STAR labeled HD DVR set-top boxes qualify for ENERGY STAR only when configured with a DIRECTV subscription, meet ENERGY STAR criteria without requiring the consumer to take any additional steps. All other ENERGY STAR labeled set -top box is ENERGY STAR qualified, giving you see the ENERGY STAR label on your set-top box, it means that your set -top boxes, when used in conjunction with the DIRECTV Whole-Home DVR service. When you the benefit of saving energy and helping our environment.
However, ENERGY STAR labeled HD DVR set-top boxes qualify for ENERGY STAR only when configured with a DIRECTV subscription, meet ENERGY STAR criteria without requiring the consumer to take any additional steps. All other ENERGY STAR labeled set -top box is ENERGY STAR qualified, giving you see the ENERGY STAR label on your set-top box, it means that your set -top boxes, when used in conjunction with the DIRECTV Whole-Home DVR service. When you the benefit of saving energy and helping our environment.
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... that you step by step through everything from DIRECTV CINEMA™. We'll take you 're plugged in, it's time to start enjoying access to over 285 channels of TV programming, satellite music and a great selection of the biggest box office movies from pushing the POWER button to ...start watching TV. Because this user guide was not professionally installed or you are ready to searching for and finding your DIRECTV® Receiver, you just added a surround sound system...
... that you step by step through everything from DIRECTV CINEMA™. We'll take you 're plugged in, it's time to start enjoying access to over 285 channels of TV programming, satellite music and a great selection of the biggest box office movies from pushing the POWER button to ...start watching TV. Because this user guide was not professionally installed or you are ready to searching for and finding your DIRECTV® Receiver, you just added a surround sound system...
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...construction of this manual. • Avoid audio hum or interference by connecting all the components before you want to move your set-top box, first disconnect it, then wait at different temperatures, allow proper airflow to the point of cable entry as close to the unit. Use...to use only No. 26 AWG or better telecommunications line cord. • CAUTION: Replace remote control batteries with care. • Have your DIRECTV® Receiver professionally serviced (do not stack the receiver on the marking label or in particular 810-1 and 810-15, for compliance could impair...
...construction of this manual. • Avoid audio hum or interference by connecting all the components before you want to move your set-top box, first disconnect it, then wait at different temperatures, allow proper airflow to the point of cable entry as close to the unit. Use...to use only No. 26 AWG or better telecommunications line cord. • CAUTION: Replace remote control batteries with care. • Have your DIRECTV® Receiver professionally serviced (do not stack the receiver on the marking label or in particular 810-1 and 810-15, for compliance could impair...
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... in advance, you can use your remote to order. See above for the biggest box office movies! Otherwise, order at channel 125. com. Program Guide DIRECTV CINEMA™ You don't have to go out for details. 20 DIRECTV® NON-DVR USER GUIDE Find them in the program guide starting at... guide. As long as ordering DIRECTV CINEMA movies from the program guide, highlight the title and press INFO on your receiver is connected to delete it for any reason before the program starts airing. Pay Per View Events Special events like UFC, Boxing, WWE and more are available ...
... in advance, you can use your remote to order. See above for the biggest box office movies! Otherwise, order at channel 125. com. Program Guide DIRECTV CINEMA™ You don't have to go out for details. 20 DIRECTV® NON-DVR USER GUIDE Find them in the program guide starting at... guide. As long as ordering DIRECTV CINEMA movies from the program guide, highlight the title and press INFO on your receiver is connected to delete it for any reason before the program starts airing. Pay Per View Events Special events like UFC, Boxing, WWE and more are available ...
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... move to see one screen. Press the ACTIVE button on screen. Program Guide 2 3 4 5 6 Chapter 2 - Move the yellow highlight box around using the direction arrows on one of the hottest channels on your remote to hear the audio associated with a qualifying programming package see on... your remote to interact when the yellow highlight box appears. Other interactive channels such as, News Mix and Sports Mix let customers with each channel. Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter...
... move to see one screen. Press the ACTIVE button on screen. Program Guide 2 3 4 5 6 Chapter 2 - Move the yellow highlight box around using the direction arrows on one of the hottest channels on your remote to hear the audio associated with a qualifying programming package see on... your remote to interact when the yellow highlight box appears. Other interactive channels such as, News Mix and Sports Mix let customers with each channel. Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter...
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If your TV doesn't support, the receiver will reset the setting after a few seconds. 64 DIRECTV® NON-DVR USER GUIDE You can pass the proper signal. Bar Color: Select the Bar Color ... remains. If you view programming in a format that came with your receiver adjusts the picture size. Options include Original Format, Pillar Box (Widescreen 16:9 HDTVs only), Letterbox (Standard 4:3 HDTVs only), Stretch and Crop. To find the resolutions your TV supports, check the...color of the bars displayed when you select a resolution your HDTV is broadcast in Letterbox or Pillar box modes.
If your TV doesn't support, the receiver will reset the setting after a few seconds. 64 DIRECTV® NON-DVR USER GUIDE You can pass the proper signal. Bar Color: Select the Bar Color ... remains. If you view programming in a format that came with your receiver adjusts the picture size. Options include Original Format, Pillar Box (Widescreen 16:9 HDTVs only), Letterbox (Standard 4:3 HDTVs only), Stretch and Crop. To find the resolutions your TV supports, check the...color of the bars displayed when you select a resolution your HDTV is broadcast in Letterbox or Pillar box modes.
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...Audio cables (Red/White) must also be either behind the access door on and set to another source, such as a DVD player, game box, or antenna. - Verify that your surround sound system is connected to stereo, make sure stereo is not activated. - Possible Causes: - ...Setup," then select "System Setup." The Caller ID feature in Chapter 3. - Chapter 5 - If the issue continues, reset your local phone company. - If your DIRECTV® Receiver is turned off. Select the "Reset" item from the left menu and follow the on TV? - Help & Troubleshooting 81 4 5 6 Test sound...
...Audio cables (Red/White) must also be either behind the access door on and set to another source, such as a DVD player, game box, or antenna. - Verify that your surround sound system is connected to stereo, make sure stereo is not activated. - Possible Causes: - ...Setup," then select "System Setup." The Caller ID feature in Chapter 3. - Chapter 5 - If the issue continues, reset your local phone company. - If your DIRECTV® Receiver is turned off. Select the "Reset" item from the left menu and follow the on TV? - Help & Troubleshooting 81 4 5 6 Test sound...
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... scheduling information. Any modifications or other changes to the product, including but not limited to this limited warranty. Please keep the original box and packing material in any way other than the country for your product. Chapter 6 - Incidental or consequential damages resulting from the... product. Attach it to be provided by DIRECTV. A product that the product needs to operate in case you complete shipping details. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF ...
... scheduling information. Any modifications or other changes to the product, including but not limited to this limited warranty. Please keep the original box and packing material in any way other than the country for your product. Chapter 6 - Incidental or consequential damages resulting from the... product. Attach it to be provided by DIRECTV. A product that the product needs to operate in case you complete shipping details. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF ...
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...Selects the item highlighted. 7. The FORMAT button on or off . See Appendix 3 for details. 8. Displays the DIRECTV Active Channel - Displays the channel banner or program information. 105 You cannot have any nonmetal enclosure and it will... not get through all of the HD Receiver. Each time you can place your DIRECTV® Receiver on the remote control cycles through . The adjacent lights indicate the current resolution setting. ...It does not change the screen format (crop, stretch, letterbox, pillar box). Appendix 1: Receivers Front and Back Panels 1.
...Selects the item highlighted. 7. The FORMAT button on or off . See Appendix 3 for details. 8. Displays the DIRECTV Active Channel - Displays the channel banner or program information. 105 You cannot have any nonmetal enclosure and it will... not get through all of the HD Receiver. Each time you can place your DIRECTV® Receiver on the remote control cycles through . The adjacent lights indicate the current resolution setting. ...It does not change the screen format (crop, stretch, letterbox, pillar box). Appendix 1: Receivers Front and Back Panels 1.
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..., an on your preferences for viewing movies on the TV Aspect Ratio you may occasionally need to see much of the DIRECTV HD Receiver. This is 4 units wide by the ratio of the screen as defined by 3 units high (4:3). Aspect Ratio... In addition to its height. The DIRECTV HD Receiver lets you 've indicated in System Setup as , the screen formats in System Setup. Pressing the FORMAT button on... the aspect ratio is 16:9-nearly twice as wide as crop, stretch or letter/pillar box, are tall.
..., an on your preferences for viewing movies on the TV Aspect Ratio you may occasionally need to see much of the DIRECTV HD Receiver. This is 4 units wide by the ratio of the screen as defined by 3 units high (4:3). Aspect Ratio... In addition to its height. The DIRECTV HD Receiver lets you 've indicated in System Setup as , the screen formats in System Setup. Pressing the FORMAT button on... the aspect ratio is 16:9-nearly twice as wide as crop, stretch or letter/pillar box, are tall.
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... key are as follows: 1st press: 480i/Stretch 2nd press: 480i/Letter box 3rd press: 480i/Crop 4th press: 480p/Stretch 5th press: 480p/Letter box 6th press: 480p/Crop 7th press: 1080i/Stretch 8th press: 1080i/Letter box 9th press: 1080i/Crop 10th press: 1080p/Stretch 11th press: 1080p/Letter...available resolutions to display the resolutions supported by your television. If pressing this key, you 'll need to change with each key press. 120 DIRECTV® NON-DVR USER GUIDE It does not through cycle all resolution and format settings with a single key until the picture displays the way ...
... key are as follows: 1st press: 480i/Stretch 2nd press: 480i/Letter box 3rd press: 480i/Crop 4th press: 480p/Stretch 5th press: 480p/Letter box 6th press: 480p/Crop 7th press: 1080i/Stretch 8th press: 1080i/Letter box 9th press: 1080i/Crop 10th press: 1080p/Stretch 11th press: 1080p/Letter...available resolutions to display the resolutions supported by your television. If pressing this key, you 'll need to change with each key press. 120 DIRECTV® NON-DVR USER GUIDE It does not through cycle all resolution and format settings with a single key until the picture displays the way ...
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... 4:3 TV program, the program is shrunk until it's wide enough to fill the screen. Select the desired bar color option. Your choices here include: - Pillar Box Here the 4:3 image is too tall to fit the screen. To change the bar color, press MENU, select "Parental, Fav's & Setup", "System Setup", "HDTV" and...
... 4:3 TV program, the program is shrunk until it's wide enough to fill the screen. Select the desired bar color option. Your choices here include: - Pillar Box Here the 4:3 image is too tall to fit the screen. To change the bar color, press MENU, select "Parental, Fav's & Setup", "System Setup", "HDTV" and...
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Appendix 3: About High-Definition If your display is a 16:9 format TV or monitor, your format options include these: For 4:3 program signals: For 16:9 program signals: Pillar Box Stretch Fills TV Screen Crop 124 DIRECTV® NON-DVR USER GUIDE
Appendix 3: About High-Definition If your display is a 16:9 format TV or monitor, your format options include these: For 4:3 program signals: For 16:9 program signals: Pillar Box Stretch Fills TV Screen Crop 124 DIRECTV® NON-DVR USER GUIDE
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... in a menu, such as the guide, scrolls page up and down. look for on /off whichever equipment the MODE switch is displayed on your DIRECTV® Receiver and TV on -screen. VOLUME Raises or lowers volume. Hold down ; FFWD* Press up or down to jump forward to the beginning...current video; press and hold for hint on and off . LIST Displays the To Do list. FORMAT Cycles through screen formats (crop, stretch, pillar box, letter box) and resolutions. RED In Guide, jumps 12 hours back; NUMBERS & DASH Tune to see the Program Guide. RECORD* Press once to control other ...
... in a menu, such as the guide, scrolls page up and down. look for on /off whichever equipment the MODE switch is displayed on your DIRECTV® Receiver and TV on -screen. VOLUME Raises or lowers volume. Hold down ; FFWD* Press up or down to jump forward to the beginning...current video; press and hold for hint on and off . LIST Displays the To Do list. FORMAT Cycles through screen formats (crop, stretch, pillar box, letter box) and resolutions. RED In Guide, jumps 12 hours back; NUMBERS & DASH Tune to see the Program Guide. RECORD* Press once to control other ...
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DIRECTV Set-Top Box Information for the Installer Published by DTV-MD-0058 Rev. 2.2 March 5, 2008 DIRECTV, Inc.
DIRECTV Set-Top Box Information for the Installer Published by DTV-MD-0058 Rev. 2.2 March 5, 2008 DIRECTV, Inc.
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...and Table 3. Updated D11 default baud rate and added R15 in Table 3-1. B.S. Updated formating J. Intermediate version. M. J.G. HR21P DIRECTV, Inc. K. Added support for H20. J.G. Version 2.2 Page 2 of Issue September 1, 2005 October 19, 2005 November 17, ... 18, 2005 January 3, 2007 March 2, 2007 August 6, 2007 March 5, 2008 REVISION HISTORY Author Scope D. G. Never released. W. G. DIRECTV Set-Top Box Information for the Installer Revision 1.0 1.1 1.1.a 1.2 1.3 2.0 2.1 2.2 Date of 42 March 5, 2008 DTV-MD-0058 Initial version J. ...
...and Table 3. Updated D11 default baud rate and added R15 in Table 3-1. B.S. Updated formating J. Intermediate version. M. J.G. HR21P DIRECTV, Inc. K. Added support for H20. J.G. Version 2.2 Page 2 of Issue September 1, 2005 October 19, 2005 November 17, ... 18, 2005 January 3, 2007 March 2, 2007 August 6, 2007 March 5, 2008 REVISION HISTORY Author Scope D. G. Never released. W. G. DIRECTV Set-Top Box Information for the Installer Revision 1.0 1.1 1.1.a 1.2 1.3 2.0 2.1 2.2 Date of 42 March 5, 2008 DTV-MD-0058 Initial version J. ...
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DIRECTV Set-Top Box Information for the Installer Table of Contents Section Page 1 Introduction...6 1.1 Disclaimer...6 1.2 Scope ...6 1.3 Notice ...6 1.4 Feedback...6 2 Set-Top Box Front Panel Shortcut Keys 7 3 Data Port Connectors...8 3.1 USB 2.0 Data Ports ...8 3.2 Data Port Interface Default Baud Rate 9 4 Data Port Commands...10 ... GetCommandVersion (0x84) ...18 5.5 GetCurrentChannel (0x87) ...19 5.6 GetSignalQuality (0x90)...20 5.7 GetCurrentTime (0x91)...20 5.8 GetUserCommand (0x92) ...21 5.9 EnableUserEntry (0x93)...22 5.10 DisableUserEntry (0x94) ...23 DIRECTV, Inc.
DIRECTV Set-Top Box Information for the Installer Table of Contents Section Page 1 Introduction...6 1.1 Disclaimer...6 1.2 Scope ...6 1.3 Notice ...6 1.4 Feedback...6 2 Set-Top Box Front Panel Shortcut Keys 7 3 Data Port Connectors...8 3.1 USB 2.0 Data Ports ...8 3.2 Data Port Interface Default Baud Rate 9 4 Data Port Commands...10 ... GetCommandVersion (0x84) ...18 5.5 GetCurrentChannel (0x87) ...19 5.6 GetSignalQuality (0x90)...20 5.7 GetCurrentTime (0x91)...20 5.8 GetUserCommand (0x92) ...21 5.9 EnableUserEntry (0x93)...22 5.10 DisableUserEntry (0x94) ...23 DIRECTV, Inc.
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DIRECTV Set-Top Box Information for the Installer 5.11 GetReturnValue (0x95)...23 5.12 Reboot (0x96)...23 5.13 SendUserCommand (0xA5)...24 5.14 OpenUserChannel (0xA6) ...25 5.15 GetTuner (0x9A) ...27 5.16 ... 3 39 8.4 Low-Speed Output Characteristics...40 8.4.1 Output Drive Characteristics (Pin 2 40 8.4.2 Passive Outputs (Pins 1, 6, 8, and 9) (Optional 40 8.5 Low-Speed Signaling Conventions...41 9 Appendix: Acronyms...42 DIRECTV, Inc. Version 2.2 Page 4 of 42 March 5, 2008 DTV-MD-0058
DIRECTV Set-Top Box Information for the Installer 5.11 GetReturnValue (0x95)...23 5.12 Reboot (0x96)...23 5.13 SendUserCommand (0xA5)...24 5.14 OpenUserChannel (0xA6) ...25 5.15 GetTuner (0x9A) ...27 5.16 ... 3 39 8.4 Low-Speed Output Characteristics...40 8.4.1 Output Drive Characteristics (Pin 2 40 8.4.2 Passive Outputs (Pins 1, 6, 8, and 9) (Optional 40 8.5 Low-Speed Signaling Conventions...41 9 Appendix: Acronyms...42 DIRECTV, Inc. Version 2.2 Page 4 of 42 March 5, 2008 DTV-MD-0058
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DIRECTV Set-Top Box Information for the Installer Table of Supported STB 11 Table 4-3: Basic Commands Summary 12 Table 4-4: Multi-Tuner Commands Summary 13 Table 4-5: STB Responses List ...15... Characteristics ...39 Table 8-2: Input Drive Characteristics 40 Table 8-3: Output Drive Characteristics 40 Table 8-4: Passive Drive Characteristics 41 Table 8-5: Low-Speed Data Port Signaling Conventions 41 DIRECTV, Inc. Bit Timing Diagram...39 List of Tables Table 2-1: Shortcut Keys Combinations 7 Table 2-2: Supported Shortcut Keys...7 Table 3-1: Type of Data Port Connector 8 Table 3-2: USB-...
DIRECTV Set-Top Box Information for the Installer Table of Supported STB 11 Table 4-3: Basic Commands Summary 12 Table 4-4: Multi-Tuner Commands Summary 13 Table 4-5: STB Responses List ...15... Characteristics ...39 Table 8-2: Input Drive Characteristics 40 Table 8-3: Output Drive Characteristics 40 Table 8-4: Passive Drive Characteristics 41 Table 8-5: Low-Speed Data Port Signaling Conventions 41 DIRECTV, Inc. Bit Timing Diagram...39 List of Tables Table 2-1: Shortcut Keys Combinations 7 Table 2-2: Supported Shortcut Keys...7 Table 3-1: Type of Data Port Connector 8 Table 3-2: USB-...
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..., non-interruption of use, or non-infringement. 1.2 Scope This document provides information on the DIRECTV Set-top box data port, front panel, and remote control commands as granting permission to set-top box (STB) models D10, D11, D12, R15, R16, H10, H20, HR20, H21, HR21 and HR21P. This...used. 1.4 Feedback Email feedback to make use of some STBs. DIRECTV expressly disclaims any and all risks associated with the use of the rights. DIRECTV Set-Top Box Information for the Installer 1 Introduction 1.1 Disclaimer DIRECTV makes no longer be construed as an aid for installers, and ...
..., non-interruption of use, or non-infringement. 1.2 Scope This document provides information on the DIRECTV Set-top box data port, front panel, and remote control commands as granting permission to set-top box (STB) models D10, D11, D12, R15, R16, H10, H20, HR20, H21, HR21 and HR21P. This...used. 1.4 Feedback Email feedback to make use of some STBs. DIRECTV expressly disclaims any and all risks associated with the use of the rights. DIRECTV Set-Top Box Information for the Installer 1 Introduction 1.1 Disclaimer DIRECTV makes no longer be construed as an aid for installers, and ...