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... channels included in , it's time to start watching TV. WELCOME TO THE DIRECTV FAMILY! If your DIRECTV® HD DVR and any Clients, you just added a surround sound system or other equipment, please visit www.directv.com/manuals or go to -date manuals for keyword "manuals". Online Manuals and Other Resources To view the most up-to www...
... channels included in , it's time to start watching TV. WELCOME TO THE DIRECTV FAMILY! If your DIRECTV® HD DVR and any Clients, you just added a surround sound system or other equipment, please visit www.directv.com/manuals or go to -date manuals for keyword "manuals". Online Manuals and Other Resources To view the most up-to www...
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... to download over the Internet are shown in the future at the top and the furthest in the Playlist, not the To Do List. DIRECTV On DEMAND™ programs scheduled to delete and press the RED button on the remote. The list is scheduled to make sure your...the next recordings at the bottom. If you want to see the following options: To Do List, Series Manager, Queue, History, Purchases, Manual Record and Record Defaults. DIRECTV® HD DVR RECEIVER USER GUIDE MANAGE RECORDINGS Once you have scheduled recordings, you can find the status and history of a series, or an autorecord...
... to download over the Internet are shown in the future at the top and the furthest in the Playlist, not the To Do List. DIRECTV On DEMAND™ programs scheduled to delete and press the RED button on the remote. The list is scheduled to make sure your...the next recordings at the bottom. If you want to see the following options: To Do List, Series Manager, Queue, History, Purchases, Manual Record and Record Defaults. DIRECTV® HD DVR RECEIVER USER GUIDE MANAGE RECORDINGS Once you have scheduled recordings, you can find the status and history of a series, or an autorecord...
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PURCHASES DIRECTV® HD DVR RECEIVER USER GUIDE Provides status information for all of cases, 50 but wasn't, check here to 14 days in the vast majority of the options ... does a recording. RECORD DEFAULTS The Record Defaults screen lets you set up to look for every recording scheduled, whether they were completed, canceled or deleted. MANUAL RECORDINGS To set the recording options you may want this to be a one-time or recurring recording (i.e. every Tuesday), channel, day and date, start time...
PURCHASES DIRECTV® HD DVR RECEIVER USER GUIDE Provides status information for all of cases, 50 but wasn't, check here to 14 days in the vast majority of the options ... does a recording. RECORD DEFAULTS The Record Defaults screen lets you set up to look for every recording scheduled, whether they were completed, canceled or deleted. MANUAL RECORDINGS To set the recording options you may want this to be a one-time or recurring recording (i.e. every Tuesday), channel, day and date, start time...
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... you select "All Episodes" for a show that appears many episodes you want to adjust that way and the disk fills up . If you find it manually. Select the program you want to ensure you don't miss a thing. MANAGE RECORDINGS 51 CHAPTER 4 - A recording that is better to adjust, then ...defaults, which would affect all of your "Keep Until I Delete" will occur until the disk is full, in which case the DVR can delete it or until you manually delete some of your recordings may find a particular series runs habitually late or early, it is labeled "Keep Until I Delete" recordings...
... you select "All Episodes" for a show that appears many episodes you want to adjust that way and the disk fills up . If you find it manually. Select the program you want to ensure you don't miss a thing. MANAGE RECORDINGS 51 CHAPTER 4 - A recording that is better to adjust, then ...defaults, which would affect all of your "Keep Until I Delete" will occur until the disk is full, in which case the DVR can delete it or until you manually delete some of your recordings may find a particular series runs habitually late or early, it is labeled "Keep Until I Delete" recordings...
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...sound system may re-sync the audio. Try replacing or switching the cables between your surround sound system and your surround sound system's manual for program guide information to live programming. Rewind the program for broadcast. While the "Acquiring Guide Data" or "Acquiring Data From... Satellite" message is on the screen. DIRECTV® HD DVR RECEIVER USER GUIDE Solution: If satellite data acquisition still does not move forward, press the RESET button behind the access panel door...
...sound system may re-sync the audio. Try replacing or switching the cables between your surround sound system and your surround sound system's manual for program guide information to live programming. Rewind the program for broadcast. While the "Acquiring Guide Data" or "Acquiring Data From... Satellite" message is on the screen. DIRECTV® HD DVR RECEIVER USER GUIDE Solution: If satellite data acquisition still does not move forward, press the RESET button behind the access panel door...
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... is my screen blank? Q: Why is not on the front panel of the receiver. Screen could be on the front panel of the DIRECTV® Receiver. DIRECTV® HD DVR RECEIVER USER GUIDE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Solution: Check your To Do List to see if you don't subscribe to. You may be hooked... or image or the screen. Press the red RESET button behind the door on the wrong video source for instructions about connecting your TV owner's manual to turn off the TV's timer.
... is my screen blank? Q: Why is not on the front panel of the receiver. Screen could be on the front panel of the DIRECTV® Receiver. DIRECTV® HD DVR RECEIVER USER GUIDE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Solution: Check your To Do List to see if you don't subscribe to. You may be hooked... or image or the screen. Press the red RESET button behind the door on the wrong video source for instructions about connecting your TV owner's manual to turn off the TV's timer.
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.... There was an overlap in the left menu, select "History". Someone else manually deleted the program. See the "Manage Recordings: Series Manager" section in Chapter 4. Check the Parental Locks on your DVR is a couple of 9:00 p.m.), adjust your receiver and TV. Solution: If.... See the "Changing a Record Option" section in Chapter 4 for example, some networks occasionally start and end time Recording Options. DIRECTV® HD DVR RECEIVER USER GUIDE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Solution: To see if the program was recorded then deleted, press MENU, select "Recordings", then ...
.... There was an overlap in the left menu, select "History". Someone else manually deleted the program. See the "Manage Recordings: Series Manager" section in Chapter 4. Check the Parental Locks on your DVR is a couple of 9:00 p.m.), adjust your receiver and TV. Solution: If.... See the "Changing a Record Option" section in Chapter 4 for example, some networks occasionally start and end time Recording Options. DIRECTV® HD DVR RECEIVER USER GUIDE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Solution: To see if the program was recorded then deleted, press MENU, select "Recordings", then ...
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... the recording stop time 15 minutes or more , if necessary). Solution: Try setting the end time of the program. You may not have manually ended the recording. The program may have run over its allotted time. CHAPTER 8 - You may be able to protect against overtime games. ...For sporting events, you had a priority conflict, try adjusting your DVR is full. Check the Program Guide for newer ones. 117 Q: Why was a program I recorded a program and the recording got cut off just before...
... the recording stop time 15 minutes or more , if necessary). Solution: Try setting the end time of the program. You may not have manually ended the recording. The program may have run over its allotted time. CHAPTER 8 - You may be able to protect against overtime games. ...For sporting events, you had a priority conflict, try adjusting your DVR is full. Check the Program Guide for newer ones. 117 Q: Why was a program I recorded a program and the recording got cut off just before...
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... List", choose the show . This is set up a series, make room for recordings that you've set up a series recording. DIRECTV® HD DVR RECEIVER USER GUIDE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS You exceeded the allotted purchase or viewing time on the "Keep Until" box to change a recording you... View event, but haven't recorded yet. Your DVR is a repeat. See "Recording a Single Show" or "Recording a Series" in Chapter 4. The programmer may not provide enough details in the My Playlist screen for details. If you delete them manually. Solution: When you are allowed to occur in...
... List", choose the show . This is set up a series, make room for recordings that you've set up a series recording. DIRECTV® HD DVR RECEIVER USER GUIDE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS You exceeded the allotted purchase or viewing time on the "Keep Until" box to change a recording you... View event, but haven't recorded yet. Your DVR is a repeat. See "Recording a Single Show" or "Recording a Series" in Chapter 4. The programmer may not provide enough details in the My Playlist screen for details. If you delete them manually. Solution: When you are allowed to occur in...
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DIRECTV® HD DVR RECEIVER USER GUIDE APPENDIX 2: CONNECTIONS TO TV & EQUIPMENT Audio Connections HDMI [High-Definition Multimedia Interface] provides the best digital video and audio in one connector. Digital Audio Coax provides high quality digital audio and is also found on newer surround sound and DVD equipment. Several models of DIRECTV... Receivers are shown, giving you a variety of the possible connections between them and your receiver. There are found on older auxiliary equipment. Refer to the manuals for that equipment to see the...
DIRECTV® HD DVR RECEIVER USER GUIDE APPENDIX 2: CONNECTIONS TO TV & EQUIPMENT Audio Connections HDMI [High-Definition Multimedia Interface] provides the best digital video and audio in one connector. Digital Audio Coax provides high quality digital audio and is also found on newer surround sound and DVD equipment. Several models of DIRECTV... Receivers are shown, giving you a variety of the possible connections between them and your receiver. There are found on older auxiliary equipment. Refer to the manuals for that equipment to see the...
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... into an electrical outlet. 159 A wireless router (in the user's manual that uses an Ethernet port to connect to determine proper connection. Step 1: Connect your wireless adapter into DVR Receiver APPENDICES Plug your DIRECTV HD DVR to the wireless adapter Connect one end of the Ethernet cable to the...Appendix 4, you will need: Wireless Transceiver A wireless adapter that came with the Network Requirements at the beginning of your DIRECTV HD DVR. You must have initialized your wireless device for your home network before beginning to the Ethernet port of a regular router...
... into an electrical outlet. 159 A wireless router (in the user's manual that uses an Ethernet port to connect to determine proper connection. Step 1: Connect your wireless adapter into DVR Receiver APPENDICES Plug your DIRECTV HD DVR to the wireless adapter Connect one end of the Ethernet cable to the...Appendix 4, you will need: Wireless Transceiver A wireless adapter that came with the Network Requirements at the beginning of your DIRECTV HD DVR. You must have initialized your wireless device for your home network before beginning to the Ethernet port of a regular router...
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DIRECTV® HD DVR RECEIVER USER GUIDE APPENDIX 5: ABOUT HIGH-DEFINITION 16:9 TVs Showing 4:3 programs For a wide screen 16:9 TV showing a standard 4:3 TV program, the program is too tall ... or black bars are a little stretched to compensate. If your display is shrunk until it's wide enough to fit the screen. See your TV's owner's manual for your format options include these: For 4:3 program signals: Pillar Box Stretch Crop 166 Your choices here include: Pillar Box: Here the 4:3 image is a 16...
DIRECTV® HD DVR RECEIVER USER GUIDE APPENDIX 5: ABOUT HIGH-DEFINITION 16:9 TVs Showing 4:3 programs For a wide screen 16:9 TV showing a standard 4:3 TV program, the program is too tall ... or black bars are a little stretched to compensate. If your display is shrunk until it's wide enough to fit the screen. See your TV's owner's manual for your format options include these: For 4:3 program signals: Pillar Box Stretch Crop 166 Your choices here include: Pillar Box: Here the 4:3 image is a 16...
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... Model Number - 122, 126 Genie Clients - 37, 71, 94, 95, 97, 99 Internet radio - 61 Mode Switch - 10, 12, 81, 104, 107, 109, Genie HD DVR - 71, 72, 94, 95, 97, 155 In Theaters - 30, 34, 35 140, 176 Genie Recommends - 27, 36, 37 GSN Game Lounge - 26, 56, 57 J Movies..., 111, 112, 158, 161, 162, 163, 165, 166 M Onscreen Messages - 101, 103 Ordering Programs - 35 History - 25, 48, 50, 116 Home Page - 32 Mail - 21 Manual Recordings - 39, 50 Other Ratings - 87 I Icons - 16, 48, 174, 175 Mark & Delete - 45 Media Share - 58, 156 Menu - 10, 11, 25, 26, 176 P Pandora...
... Model Number - 122, 126 Genie Clients - 37, 71, 94, 95, 97, 99 Internet radio - 61 Mode Switch - 10, 12, 81, 104, 107, 109, Genie HD DVR - 71, 72, 94, 95, 97, 155 In Theaters - 30, 34, 35 140, 176 Genie Recommends - 27, 36, 37 GSN Game Lounge - 26, 56, 57 J Movies..., 111, 112, 158, 161, 162, 163, 165, 166 M Onscreen Messages - 101, 103 Ordering Programs - 35 History - 25, 48, 50, 116 Home Page - 32 Mail - 21 Manual Recordings - 39, 50 Other Ratings - 87 I Icons - 16, 48, 174, 175 Mark & Delete - 45 Media Share - 58, 156 Menu - 10, 11, 25, 26, 176 P Pandora...
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..., 75, 76, 81, 82, 91, 102, 104, passcode - 85, 86, 175 Program Info - 12, 16, 21 107, 108, 109, 112, 113, 114, 140, 151, DIRECTV® HD DVR RECEIVER USER GUIDE rating limits - 87 Progress Bar - 13, 14, 110 152, 154, 162, 175 spending - 89 Purchases - 48, 50 advanced setups - 82 unlocking..., 110, Power Outage - 113 history - 50 112, 126, 128, 140, 142, 154 Power Saving - 83 managing - 50, 51 Satellite Data Acquisition - 110 Power Surge - 113 manually - 50 Satellite Signal Strength - 82 170 Press and Hold Buttons - 176 purchases - 50 Scheduler - 174
..., 75, 76, 81, 82, 91, 102, 104, passcode - 85, 86, 175 Program Info - 12, 16, 21 107, 108, 109, 112, 113, 114, 140, 151, DIRECTV® HD DVR RECEIVER USER GUIDE rating limits - 87 Progress Bar - 13, 14, 110 152, 154, 162, 175 spending - 89 Purchases - 48, 50 advanced setups - 82 unlocking..., 110, Power Outage - 113 history - 50 112, 126, 128, 140, 142, 154 Power Saving - 83 managing - 50, 51 Satellite Data Acquisition - 110 Power Surge - 113 manually - 50 Satellite Signal Strength - 82 170 Press and Hold Buttons - 176 purchases - 50 Scheduler - 174