Chapter 3: Setting up and connecting
Connecting your DIRECTV
1
Make sure your TV, A/V receiver, and DIRECTV HD Receiver are turned off
and unplugged.
2
If you plan to use the DIRECTV HD Receiver to watch DIRECTV
connect the RG-6 coaxial cable running from your satellite dish to the
SATELLITE IN jack on the back of your DIRECTV HD Receiver.
3
If you plan to watch cable TV programming, connect the coaxial cable running
from your cable TV system to the CABLE IN jack on the back of the DIRECTV
HD Receiver.
4
If you plan to watch off-air TV programming (analog or digital), connect the
coaxial cable running from your off-air TV antenna to the AIR IN jack on the
back of the DIRECTV HD Receiver.
5
Connect the supplied phone cord to a telephone wall jack and to the TEL LINE
jack on the back of the DIRECTV HD Receiver.
Note: A triple LNB multi-satellite dish antenna including a Sat C LNB is required to
receive High-Definition programming from DIRECTV.
6
Make video connections to your TV.
Your DIRECTV HD Receiver supports the following kinds of video connections:
DVI
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RGB
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component (Y, Pb, Pr)
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S-Video
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composite (standard A/V jacks)
•
RF
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High-Definition Receiver
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