Samsung DIRECTV SIR-TS160 Owner's Manual page 43

Chapter 3: Setting up and connecting
Follow this procedure to scan for channels from an off-air antenna and cable TV
service connected to your DIRECTV
1
Press the MENU button on your remote control.
2
Highlight the SETUP menu item, and press the OK button.
3
Highlight the Antenna & Cable menu item, and press the OK button.
4
Highlight the Scan Type menu item
and press the OK button to display
the list of available channel types.
The Scan Type list appears allowing
you to choose to set your DIRECTV
HD Receiver to automatically scan
for channels from Digital sources
(off-air ATSC broadcasts), Off-Air
NTSC sources (standard TV
broadcasts), Cable NTSC (standard
cable TV services), or all of these.
If this is the first time you are setting up this DIRECTV HD Receiver to receive
local channels, the All setting is recommended.
5
Highlight the Scan Type option that matches the type of broadcasts you would
like to program into your DIRECTV HD Receiver, then press the OK button.
6
Next, set your cable TV type by highlighting the Cable Type menu item and
pressing OK. Then highlight the type of cable signal your cable TV service
provides (STD, HRC, or IRC), and press the OK button.
STD, HRC and IRC are signal formats used by cable TV services. Contact your
Cable TV service provider to determine which signal type they use.
7
Highlight the Scan Channels menu item, and press the OK button.
The Scan Channels screen appears and the DIRECTV HD Receiver automatically
starts looking for all available channels of the type you specified in the Scan
Type list. Wait until the scan is complete.
8
If the automatic scan included any channels that you do not intend to watch,
you can edit the channel list by using the Add/Remove Channels menu item in
the Antenna & Cable menu.
9
If any of the off-air antenna channels appear out-of-tune, you can fine tune
them using the Fine Tune Channels item in the Antenna & Cable menu.
10
If you have added digital channels from an off-air antenna, you can check the
signal strength for that channel by using the Digital Off-Air Signal Strength
menu item in the Antenna & Cable menu.
11
To exit the Menu system press the EXIT button on your remote control.
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