A First Look At The Satellite System; What You Should Do First; How Does All This Work - DirecTV HIRD-E4 Owner's Manual

A FIRST LOOK AT
THE SATELLITE
Congratulations! You've selected one of the most advanced digital video and audio components
available today. You now have the capability to receive hundreds of channels of video programming
and CD-quality audio.

What You Should Do First

Your satellite system is both a sophisticated technical product and an easy-to-operate source of
entertainment. You should complete the following steps to achieve the greatest performance from your
system:
Read this manual to familiarize yourself with the system.
Install the DIRECTV PLUS™ digital satellite receiver.
Install your satellite dish antenna and cable.
Align the satellite dish antenna.
Arrange for programming from DIRECTV.
Enjoy endless hours of TV entertainment.

How Does All This Work?

Many film studios, news organizations and other broadcasters (step 1) provide their video, audio, and
The DIRECTV network
SYSTEM
data services to the DIRECTV uplink center (step 2).
DIRECTV then digitally transmits the signals 22,300
miles into space to a grouping of high-powered
satellites (step 3) built by Hughes Electronics. These
satellites are located in geostationary orbit. This
means that after installation of the satellite system,
which includes aiming the satellite dish antenna at
the satellites, no adjustment will be necessary to
change channels because everything comes from the
same locations in the sky. The satellite dish antenna
never has to track the satellite, so there's no waiting
for the picture to come in. From the satellites the
digital signals are beamed back to earth where they
are received by your satellite dish antenna (step 4).
The signals then go into the digital satellite receiver
(step 5) where they undergo extensive processing to
determine if you are authorized to access them. The
signals are then reconverted into high-quality video
and audio that you can enjoy on your television. The
telephone connection (step 6) is used by the digital
satellite receiver to report back to DIRECTV (step 7)
any purchase activity.
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