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Page 1: Satellite Receiver
Satellite Receiver User’s Guide Changing Entertainment. Again. -
Page 2: Important Safety Instructions
Product Registration Please fill out the product registration card (packed separately) and return it immediately, or register online at rca.com. Returning the card allows us to contact you if needed. Product Information Keep your sales receipt to obtain warranty parts and service and for proof of purchase. -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Top of the Digital Satellite Receiver ... 12 Programming the Remote Control ... 12 Operating Other Components ... 13 Controlling a Second RCA Satellite Receiver ... 13 Changing the RF Remote Control Code ... 13 Code List ... 14 Chapter 3: Satellite Receiver Features The Program Guide ... -
Page 4: Chapter 1: Connections & Setup
• Place an amplifier or receiver on the top shelf of the stand so heated air rising from it will not flow around other components. Choose Your Connection There are several ways to connect your digital satellite receiver depending on the components you want to connect and the quality of the signal you want to achieve. -
Page 5: Excellent Connection
Tune the TV to its Component video input channel (if you have difficulty finding your TV’s Component input channel, see your TV’s User’s Manual, or see page 40 in this manual for additional information). When the TV is tuned to the component video input channel, tune the satellite receiver to the desired channel. -
Page 6: Very Good (S-Video) / Good (Video) Connection
To record DIRECTV programming: Tune the satellite receiver to the desired channel. Then set your VCR to record on the proper input channel (video input channel if you connected the digital satellite receiver to the VCR using A/V jacks and cables, channel 3 or 4 if using RF coaxial cable to make the connection). -
Page 7: Basic Connection
Tune the TV to the satellite receiver’s output channel (either channel 3 or 4). Note: You can change the satellite receiver’s output channel by pressing the remote control’s DIRECTV button, then the MENU button, then select System Setup, then System Options, and finally select Output Channel. -
Page 8: Rf Remote Antenna Connection
Connect one end of either an optical (SPDIF) cable or a coaxial digital audio cable (you do not have to connect both) to the corresponding DIGITAL AUDIO output jack* on the satellite receiver, and to the corresponding digital audio input jack on a Dolby Digital receiver or decoder. -
Page 9: Jacks And Cables
Jacks and Cables Below is a description of the jacks and cables you can use to make connections. Not all cables come with your digital satellite receiver. Component Video Component Video provides this receiver’s best picture quality. Component Video jacks break a standard picture signal down into three parts for superior imaging. -
Page 10: Satellite Receiver Back Panel
If your TV brand is RCA, GE, or Proscan, press the TV button on the remote control to turn on the TV. If your TV brand is not RCA, GE, or Proscan, see page 12 in the next section, Using the Remote Control, for details on programming the satellite receiver’s... -
Page 11: Downloading Advanced Program Guide™ Data
To use the One-Touch Record and Record Timer features, you need to attach the VCR Controller cable to the VCR and the satellite receiver. 1. Plug the VCR Controller into the VCR jack on the satellite receiver. 2. Affix the other end in front of the remote control sensor on your VCR. -
Page 12: Selecting A Vcr Type
In order to use the One-Touch Record and Record Timer features, you need to tell the satellite receiver which VCR brand you are using. 1. Tune the TV to its satellite receiver viewing channel (either 03, 04, or the TV’s appropriate input channel depending on your connections). -
Page 13: Chapter 2: Using The Remote Control
WHO•INPUT Press one or more times to scroll through the user profiles. When using the remote control to operate an RCA, GE, or PROSCAN TV (in TV mode), press the WHO•INPUT button one or more times to scroll through the available video input sources. -
Page 14: Top Of The Digital Satellite Receiver
Front Panel Buttons POWER Use to turn your digital satellite receiver on for viewing or off when you are not viewing it. Your receiver will still be able to download software upgrades and receive messages from program providers when it is off. -
Page 15: Operating Other Components
RCA satellite receiver and the AUX1 button is used to control the second RCA satellite receiver. If your second receiver is an RCA, GE, or Proscan and you want to control it using the AUX1 button, use code 5001. Code 5000 is used by the DIRECTV button. -
Page 16: Code List
Quasar ... 1003, 1054, 1070, 1094 Radio Shack/Realistic ... 1000, 1004, 1006, 1012, 1038, 1049, 1095, 1162, 1171, 1172 RCA ... 1000, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1019, 1096, 1098, 1099, 1100, 1101, 1102, 1103, 1129, 1179, 1181, 1187, 1188, 1190, 1202, 1203, 1215, 1233 Runco ... - Page 17 2023, 2026, 2029, 2049, 2050, 2096, 2132 Radix ... 2014 Randex ... 2014 RCA ... 2000, 2001, 2003, 2013, 2021, 2055, 2056, 2082, 2083, 2084, 2085, 2086, 2087, 2088, 2089, 2090, 2091, 2107, 2115, 2120, 2125, 2131, 2133 Ricoh ... 2128 Runco ...
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Page 18: Chapter 3: Satellite Receiver Features
• Press the remote control’s INFO, DIRECTV, or GO BACK buttons while watching programming. • Press UP, DOWN, or INFO on the satellite receiver’s front panel. • Exit the on-screen menu system (except when you press the CLEAR button on your remote control). -
Page 19: Buttons Of The Channel Banner
Unlock icon The system is unlocked. Spending, viewing and other limits can be accessed or changed. Selecting this icon in the channel banner displays the Lock System control panel. Video Unlock icon A password has been entered to temporarily override the limits. The system will remain unlocked until the satellite receiver is turned off or re-locked. -
Page 20: Displaying On-Screen Guides
To go forward or reverse by a 6-hour block of time, use the FORWARD and REVERSE buttons on the remote control. Note: Your digital satellite receiver can store up to seven days of programming information. Getting all this information can take up to 12 hours to download. -
Page 21: More Details
For information on tuning to a PPV program, see page 27. More Details There’s a variety of program information sent along with standard broadcast signals, and your digital satellite receiver can display much of it (if available). The More Details menu can offer information (if available) about Actors and Roles, the Director, the Writer, Original Materials, the Production Studio, Awards, Keywords associated with the program, and the original release Date and Run Length. -
Page 22: Additional Program Guides
Satellite Receiver Features Additional Program Guides The Program Guides menu gives you more guides to choose from besides the Detail and Grid Guides: the Channel Guide, the Logo Guide, the Category Guide, the Viewing Suggestions Guide, AlphaSort and Scout. You can also change the current profile from the Profile Guide in the Program Guides menu. -
Page 23: The Category Guide
Note: When the digital satellite receiver is first plugged in or turned on after an extended power outage, there will only be a few hours of Guide information for search features to work with. It can take several hours for all seven days of Guide data to be completely downloaded to your receiver. -
Page 24: The Guide Toolbar
Satellite Receiver Features The Guide Toolbar The Detail and Grid Guides have a special toolbar you can access by pressing FETCH in those guides. This toolbar offers several ways of organizing and searching through program guide information so that you can find the programs you want more quickly and easily, even if you don’t know their names. -
Page 25: Chapter 4: Using On-Screen Menus
Tip: No Menus? If the Main menu doesn’t appear when you press MENU, the remote control might not be in DIRECTV mode. Try pressing the DIRECTV button on the remote, and then MENU. Tip: Using On-screen Help Press the remote control’s INFO button at any time for more information. -
Page 26: Main Menu Items
Use this button to review or cancel upcoming purchases, review past purchases, and set spending limits for saved profiles. Timers Schedule the digital satellite receiver to tune to a specific channel at a specific time. If a VCR has been properly connected to the receiver, you can also record future programming. Profiles This button displays a menu where you can set system and user passwords, ratings limits, spending limits, viewing hours, as well as create favorite channel lists. -
Page 27: Messages
Caller ID Your digital satellite receiver is capable of displaying and storing Caller ID information provided by your local telephone company. To use this feature, you must have your receiver directly plugged into a telephone outlet (or a RC930 wireless modem) and you must subscribe to Caller ID or similar caller identification services from your telephone company. -
Page 28: Message Indicators
The Caller ID List Screen The digital satellite receiver can store up to 20 call entries in the Caller ID List screen. When the memory is full, a new call automatically replaces the oldest call in memory. The list also tells you if you have received multiple calls from the same number. -
Page 29: Using The Purchases Menu
Highlight and select an upcoming purchase from the Future Purchases screen. You can review the program description, as well as cancel an upcoming purchase. Note: Only pay per view programs that were ordered from the satellite receiver and have not yet aired may be cancelled. -
Page 30: Timer Recordings
The Timers feature allows you to set up timer recordings if you have connected the VCR Controller to your digital satellite receiver and told the receiver what type of VCR you are using. See page 9 in the Setup and Connections section for details on connecting a VCR Controller. -
Page 31: User Profiles
Copying Profile Settings To make creating or editing a profile easier, your digital satellite receiver gives you the ability to use the settings of a previously set profile. To copy the settings of an existing profile: 1. In the Edit Profile menu, press the 2 button to select Copy Settings. -
Page 32: Setting The Rating Limit
(if desired). 3. When all fields are set up correctly, the satellite receiver returns to the previous display. Note: After Spending Limits are set and the system is locked, the system password will be required to purchase a pay per view program that costs more than the set Spending Limits allow. -
Page 33: Locking The System
The system password is also required to override limits. Choosing Your Profile Each time you turn on the digital satellite receiver, the Family profile is selected by default, so this should be the profile with the most restrictive limits you want enforced across all profiles. -
Page 34: Personal Settings
Using On-Screen Menus Name Used to change the profile display name. This name will be displayed in the Profiles menus as well as when the remote control’s WHO•INPUT button is pressed. Note: You can also change a profile’s name from the Profiles menu. See Setting the Name on page 29 for more information. Guide Settings Lets you choose which guide appears first when you press the GUIDE button on the remote control. -
Page 35: Info Message
Receiver Index The Receiver Index feature allows you to get detailed information about your digital satellite receiver. The Receiver Index has information about program guides, the menu system, the remote control, the receiver’s front and back panels, along with a glossary of words commonly used when discussing digital satellite receivers and a list of answers to Frequently Asked Questions about satellite receivers. -
Page 36: Receiver Options
RF Remote Setup This feature allows you to configure the RF remote control’s privacy code. This is the best way to avoid interference between your satellite receiver’s remote control and other Thomson RF remote controls. This is helpful if you are using two satellite receivers, each with RF remote controls. -
Page 37: Dolby Digital Setup
Dolby Digital soundtracks (when available) provide up to six independent soundtrack channels through a digital audio output jack. Your digital satellite receiver has SPDIF [IEC-958] digital PCM or Dolby Digital-encoded as well as coaxial digital audio output jacks. These can be connected to an external Digital Audio Receiver/Decoder equipped with a compatible digital audio input (see page 6 in the Setup and Connections section for more information). -
Page 38: Dish Pointing
DIRECTV® System. Dish Pointing The Dish Pointing menu helps you set up your digital satellite receiver and optimize your reception of the satellite signal. Selecting Your Dish Antenna It is important to complete each of the following steps required for your satellite dish antenna. -
Page 39: System Test
System Upgrades Your digital satellite receiver is able to receive upgrades or modifications to some of its features and functions. These modifications will occur automatically, usually at times when your receiver would likely be turned off. If your receiver is on when an upgrade or modification is sent, you may experience a disruption in reception for a minute or two. -
Page 40: Chapter 5: Other Information
3. Turn on the receiver and wait for it to download program guide information. Wrong picture The digital satellite receiver and most VCRs let you toggle between signals. If you don’t see the signal you think you should be seeing, try using these buttons to toggle between the signals: •... -
Page 41: Other Information
• If you’re entering a channel number that is less than four digits long, the receiver might wait two seconds before actually tuning to the channel. • If you are trying to operate a device other than the digital satellite receiver that you have programmed the remote to control, make sure you press the corresponding device button (DVD, VCR, etc.) first. -
Page 42: Running The System Test
MUTE SKIP • If your TV brand is RCA, GE, or PROSCAN, press TV on the remote control that came with your digital satellite receiver. Then press the WHO•INPUT button on the remote. • If your TV brand is not RCA, GE, or PROSCAN, consult your TV Owner’s Manual. -
Page 43: Limited Warranty
RCA® – DIRECTV® SYSTEM LIMITED WARRANTY What your warranty covers: • Defects in materials or workmanship. For how long after your purchase: • 90 days from date of purchase - Unit exchange, which includes parts and labor. • 91 days to 1 year from date of purchase - Unit exchange, which includes parts only; you pay the labor. - Page 44 Other Information To receive a replacement receiver after we have received your unit: • Write the SR number on the outside of the carton used to return the unit. Make sure you insure your shipment in case of damage or loss. •...
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Page 45: Fcc Customer Information
If trouble is experienced with this digital satellite receiver, for repair or warranty information please refer to the appropriate section of this manual. This product is not user serviceable. If the equipment is causing harm to the telephone network, the telephone company may request that you disconnect the equipment until the problem is resolved. -
Page 46: Accessory Information
GUIDE INFO MENU CLEAR ANTENNA WHO INPUT STOP PAUSE 1-800-338-0376 www.rca.com. TVRO Bullet Amplifier Part number D903 price: $22.95 Wireless Modem Jack Part number RC930 price: $99.95 Eight outlet surge protection for cable TV, satellite systems and other electronics (comes with a $50,000 equipment guarantee) Part number: SCTV4000 price: $39.95... -
Page 47: Index
Access card 2, 10, 37 Grid Guide 18 AlphaSort™ 17, 21, 22 GUIDE button 11 Alternate data 37 Animation 32 Arrows on remote 11 Highlight and Select 9 Assisted setup 10, 40 Audio hum 2 I icon. Batteries 8 Icons 16, 28 Buttons, remote control 11 INFO button 11 Interactive 24, 37... - Page 48 If your digital satellite receiver needs service, please contact your dealer or the nearest Service Center from the Yellow Pages. Please do not send any products to the Indianapolis address listed in this manual or on the carton. This will only add delays in service for your product.
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