A First Look At The Directv Plus Digital Satellite Receiver; What You Should Do; How Does All This; First - Hughes HIRD-E11 Owner's Manual

A FIRST LOOK AT THE
DIRECTV PLUS DIGITAL
SATELLITE RECEIVER
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 DIRECTV PLUS 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:
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How Does All This Work?
Many film studios, news organizations and other broadcasters (1) provide their video, audio, and data
The
Read this manual to familiarize yourself with the system.
Install the 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.
DIRECTV
network
services to the DIRECTV uplink center (2).
DIRECTV then digitally transmits the signals 22,300
miles into space to a grouping of high-powered
satellites (3) built by Hughes Electronics. These
satellites are located in geostationary orbit. This
means that after installation of the DIRECTV PLUS
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 (4). The signals then go into the digital
satellite receiver (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 (6) is used
by the digital satellite receiver to report back to
DIRECTV (7) any purchase activity.
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