Sony SAT-A4 Operating instructions

3-865-51521 (2)

DIRECTV Digital

Satellite Receiver

Operating Instructions

BEFORE USING YOUR DIRECTV SYSTEM

You must activate your programming service by calling your program providers:

DIRECTV

USSB

1-800-347-3288

1-800-204-8772

For more information, see page 22.

SAT-A4 MODEL ONLY

RF ANTENNA: The digital satellite receiver is shipped with IR reception enabled and RF reception disabled. To use the RF feature (and the antenna), you must change the factory setting (IR ONLY) to the RF setting (RF ONLY) using the on-screen displays, as described in this manual.

®

SAT-A4

SAT-B3

© 1998 by Sony Electronics Inc. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. All rights reserved.

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WARNING

To reduce the risk of fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture.

Owner’s Record

The model and serial numbers are located on the bottom of the

Digital Satellite Receiver. The number for the access card is on the back of the card and on the carton label. Record these numbers in the space provided below. Refer to these numbers whenever you need to call your sales or service representative regarding this product.

This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of significant magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.

This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance

(servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance.

Note to the CATV Installer

This reminder is provided to call the CATV system installer’s attention to Article 820-40 of the NEC that provides guidelines for proper grounding and, in particular, specifies that the cable ground shall be connected to the grounding system of the building as close to the point of cable entry as practical.

Note to the Satellite Dish Antenna Installer

This reminder is provided to call the Satellite Antenna installer’s attention to Article 810 and in particular Article 810-15 of the NEC, which covers proper installation and grounding of television receiving equipment, as well as to Article 820-40 of the NEC, which specifies that the Satellite Antenna cable ground shall be connected to the grounding system of the building as close to the point of cable entry as practical.

Telephone Line Interruption

Periodically, information on your DIRECT TICKET® and Pay Per

View selections is sent, free of charge, via your telephone line to an

800 number. During the time the information is being forwarded, you cannot use your telephone and you will hear static noise for approximately 30 seconds. If you would like to use your telephone while the information is being sent, you can interrupt the sending of this information at any time by temporarily unplugging the phone line to the receiver.

You are cautioned that any changes or modifications not expressly approved in this manual could void your authority to operate this equipment.

Model Number: ___________________________________________

Serial Number:_____________________________________________

Access Card Number:_______________________________________

Customer Support

For Programming

For subscription information, or to resolve problems related to programming, call:

DIRECTV at 1-800-DIRECTV (347-3288) or

USSB at 1-800-204-USSB (8772).

For Hardware and Installation

To arrange for the installation of your DIRECTV System, call the dealer from whom you purchased your system.

For general information, or to resolve problems related to the operation of your Digital Satellite Receiver or Satellite Antenna, please contact your Sony dealer. If your dealer or installer is unable to answer your questions, call the Sony Satellite System

Information Center at 1-800-838-7669.

Trademark and Copyrights

Sony and Express Navigator are trademarks of Sony. DIRECTV is a trademark of DIRECTV, Inc., a unit of Hughes Electronics, and is used with permission. USSB and USSB Entertainment Plus are official service marks of the United States Satellite Broadcasting

Company, Inc.

Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories Licensing

Corporation. “Dolby”, the double-D symbol, and “AC-3” are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation.

Macrovision Information

This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by U.S. patents and other intellectual property rights.

Use of this copyright protection technology is granted by

Macrovision for home and other limited pay-per-view uses only.

Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited.

Note on Recording Programming

Programming may be taped for home viewing only. All other taping is expressly prohibited. Some programming may not be taped. An additional taping fee may be applied. Call your program providers for details.

StarSight Licensed

The manufacture and sale of the television schedule feature of this product was licensed under one or more of the following patents of StarSight Telecast, Inc.: U.S. Patent Nos. 4,706,121; 4,977,455;

5,151,789; and 5,353,121; with use rights reserved.

Network Broadcasting Information

ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, and PBS networks are available from

DIRECTV. Some restrictions apply.

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Contents

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Chapter 1

Introducing the DIRECTV System

Features

Package Contents

Inserting Batteries into the Remote Control

Chapter 2

Using Basic Functions

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Remote Control for Model SAT-A4

Remote Control for Model SAT-B3

Using a Program Guide

Using the Station Index

Chapter 3

Connecting Your DIRECTV System

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Overview

TV Only

TV and VCR

Home Entertainment System

(Hi-Fi TV, Hi-Fi VCR, Audio/Video

Receiver)

Connecting the IR Blaster

Setting Up the RF Antenna (SAT-A4 Only)

Setting Up Your DIRECTV System

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Chapter 4

Using the DIRECTV System Features

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Overview

Before You Get Started ...

Using the On-Screen Displays:

Highlight and Select

Displaying the Program Guide

Features of the Program Guide

Moving Through the Program Guide

Selecting a Program from the Guide

Selecting a Category List

Selecting a Different Category Guide or List

Using the Station Index

Setting Up the Timer

Using the Favorite Station Guides

Displaying the Program Banner

Using the DISPLAY Feature

Chapter 5

Using the Options Menu

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Overview

Displaying the Options Menu

Checking and Cancelling PPV Purchases

Setting Display Options

Using the Jump Loop Feature

Setting Locks and Limits

Setting Up a List of Custom Stations

Setting Audio Options

Reading Your Messages

Selecting Data Services

Chapter 6

Using the Setup Menu

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Overview

Displaying the Setup Menu

Setting Up the Satellite Dish Antenna

VCR Recording

Replacing Your Access Card

Setting the Aspect Ratio

Setting Up the Remote Control (SAT-A4

Only)

Running a System Test

Displaying Help, Tips, and Shortcuts

Appendix

Other Information

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Location and Function of Controls

Using the Remote Control

Programming the Remote Control

Troubleshooting

Precautions

FCC Regulations and Information

Limited Warranty

Specifications

Index

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Chapter 1

Introducing the DIRECTV System

Welcome to the Sony brand DIRECTV System, the ultimate digital entertainment experience. Read this chapter for an overview of features of the system and to check the carton contents of the Digital Satellite

Receiver.

Features

Here are just a few benefits you’ll enjoy:

Excellent Performance

q Superior, digital-quality video that rivals the performance of laserdisc players.

q Crisp digital-quality audio that will enhance your TV or home theater experience.

Premium Entertainment

q Choose from a variety of program packages available through your program providers, DIRECTV and USSB.

q Connect this receiver to your Dolby

®

Digital decoder or Dolby

Digital A/V receiver for dynamic surround sound.

Convenience and Ease-of-Use

q Order premium pay per view (PPV) movies. PPV programs start as often as every 30 minutes, so you can watch programs when you want to see them.

q Sony’s Express Navigator

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on-screen display system guides you through all the system features and functions.

q Select from a variety of program guides that are sorted by program categories, including Sports, Movies, News, and more.

q The Timer feature, when used with Sony’s IR Blaster, allows easy

One Button Recording of digital satellite programs.

Easy to Customize

q Create a Custom Category Guide and up to five of your own

Favorite Station Guides for stations you watch most often. q Change the color palette, and station ordering of the program guides. Use the DISPLAY button to toggle among different sizes of on-screen displays.

q Set up a passcode, which lets you choose spending limits and control viewing of programs by rating and station.

Package Contents

Check to make sure you’ve received the following items in the Digital

Satellite Receiver’s carton:

Digital Satellite

Receiver

*

MUTING

POWER

TV

SAT

SLEEP

CABLE

CABLE

TV

FUNCTION

POSITION

AUDIO

SWAP

TV/SAT

SAT

PIP

OFF

+

CH -

JUMP

FAVORITE

TV/VIDEO 1

2

4

3

5

7

DISPLAY

8

6

9

ENTER

INDEX

0

GUIDE

CATEGORY

MENU

VOL

CH

EXIT

PAGE

*

Access Card

*

* RF Antenna and S-Video cable are not included with SAT-B3. SAT-A4 includes the RM-Y800 remote control shown above; SAT-B3 includes the RM-Y139 remote control shown on page 8.

If you are missing items, contact the dealer from whom you purchased the Digital Satellite Receiver.

Note

Keep the original carton and packing materials to safely transport the system in the future.

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Inserting Batteries into the Remote Control

Before you can use the remote control, you must first insert the supplied batteries. If you want to use this remote control to operate other video components, such as a TV or cable box, you must also program the remote as described in the Appendix on page 85.

To install the batteries:

1

Push and slide open the battery compartment.

SAT-A4 Remote Control:

SAT-B3 Remote Control:

2

Insert two size AA batteries (supplied). Be sure to match the + and

– marks on the batteries with the + and – marks in the battery compartment.

Notes on Batteries

q When the batteries become weak, the Function button indicator flashes. If the remote control does not operate properly, the batteries might be weak. When replacing batteries, replace both batteries with new ones. Do not mix different types of batteries together.

q

When you remove the batteries — to replace them, for example — any codes you’ve set may be erased. If this happens, you must reprogram the remote. See “Programming the Remote Control” on page 85 for details.

q

When replacing the batteries, do not touch any buttons on the remote control.

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Chapter 2

Using Basic Functions

You can start watching programs using just a few buttons on the remote control. Here’s an overview of the buttons you’ll use most often.

Remote Control for Model SAT-A4

MUTING SLEEP CABLE

POWER

TV

SAT

FUNCTION CABLE TV SAT

POSITION AUDIO SWAP

TV/VIDEO TV/SAT

PIP

+

CH

-

JUMP

OFF

FAVORITE

1 2 3

4 5 6

7

DISPLAY

8

0

CATEGORY INDEX

9

ENTER

GUIDE

VOL

MENU

EXIT

CH

PAGE

RM-Y800

SAT POWER Button

Turns the Digital Satellite Receiver on and off.

FUNCTION Buttons

Selects the component (SAT, TV, CABLE) that you want to operate.

These buttons flash to indicate which component the remote control is set to operate. To switch from the TV to SAT mode, press the

SAT FUNCTION button, and then press the TV/SAT button. To control your TV or cable box, you must first program the remote control, as described on page 85.

PIP Buttons

Control the Picture-In-Picture functions of your Sony TV (see page 81).

0–9 and ENTER Buttons

Pressing the 0–9 buttons and then the ENTER button selects a station number directly.

GUIDE Button

Press to display the Custom Guide.

CATEGORY Button

Press to display the Category Guide.

INDEX Button

Press to display the Station Index.

S

SATELLITE

RECEIVER

CH/PAGE Buttons

Changes the channel. When a program guide is displayed, pressing the CH/PAGE buttons pages through the guide.

Joystick/ Button

Moving the joystick up, down, left, right, and diagonally scrolls through the program guides. Pressing the button selects the program that’s highlighted.

See Also

q Pages 9–10 for a quick start to using the program guide and the

Station Index.

q Pages 81–83 for a complete description of the buttons on the remote.

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Remote Control for Model SAT-B3

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MUTING

VTR TV

POWER

SAT

TV/VIDEO VTR

FUNCTION

TV SAT

TV/VTR

TV/SAT

1 2 3

4 5 6

7

DISPLAY

8

0

CATEGORY INDEX

9

ENTER

GUIDE

JUMP EXIT MENU FAVORITE

VOL CH

PAGE

CODE SET

RM-Y139

SATELLITE

RECEIVER

SAT POWER Button


FUNCTION Buttons

Selects the component (SAT, TV, VTR) that you want to operate. These buttons flash to indicate which component the remote control is set to operate. To control your TV or VTR(VCR), you must first program the remote control, as described on page 85.

VCR Control Buttons

Pressing the buttons will activate standard VCR features: Play, Record,

Pause, Stop, Rewind and Fast Forward.

0–9 and ENTER Buttons

Pressing the 0–9 buttons and then the ENTER button selects a station number directly.

GUIDE Button

Press to display the Custom Guide.

CATEGORY Button

Press to display the Category Guide.

INDEX Button

Press to display the Station Index.

Button

Selects the program that’s highlighted.

Arrow Buttons

Scroll through the program guide.

CH/PAGE Buttons

Change the channel. When a program guide is displayed, pressing the CH/PAGE buttons pages through the guide.

See Also

q Pages 9–10 for a quick start to using the program guide and the

Station Index.

q Page 84 for a complete description of the buttons on the remote.

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Using a Program Guide

The program guide displays the programming that’s available from your program providers.

1

Press the GUIDE button to bring up the Custom Guide.

CUSTOM GUIDE

First Knight

8:00 PM 10:00 PM PG-13

Act. Adv. 1995 Richard Gere, Sean Connery, Julia

Ormond. Thrilling romance results when rogue knight

Lancelot becomes torn between his loyalty to King

Arthur and his love for Queen Guinevere (CC, ST) (A, V)

WED

DTV 106

8:00 PM

The Rainmaker

8:30 PM

Wynonna in Concert

DTV 107

DTV 108

Mr. Magoo

Ellen—All Day Ticket

DTV 109 The Postman (lbx)

DTV 110 Spice World—All Day Ticket

DTV 111

DTV 112

First Knight

Switchback

WED OCT 5 8:45 PM

9:00 PM

Mr. Magoo

Ellen All...

Mouse Hunt

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Move the highlight to the name of the program you want.

You’ll hear the audio and see the video (in the background) of each program as they are highlighted.

The table below lists the various ways in which you can move around in the guide.

Press the button to select the highlighted program .

Moving Around

In a Program Guide

To Do This ...

Go to other stations in the guide one station at a time

You can also change the look of the program guide by pressing the DISPLAY button. See

“Using the DISPLAY Feature” on page 41.

Go to other time slots in the guide one program at a time

In program guides, you can select station call letters/numbers to display a description of the station.

Go to other stations in the guide one “page” at a time

Go to a station directly

Use This Button

SAT-A4 : Move the joystick up and down

SAT-B3 : Press the and buttons

SAT-A4: Move the joystick left and right to move one time slot at a time.

SAT-B3: Press the and buttons

Both Models: Or press the GUIDE button to “page” to future time slots.

Press the PAGE (CH+) and

PAGE (CH-) buttons

Press the 0-9 buttons and press ENTER

(to specify the station number)

Return to the last station you were watching

Press the EXIT button

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Using the Station Index

The Station Index lets you select a program from a grid of station logos and call letters.

Note

Pressing EXIT removes all on-screen displays. Also, you may need to change to another station if a message appears, which requests that you press the button to purchase the program, etc.

1 INDEX

Press to bring up the Station Index .

STATION INDEX Sports Center

Your Station Index may not look exactly like this. The stations displayed depend on the programming you’ve ordered.

100 101 102 103 104 105 106

107 108 109 110 111 112 113

114 115 116 117 118 119 120

Moving Around

In the Station Index

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3

Move the highlight to the station you want.

The program title is displayed at the top of the Station Index. Also, you’ll hear the audio and see the video (in the background) of each program, as they are highlighted.

The table below lists the various ways in which you can move around in the Station Index.

Press the button to tune to the program that’s highlighted.

To Do This ...

Go to other stations in the guide, one station at a time

You can also change the look of the Station

Index by pressing the DISPLAY button. See

“Using the DISPLAY Feature” on page 41.

Go to other stations in the Station

Index, one “page” at a time

Go to a station directly

Return to the last station you were watching

Use This Button

SAT-A4: Move the joystick in any direction

SAT-B3: Press the buttons

Press the PAGE (CH+) and

PAGE (CH-) buttons

Press the 0-9 buttons and press

ENTER (to specify the station number)

Press the EXIT button

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Chapter 3

Connecting Your DIRECTV System

Read this chapter to set up your Digital Satellite Receiver for the first time, or to add or remove audio or video components connected to your system.

Overview

Note:

Before you connect the RG-6 coaxial cable from the LNB to the Digital Satellite

Receiver, make sure the Digital Satellite

Receiver is unplugged. This will prevent your Digital Satellite Receiver from experiencing a short.

(SAT-A4 Only)

You can connect the Digital Satellite Receiver in a variety of configurations. The answers to the following questions will determine how you hook up and operate your Digital Satellite Receiver. For example: q q q q

Do you have cable TV or a broadcast (terrestrial) TV antenna?

What type of connectors do your TV and VCR have: S-VIDEO,

A/V (RCA-type), or RF coaxial?

Do you plan to integrate your Digital Satellite Receiver with your audio or video system?

Do you have a Dolby Digital decoder or Dolby Digital A/V receiver?

Detailed hookup instructions are provided on the pages that follow.

For optimum audio and video performance, follow these general recommendations as much as possible when hooking up your components: q q q

If you have an audio or audio/video system, consider integrating the Digital Satellite Receiver into a home entertainment configuration to take advantage of your hi-fi system’s audio capabilities.

If your TV has an S-VIDEO jack, use it to connect your TV to the

Digital Satellite Receiver. An S-Video connection provides a better picture than A/V or RF connections.

If your TV does not have an S-VIDEO jack, use your TV’s A/V connectors to connect your components. An A/V connection provides a better picture and audio when compared to an RF connection.

q q

If you have a Dolby Digital decoder, or an A/V receiver with Dolby

Digital, you can connect these components using an optical cable and set the Audio options to allow Dolby Digital signals to be output to your other components (see page 58). Dolby Digital provides up to six discrete channels of audio for a complete surround sound experience

.

If your A/V receiver has a digital optical input terminal, you can connect it to your A/V receiver using an optical cable.

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TV Only

TV With RF Connector Only

Your VHF/UHF IN jack may be labeled as

RF IN.

Refer to the illustration below.

1

Connect the RG-6 cable from the Satellite Antenna’s LNB to the

Digital Satellite Receiver’s SATELLITE IN jack.

2

Connect the Digital Satellite Receiver’s VHF(SAT)/UHF OUT jack to the TV’s VHF/UHF IN jack.

Note

A VHF/UHF connection does not provide stereo sound. To receive stereo sound, you must use an A/V connection (described on page 13).

3

Connect one end of the telephone line cord to the Digital Satellite

Receiver’s TEL LINE jack. Connect the other end to your home’s modular telephone outlet. Do not connect to a “wireless” telephone extension. Since these devices typically do not support high data rates, connecting to one may result in very slow operation or may even prevent connection with your program provider.

4

Connect one end of the AC power cord to the Digital Satellite

Receiver’s AC IN jack. Connect the plug end to an AC outlet.

Digital Satellite Receiver

ACCESS CARD

DIGITAL

OUT

(OPTICAL) LOW SPEED DATA

VCR CONTROL

SATELLITE IN

1

R

AUDIO

RF REMOTE

VIDEO

S VIDEO

1

CH3

CH4

VHF/UHF IN

2

L(MONO)

VIDEO OUT

VHF(SAT)/UHF

OUT

TEL LINE

2 3

AC IN~

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SAT-A4 receiver is pictured, but connections are identical for SAT-B3.

Optional Connections

q If you have a cable input, cable box, or a terrestrial TV antenna, connect it to the Digital Satellite Receiver’s VHF/UHF IN jack.

q You can also connect the Digital Satellite Receiver to your audio receiver’s AUDIO IN jacks using audio cables.

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TV With A/V Connectors

If your TV has only one AUDIO IN jack, connect the lower (mono) AUDIO L jack on the Digital Satellite Receiver to the

TV’s AUDIO IN jack.

Refer to the illustration below.

1



2

Connect the Digital Satellite Receiver’s A/V jacks to the TV’s A/V

IN jacks.

3



4




ACCESS CARD

DIGITAL

OUT

(OPTICAL)

VCR CONTROL

SATELLITE IN

LOW SPEED DATA

R

AUDIO

RF REMOTE

VIDEO

S VIDEO

1

CH3

CH4

VHF/UHF IN

2

L(MONO)

VIDEO OUT

VHF(SAT)/UHF

OUT

TEL LINE

3

1

2

AC IN~

4



RF IN.


q If you have a cable input, cable box, or a terrestrial TV antenna, connect it to the TV’s VHF/UHF IN jack.

q Best Connection : If your TV has an S-VIDEO jack, use an S-VIDEO cable to connect the Digital Satellite Receiver’s S-VIDEO jack to the

TV’s S-VIDEO IN jack. This provides the best picture quality. Then use audio cables to connect one set of the Digital Satellite

Receiver’s audio jacks to the TV’s AUDIO IN jacks.

q

You can also connect the Digital Satellite Receiver to your audio receiver’s AUDIO IN jacks using audio cables.

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TV and VCR


RF IN.

Refer to the illustration on the opposite page.

1



2

Complete one of the following to connect the Digital Satellite

Receiver: q

Better Connection : Connect the Digital Satellite Receiver’s A/V jacks to the A/V IN jacks on the TV and VCR. If your VCR has only one AUDIO IN jack (monoaural VCR), connect it to the lower AUDIO L (mono) jack on the Digital Satellite Receiver.

q

Good Connection : Connect the Digital Satellite Receiver’s

VHF(SAT)/UHF OUT jack to the VCR’s VHF/UHF IN jack.

3

Complete one of the following to connect the VCR to the TV: q Better Connection : If both your TV and VCR have A/V jacks, connect the VCR’s A/V OUT jacks to the TV’s A/V IN jacks.

q Good Connection : If your TV or VCR has only an RF jack, connect the VCR’s VHF/UHF OUT jack to the TV’s VHF/UHF

IN jack.

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5




q If you have a cable input, cable box, or a terrestrial TV antenna, connect it to the TV or VCR’s VHF/UHF IN jack.

q Best Connection : If your TV has an S-VIDEO jack, use an S-VIDEO cable to connect the Digital Satellite Receiver’s S-VIDEO jack to the

TV’s S-VIDEO IN jack. This provides the best picture quality. Then use audio cables to connect one set of the Digital Satellite

Receiver’s audio jacks to the TV’s AUDIO IN jacks.

q

You can also connect the Digital Satellite Receiver to your audio receiver’s AUDIO IN jacks using audio cables.

q

If you are using the IR Blaster, see page 18 for setup instructions.

Note

If the screen appears fuzzy, the program you are watching may be protected by

Macrovision. Turn the VCR off to improve the picture quality.

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ACCESS CARD

DIGITAL

OUT

(OPTICAL)

VCR CONTROL

SATELLITE IN

LOW SPEED DATA

R

AUDIO

RF REMOTE

VIDEO

S VIDEO

1

CH3

CH4

VHF/UHF IN

2

L(MONO)

VIDEO OUT

VHF(SAT)/UHF

OUT

TEL LINE

1 4

2 5

AC IN~

2

3


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Home Entertainment System

(Hi-Fi TV, Hi-Fi VCR, Audio/Video Receiver)


RF IN.

Refer to the illustration on the opposite page.

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2

Connect the Digital Satellite Receiver’s A/V jacks to the VCR and

A/V receiver’s A/V IN jacks.

3

Connect the Digital Satellite Receiver’s DIGITAL OUT jack to the

A/V receiver’s digital optical input jack (SAT-A4 only).

4

Connect the VCR’s A/V OUT jacks to one set of the A/V receiver’s

A/V IN jacks.

5

Connect the A/V receiver’s MONITOR OUT jack to the TV’s

VIDEO IN jack.

6



7




q

If you have a cable input, cable box, or a terrestrial TV antenna, connect it to the VCR’s VHF/UHF IN jack.

q Best Connection: If your A/V receiver has an S-VIDEO jack, use an

S-VIDEO cable to connect the Digital Satellite Receiver’s S-VIDEO jack to the A/V receiver’s S-VIDEO IN jack. Then connect an S-

VIDEO cable from the A/V receiver to the TV’s S-VIDEO IN jack.

This provides the best picture quality. Then use audio cables to connect one set of the Digital Satellite Receiver’s audio jacks to the

A/V receiver’s AUDIO IN jacks.

q If you are using the IR Blaster, see page 18 for setup instructions.

Note



In this configuration, the A/V receiver must be turned on in order to view TV programs.

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Connecting the IR Blaster


The IR Blaster works with the Digital Satellite Receiver’s Timer function to automatically start and stop the recording function of your

VCR.

1

Connect the IR Blaster to the Digital Satellite Receiver’s VCR

CONTROL jack. Then place the IR Blaster below and in front of the

VCR, about

1

/

2

” to 1”. For best results, place the IR Blaster directly below the VCR’s IR receiving area.


ACCESS CARD

DIGITAL

OUT

(OPTICAL)

VCR CONTROL

SATELLITE IN

LOW SPEED DATA

R

AUDIO

RF REMOTE

VIDEO

S VIDEO

1

CH3

CH4

VHF/UHF IN

2

L(MONO)

VIDEO OUT

VHF(SAT)/UHF

OUT

TEL LINE

AC IN~

IR Sensor

1 /

2

" to 1 "

If the IR Blaster doesn’t seem to be working correctly, first check that the IR

Blaster is positioned directly below the

VCR’s IR receiving area and that the

VCR’s line input is set to the Digital

Satellite Receiver. If it’s still not working, try this procedure again using the other codes listed for your VCR on page 86.

2

Set the manufacturer, and code type of your VCR using the VCR

RECORDING Screen on page 66. This must be done for the IR

Blaster to function properly.

3

To use the IR Blaster: 1) Set the Timer (page 35), 2) Turn on the VCR and set the VCR’s line input to the Digital Satellite

Receiver, 3) Insert a tape, 4) Turn off the VCR.

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Setting Up the RF Antenna (SAT-A4 Only)

Do not place the RF antenna directly on top of the Digital Satellite Receiver or any other metal object. For best results, place the RF antenna in a visible location.

The RF (radio frequency) antenna enables the remote control to operate the Digital Satellite Receiver even if the Digital Satellite Receiver is located in another room or is placed behind a cabinet door.

Note

You must set up the RF antenna if you plan on using the RF feature.

To set up the RF antenna:

1

Connect the RF antenna to the Digital Satellite Receiver’s RF

REMOTE jack.

2

Place the RF antenna at least one foot away from the Digital

Satellite Receiver.

3

Use the on-screen displays to set up the Digital Satellite Receiver to accept RF transmission (RF ONLY). See “Setting Up the Remote

Control” on page 71 for details.

The Digital Satellite Receiver is shipped with IR transmission enabled and RF transmission disabled. To use the RF feature, you must first change the factory setting (IR ONLY) to the RF setting (RF ONLY) using the on-screen displays, as described on page 71.


ACCESS CARD

DIGITAL

OUT

(OPTICAL)

VCR CONTROL

SATELLITE IN

LOW SPEED DATA

R

AUDIO

RF REMOTE

VIDEO

S VIDEO

1

CH3

CH4

VHF/UHF IN

2

L(MONO)

VIDEO OUT

VHF(SAT)/UHF

OUT

TEL LINE

AC IN~

The operating range of the remote control is about 100 ft. This may decrease due to ambient radio wave conditions, your room’s walls, weak batteries, etc.

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Setting Up Your DIRECTV System

Viewing Satellite Programs

Viewing Cable or

Off-Air Programs

Recording Satellite

Programs While Watching

Cable or Off-Air Programs

1

Turn on the TV, and then set the TV’s line input to the Digital

Satellite Receiver. (For example, set the TV to channel 3 or 4, if you used an RF connection; or set to VIDEO1, etc., if you used an A/V connection.)

2

Turn on the VCR and A/V receiver, if you connected these components. Then set their output switches accordingly.

3

Turn on the Digital Satellite Receiver and select a station.

The following instructions apply only if you connected your cable TV or terrestrial antenna to your Digital Satellite Receiver.

1

Turn off your Digital Satellite Receiver, or press the TV/SAT button to set the Digital Satellite Receiver to TV mode.

2

Turn on the TV and then: q If you have a cable box, turn it on and then tune the TV to the output channel of your cable box, usually channel 3 or 4.

q If you do not have a cable box, just tune your TV to the station you want to watch.

The following instructions apply only if you connected your cable TV or terrestrial antenna to your Digital Satellite Receiver.

1

Turn on the TV and then: q If you have a cable box, turn it on and then tune the TV to the output channel of your cable box, usually channel 3 or 4.

q If you do not have a cable box, tune your TV to the station you want to watch.

2

Turn on the Digital Satellite Receiver, and tune to the program you want to record. Then select the VCR to line input, and start recording, according to your VCR’s instruction manual.

3

Press the TV/SAT button to set the Digital Satellite Receiver to TV.

The Digital Satellite Receiver’s signal is sent to the VCR, while the offair signal is sent to your TV for you to watch.

Note

For information on using the Digital Satellite Receiver’s automatic timer, see

“Setting Up the Timer” on page 35.

You cannot record one satellite program while watching another satellite program (unless you have a second Digital Satellite Receiver).



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Chapter 4

Using the DIRECTV System Features

Read this chapter to learn how to use system features including the

Master program guide, Station Index, Favorite Station Guide, and the ordering of pay per view programs.

Overview

q q q q q q q q q

This chapter provides detailed instructions for using the main features of your Digital Satellite Receiver. Topics include: q Checking to make sure your system is completely set up and ready to be used (page 22).

q Using Highlight and Select, the simple, two-step process for operating the on-screen displays (page 23).

Displaying and navigating through the program guide (page 24).

Selecting subscription and pay per view programs from the program guides (page 28).

Using the program list (page 29).

Selecting other program guides that are sorted by category and subcategory (page 30).

Using the Station Index (page 33).

Setting the Timer (page 35).

Using the five Favorite Station Guides (page 37).

Displaying the Program Banner (page 40).

Using the DISPLAY feature (page 41).

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Before You Get Started ...

Make sure you (or your DIRECTV System installer) have completed the following procedures before you start using your Digital Satellite

Receiver:

1

Install the Satellite Antenna as described in the Satellite Dish

Antenna Operating Instructions .

Note

Make certain that you (or your installer) have optimized the signal strength. If the signal is not optimized, you may experience losses in audio or video, especially during rain, snow, or other conditions that tend to degrade signal performance. See the Satellite Dish Antenna Operating Instructions for details on pointing the dish and optimizing the antenna’s signal strength.

2

Connect the Satellite Antenna to your Digital Satellite Receiver.

Then connect the Digital Satellite Receiver to your television and telephone line. (See Chapter 3.)

Note

Your phone line must be connected to the Digital Satellite Receiver in order for you to purchase a pay per view program with the remote control.

3

Make sure the access card is inserted into the Digital Satellite

Receiver. (See page 68 for details on inserting the access card.)

4

Call your program providers (DIRECTV and USSB) to activate your service. You’ll need to provide information, including the model and serial numbers of your Digital Satellite Receiver and the access card number.

If Your System Is Not

Completely Installed ...

See the manual that came with the Satellite Antenna and Chapter 3 of this manual for complete installation instructions. Or, see your dealer to arrange for a professional installation or the purchase of the Sonybrand Installation Kit.

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Using the On-Screen Displays: Highlight and Select

Shortcut

(SAT-A4 Only)

In many of the on-screen displays you can move the joystick in eight directions: left, right, up, down, and diagonally (up left, up right, down left, and down right).

All of the features and functions of the Digital Satellite Receiver can be operated using a simple, two-step process: Highlight and Select. These two steps are explained below.

Step 1: Highlight

q To highlight, move the joystick (SAT-A4) or press the arrow buttons

(SAT-B3) on the remote to move the on-screen highlight to the item that you want to select.

Step 2: Select

q After you’ve highlighted the item that you want, select it by pressing the button.

Example: Highlight and Select

1

In the sample menu that follows, moving the joystick up (SAT-A4) or pressing the button (SAT-B3) moves the highlight from

ITEM 5...

SAMPLE MENU

ITEM 1 ITEM 2 ITEM 3



... to ITEM 2.

SAMPLE MENU

ITEM 1 ITEM 2

ITEM 4 ITEM 5

ITEM 7 ITEM 8

ITEM 3

ITEM 6

ITEM 9

2

Pressing the button selects ITEM 2.

You can apply this basic operation of highlighting and selecting to perform any of the system’s functions.

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Displaying the Program Guide

You can select programs using the CH+ and CH- buttons, or you can enter the station number directly using the 0-9 buttons. However, because the DIRECTV System offers you such a variety of programming choices, you’ll get the most out of the system by using one of the on-screen program guides to find the programs you want to watch.

To display the Master Guide:

q

Press the MENU button to bring up the Main Menu. Then highlight and select MASTER GUIDE from the menu.

Shortcut

You can select menu items directly by pressing the corresponding number button. For example, press 2 to select the Master Guide from the Main

Menu.

MAIN MENU

CATEGORY

GUIDE

1

MOVIES

GUIDE 4

OPTIONS MENU

7

MASTER

GUIDE

EXIT

TIMER

SETUP

2

5

8

CATEGORY

LIST 3

MOVIES

LIST 6

SETUP MENU

9

Note

To bring up the Custom Guide, press the GUIDE button on the remote control. See “Setting Up a List of Custom Stations” on page 54 for details.

Features of the program guide are discussed in more detail on the following pages.

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Features of the Program Guide

When you select a guide from the Main Menu or press the GUIDE button on the remote, a program guide appears, similar to the following:

Program Guide

Program

Description

Schedule Grid

MASTER GUIDE

First Knight

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM xxxx PG-13





WED

DTV 106

8:00 PM

The Rainmaker

8:30 PM

Wynonna in Concert

DTV 107

DTV 108

Mr. Magoo


DTV 109 The Postman (lbx)

DTV 110

DTV 111

DTV 112

Spice World—All Day Ticket

First Knight

Switchback

WED OCT 5 8:45 PM

9:00 PM

Mr. Magoo

Ellen—All...

Mouse Hunt

Day, Date, Time

Station logo

Page Indicator q q q q

Program guides, such as the Master Guide shown above, feature a variety of elements, including: q

Program guide title, such as Master Guide, Custom Guide, Movie

Guide, Sports Guide, etc.

Current day of the week, date and time.

Station logo (when available) and program description of the currently highlighted station.

One Button Recording of programs.

Schedule grid, which includes: q q q

Station names, numbers, and program titles. These appear in ascending numerical order from top to bottom (unless you have changed the listing to alphabetical order. See “Setting the

Station Order” on page 47 for details).

Time slots. These appear left to right, with the current time’s programming in the leftmost position.

Page indicator. This shows you approximately which page you’re on, relative to all the pages in the guide. The size of the indicator is proportional to the overall size of the entire program guide.

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Moving Through the Program Guide

Scrolling

Paging Vertically

Through the Stations

Paging Through Later

Program Start Times

Direct Station Tuning

The on-screen program guides are displayed only one page at a time.

Because the program guide usually contains many pages, you need to move through the guide to see more of the programs contained in the guide. You can move by scrolling, paging, and direct station tuning.

To scroll, use the remote control to move the highlight one position at a time. You can scroll to different stations or time slots.

To move to other stations in the guide one station at a time:

q SAT-A4 : Move the joystick up or down. q

SAT-B3 : Press the up or down arrow buttons.

To move to other time slots in the guide:

q SAT-A4: Move the joystick left or right. q SAT-B3: Press the left or right arrow buttons.

To page, use the PAGE buttons to move through the guide one page at a time. This allows you to move through the guide more quickly than scrolling.

To page through the guide:

q Press the PAGE or PAGE buttons.

The PAGE button pages in the up direction. The PAGE button pages in the down direction.

To display future time slots in the guide:

q Press the GUIDE button.

Pressing the GUIDE button repeatedly cycles through all the available time slots in the guide as they are made available by your program providers (for example, THU 3:00 PM, THU 10:00 PM, FRI 3:00 AM, etc.).

Note

To select a future program guide directly, press the MENU button and then select SELECT GUIDE/TIME. See page 31 for details.

To move to a station directly:

q Press the 0-9 buttons to specify the station number. Press the

ENTER button to change the station more quickly.

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Displaying Favorite Stations To see your favorite stations at the top of the program guide:

q Press the FAVORITE button.

Pressing the FAVORITE button repeatedly cycles through the stations currently set for the five Favorite Station Guides (FAVORITE 1, 2, 3, 4,

5), and then back to the normal guide.

Note

See page 37 for instructions on setting up your favorite stations.

Changing the Appearance of the Guide

To toggle through the three variations of program guide:

q Press the DISPLAY button repeatedly. (See “Using the DISPLAY

Feature” on page 41 for details.)

Exiting the Guide

One Button Recording

There are two ways to exit the program guide:

q Select a program from the guide by pressing the button. (See

“Selecting a Program from the Guide” on page 28 for details.)

OR q Press the EXIT button on the remote. You will be returned to the last program you were watching before the program guide was displayed.

Setting up the IR Blaster (See “Connecting the IR Blaster” on page 18 for details) and the VCR (See “VCR Recording” on page 66 for details) will allow you to record a future program, simply and automatically, when selected from a guide and added to the timer.

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Selecting a Program from the Guide

Ordering Pay Per View

Programs

Selecting RETURN returns you to the previous screen, without purchasing the program.

Selecting TIMES brings up a list of additional show times that you can choose from for the program you selected.

A PREVIEW button, which gives you a free preview of the program, appears only when the preview is available.

If the BUY button does not appear (and the message “Purchase information not available” appears), you must call your program provider to order the program in advance.

For all programs except pay per view (PPV), you can select a program from the guide just by pressing the button. If the program is currently showing, the guide disappears and the program you selected appears.

If the program has not yet started, a pop-up window appears, which gives you the option of adding the program to the Timer list, returning to the program guide, or tuning to the current program on that station.

See “Setting Up the Timer” on page 35 for details on using the Timer.

Watching a PPV program is similar, except it requires you to order the program before you can watch it beyond the free preview period

(usually about five minutes after the program starts).

To order a PPV program listed in the program guide:

1

Highlight the program name in the guide and press the button.

2

Select BUY from the Purchase Program screen.

PURCHASE PROGRAM

First Knight

WED OCT 5 XX 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM

DTV 102 X X X X Rating:PG-13


Ormond.Thrillingromance results when rogue knight

Lancelot becomes torn between his loyalty to King Arthur and his love for Queen Guinevere (CC, ST, (A, V)

Price/View:$2.99

RETURN

BUY

TIMES

HELP

3

When the Confirm Purchase pop-up window appears, select YES to confirm your purchase. Selecting NO returns you to the

Purchase Program screen, without purchasing the program.

If the program has not yet started, a pop-up window appears, which gives you the option of adding the program to the Timer list, returning to the program guide, or tuning to the current program on that station.

See “Setting Up the Timer” on page 35 for details on using the Timer.

To watch a PPV program you’ve purchased in advance, just tune to the station when the program is about to start. Your program providers will bill you automatically.

About Copy-Protection

Some PPV programs are copy-protected by Macrovision at the discretion of the copyright owner. When watching a PPV program, turn the VCR off to ensure a quality picture.

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Selecting a Category List

The buttons that appear for each program indicate start times.

For example, in this sample Movie

List, “First Knight,” with a start time of 9:00PM, is highlighted.

To select a program, highlight the start time button and then press the button.

The Category List displays programs alphabetically by program title, as opposed to the Guide format, which sorts the programs numerically by station number. A sample Movies List is shown below.

MOVIES LIST

First Knight

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM xxxx PG-13





WED OCT 5 8:45 PM

WED 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30


First Knight

Johnny Mnemonic

Judge Dredd (Letterbox)

The Postman


Switchback

To display a Category List, select MOVIES LIST from the Main Menu.

To set up a different program category for the Category List, see

“Selecting a Different Category Guide or List” on page 30.

To move to other programs in the list one program at a time:

q SAT-A4: Move the joystick up or down. q SAT-B3: Press the up or down arrow buttons.

To move to other time slots in the list:

q SAT-A4: Move the joystick left or right. q SAT-B3: Press the left or right arrow buttons.

To page through the list:

q Press the PAGE or PAGE buttons.

To toggle through the three variations of lists:



To exit the list:

q Select a program from the list by pressing the button.

Or q Press the EXIT button on the remote. You will be returned to the last program you were watching before the list was displayed.

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Selecting a Different Category Guide or List

The GUIDE and TIME options are not available when you select CATEGORY

LIST.

Selecting RESET resets the screen to the default guide (Custom/Current/Movies/

All).

You can use the SELECT GUIDE and SELECT LIST options in the Main

Menu to select subsets of the Master Guide in either the Guide or List format.

1

Press the MENU button to bring up the Main Menu.

2

Select CATEGORY GUIDE or CATEGORY LIST from the Main

Menu. The Select Guide (or List) screen appears.

CATEGORY GUIDE

GUIDE

TIME

CATEGORY

SUBCATEGORY

CUSTOM

CURRENT

MOVIES

ALL

OK

RETURN

RESET

HELP

Selecting a Category Guide

Type

Press the

CATEGORY button on the remote control to bring up the CATEGORY

GUIDE screen directly.

3

Select a different Guide, Time, Category, and Subcategory, described as follows.

The GUIDE option lets you select from a list of alternative program guides, which are made available by your program providers. These guides may contain groups of stations with similar subjects, for example, special promotions or pay per view programs.

To select a guide type:

1

Select GUIDE from the Category Guide screen.

2

Select the type of guide you want to display.

CATEGORY GUIDE

GUIDE

TIME

CATEGORY

SUBCATEGORY

SELECT GUIDE

CUSTOM

MASTER

SUBSCRIPTION

PPV

PROMO

MUSIC

OK

RETURN

RESET

HELP

3

Select OK to display the selected program guide, or select different options for time, category, or subcategory.

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Selecting a Guide Time

The TIME option lets you select from a list of future program guides.

To select a future program guide:

1

Select TIME from the Category Guide screen.

2

Select the time you want to display.

CATEGORY GUIDE

GUIDE

TIME

CATEGORY

SUBCATEGORY

SELECT TIME

CURRENT

SAT 5:00 PM

SAT 9:30 PM

SUN 2:00 AM

SUN 6:30 AM

SUN 11:00 AM

OK

RETURN

RESET

HELP

3

Select OK to display the selected program guide, or select different options for guide, category, or subcategory.

Selecting a Guide Category

The CATEGORY option lets you select from a list of program guide categories.

To select a program guide category:

1

Select CATEGORY from the Category Guide screen.

2

Select the program category you want to display.

Press the

CATEGORY button on the remote control to bring up the CATEGORY

GUIDE screen directly.

CATEGORY GUIDE

GUIDE

TIME

CATEGORY

SELECT CATEGORY

ALL

MOVIES

SPORTS

SPECIALS

SERIES

NEWS

OK

RETURN

RESET

HELP

SUBCATEGORY

3

Select OK to display the selected program guide, or select different options for guide, time, or subcategory.

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Selecting a Guide

Subcategory

The SUBCATEGORY option lets you select from a list of program guide subcategories, based on the selected program category.

Note

You cannot select SUBCATEGORIES if CATEGORY is set to ALL.

To select a program guide subcategory:

1

Select SUBCATEGORY from the Category Guide screen.

The Select Subcategory screen appears.

2

Select the program subcategories you want (you can select more than one subcategory). A selected subcategory appears with a checkmark (

ü

) beside it. To deselect a subcategory, just select it again. The checkmark disappears. After you’ve made your selections, select OK to return to the Select Guide screen.

Selecting ALL places a checkmark beside all the subcategories. Selecting NONE removes the checkmark from all the subcategories.

Selecting CANCEL returns you to the previous screen, without saving your selections.

How CATEGORY GUIDE and

CATEGORY LIST Change the

Main Menu

Example: If you select the Sports

Guide using CATEGORY GUIDE, button 4 of the Main Menu automatically changes to SPORTS

GUIDE.

Similarly, button 6 of the Main Menu automatically updates to the last selection you made using

CATEGORY LIST.

SELECT MOVIES SUBCATEGORY

ACTION/

ADVENTURE

ü

CHILDREN

FANTASY

ü

HORROR

SCIENCE FICTION WESTERN

ü

ü

COMEDY

ü

MUSICAL

ü

OTHER

ü

DRAMA

ü

ROMANCE

ü

ü

ü

OK

CANCEL

ALL

NONE

HELP

3

Select OK to display the selected program guide, or select different options for guide, category, or subcategory.

The next time you display the Main Menu, it will include the Guide or

List category that you selected. To change category selections, select

CATEGORY GUIDE or CATEGORY LIST from the Main Menu or hit the category button on the remote control.

The selections you make using CATEGORY GUIDE and CATEGORY

LIST affect the program categories displayed in the Main Menu. The category you select using CATEGORY GUIDE changes button 4 of the

Main Menu. The category you select using CATEGORY LIST changes button 6 of the Main Menu.

This feature allows you to recall the last program guide or list that you selected.

MAIN MENU

CATEGORY

GUIDE 1

SPORTS

GUIDE 4

OPTIONS MENU

7

MASTER

GUIDE

EXIT

TIMER

SETUP

2

5

8

CATEGORY

LIST 3

NEWS

LIST 6

SETUP MENU

9

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Using the Station Index

The Station Index is an on-screen display that contains the station logo

(or call letters) of all the stations in the system.

To display the Station Index:

q Press the INDEX button on the remote control.

The Station Index appears. The station you are currently tuned to is automatically highlighted and program title is displayed at the top.

Your Station Index may not look exactly like this. The stations displayed depend on the programming you’ve ordered.

STATION INDEX Sports Center

100 101 102 103 104 105 106

107 108 109 110 111 112 113

114 115 116 117 118 119 120

Moving Through the Station Index

To move through the Station Index:

q Move the joystick (SAT-A4) or press the arrow buttons

(SAT-B3) to move one station at a time.

q Press the PAGE or PAGE buttons to page (move up or down several rows at a time).

q Enter the station number, using the 0-9 buttons and press ENTER.

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Displaying Favorite

Stations in the Station

Index

The top row contains your seven favorite stations from one of your five

Favorite Station Guides.

Changing the Appearance of the Station Index

Selecting a Program from the Station Index

To display your favorite stations on the top row of the Station

Index:

q Press the FAVORITE button.

Pressing the FAVORITE button repeatedly cycles through the five

Favorite Station Guides.

FAVORITE 1 Matlock

100 101 102 103 104 105 106

107 108 109 110 111 112 113

114 115 116 117 118 119 120

Note

See page 37 for instructions on setting up your favorite stations.

To toggle through the three variations of Station Index:



To select a program:

q Press the button to tune to the highlighted station. The Station

Index disappears.

To exit the Station Index without changing stations:

q Press the EXIT button. The Station Index disappears, and you return to the station you were watching before displaying the

Station Index.

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Setting Up the Timer

Setting the Timer

One Button Recording

If you’ve entered the Timer Setup screen by selecting a future program from a program guide, the Day, Start and Stop times, Station, and program title are displayed automatically.

However, if you make any changes to the Timer Setup options, the program title disappears (although the Timer will still work as you’ve set it).

You can select from two ways to automate VCR recording of programs: q Setting the Timer and then setting your VCR timer.

q Setting the Timer and using the Sony IR Blaster to automatically control the VCR (see “Connecting the IR Blaster” on page 18, and

“VCR Recording” on page 66 for details).

To set the timer:

1


2

Select TIMER SETUP. The Timer Setup screen appears.

Shortcut

You can automatically add future programs to the Timer screen by just selecting them from the program guide. See “Selecting a Program from the

Guide” on page 28 for details.

3

Select one of the 10 timer setting buttons. Then highlight the DAY field (today’s date automatically appears).

TIMER SETUP

3

4

1 ü

DAY

11/9 SAT

2 -/--

-/--

-/--

5

-/--

START

-:--

-:--

-:--

-:--

-:--

STOP

-:--

-:--

-:--

-:--

-:--

STATION

------

------

------

------

------

OK

CANCEL

CLEAR

HELP

4

Set the day, start time, stop time, and station number as follows: q To set each item (day, time, etc.), move the joystick up or down

(SAT-A4) or press up or down arrow buttons (SAT-B3). q To move to the next or previous item, move the joystick right or left (SAT-A4) or press the right or left arrow buttons (SAT-

B3).

Note

You can set the timer up to 30 days in advance. You can also set the timer for every day or for the same day(s) every week. See “Setting the Daily/Weekly

Timer” on page 36.

5

Select OK to save your settings.

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Setting the Daily/Weekly

Timer

Changing/Checking/

Clearing Timer Settings

Notes on Using the Timer

To set the timer for every day or for the same day(s) every week:

1

In step 4 (page 35), move the highlight down repeatedly to select one of the DAY options, which are displayed in the following sequence:

Current Date à DAILY à MON-FRI à EVERY SAT ...à

EVERY MON à EVERY SUN à 1 Month Later à (Cycles backward) à Current Date

2

Set the start time, stop time, and channel, then select OK to save your settings.

To change, check, or clear timer settings:

1

Bring up the Timer Setup screen, as described on page 35.

2

Check your settings. q If you don’t want to make any changes, select OK.

q If you want to change or clear settings, select the numbered button of the timer setting you want to change.

3

Change or clear the setting as follows: q To change the setting, highlight the item you want to change.

Then reset the item by moving the joystick up or down (SAT-

A4) or press the up or down arrow buttons (SAT-B3).

q To clear the setting, select CLEAR.

4

Select OK to save your settings.

q After the timer is set, the TIMER indicator on the front panel lights up, indicating that the timer has been set.

q To use the timer to record a PPV program, you must first purchase it in advance of its showing. See “Ordering Pay Per View

Programs” on page 28. q Use the MON-FRI option only if you do not plan to EXIT during your timer event. If you think you may want to EXIT during your timer event, set each day of the week individually.

q If locks and limits are set (and the system is locked), check to make sure they do not conflict with the program you’re trying to record.

q About 60 seconds before the timer automatically tunes to the specified channel, a message appears. To cancel the timer setting and continue watching the current program, press the EXIT button.

q If you set overlapping (conflicting) timer settings, the Digital

Satellite Receiver handles these timer settings as follows: q q

If you set two timer settings to start at the same time, the timer setting that’s listed first has priority over any other conflicting timer settings. Conflicting timer settings are automatically cleared from the Timer Setup screen when the first timer setting is activated.

If you set a second timer setting to start before the first timer setting is set to stop, the second timer setting will start before the first timer setting stops.

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Using the Favorite Station Guides

Setting Up and Using the

Favorite Station Guides

The Favorite Station Guide is a program guide that includes up to seven of your favorite stations. You can create up to five Favorite

Station Guides: FAVORITE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

To set up the Favorite Station Guide:

1

Press the FAVORITE button. The first Favorite Station Guide appears (FAVORITE 1).

Before you can bring up the Favorite

Station Guide, you must first clear the program guide from your TV screen.

Pressing EXIT turns off any on-screen displays.

FAVORITE STATION GUIDE- FAVORITE 1TITLE

1 2 3 4

5 6 7

EXIT TO CURRENT

STATION

The system is shipped with no favorite stations set, so the first time you see this guide, the seven Favorite Station buttons are blank.

2

Highlight a Favorite Station button that you want to set. Then press and hold the button.

The Favorite Station Guide switches to edit mode: The station list appears, the selected Favorite Station button flashes, and the highlight moves to the current station in the station list.

EDIT FAVORITE STATION GUIDE- FAVORITE 1

1 2 3 4

5

CLEAR

STATION

100

105

6

101 102

106

7

107

103

108

104

109

EXIT TO

PRIOR STATION

37

To clear a Favorite Station button that is already assigned, select CLEAR

STATION.

3

To assign a station to the flashing Favorite Station button, do one of the following: q q

Select it from the station list by highlighting it and then pressing the button.

Enter the station number (such as 100), using the 0-9 buttons on the remote. Then press the button.

EDIT FAVORITE STATION GUIDE - FAVORITE 1

1

100

DIRECT TICKET

PREVIEWS

2 3

5

CLEAR

STATION 100

105

6

101 102

106

7

107

4

103

108

104

109

EXIT TO

PRIOR STATION

The station list disappears, and the Favorite Station Guide reappears with the stations you’ve set up.

FAVORITE STATION GUIDE - FAVORITE 1

1

100

DIRECT TICKET

PREVIEWS

2 3 4

TITLE

5 6 7

EXIT TO

PRIOR STATION

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Creating a Custom Favorite

Station Guide Title

To set other Favorite Station buttons:

q Repeat steps 2 and 3.

To clear a Favorite Station button setting:

q Overwrite the setting by repeating steps 2 and 3. Or, highlight the button and then select CLEAR STATION.

To set up or display a different Favorite Station Guide:

q Press the FAVORITE button repeatedly to select the Favorite

Station Guide you want (FAVORITE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).

To tune to a Favorite Station (and exit the Favorite Station Guide):

q Press the number button that represents the station. Or highlight and then select the Favorite Station button that you want to tune to.

To exit the Favorite Station Guide without changing stations:

q Select “Exit to Current Station,” which appears in the bottom right corner of the Favorite Station Guide or press the EXIT button.

To create a custom title for the Favorite Station Guide:

1

Select TITLE from the Favorite Station Guide. The Set Favorite

Guide Title screen appears.

2

To edit the title, move the joystick up or down (SAT-A4) or press the up or down arrow buttons (SAT-B3) to enter each character.

To move from character to character, move the joystick left or right

(SAT-A4) or press the left or right arrow buttons (SAT-B3).


Selecting CLEAR erases all the characters in the title.

SET FAVORITE GUIDE TITLE

F A V O R I T E 1

OK

CANCEL

CLEAR

HELP

3

Select OK to save your new title and return to the Favorite Station

Guide.

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Displaying the Program Banner

The program banner provides useful information about the program you’re currently watching.

Note

Before you can bring up the program banner, you must first clear the program guide from your TV screen. Pressing EXIT turns off any on-screen displays.

Also, you may need to change to another station if a message appears, which requests that you press the button to purchase the program, etc.

To display the program banner:

q Press the DISPLAY button.

First Knight

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM PG-13

MON JUNE 24, 1996 DOLBY DIGITAL IN ENGLISH

DTV 102

Act. Adv. 1995 Richard Gere, Sean Connery, Julia Ormond. Thrilling romance results when rogue knight Lancelot becomes torn between his loyalty to King


The program banner shows the program title, station name and number, current date and time, start and end times, rating, and program description. It may also include any of the following indicators:

Symbol Indicates

Data services available

New and unread messages

Audio tracks available

Dolby Digital available

System is locked

System is temporarily unlocked

For Details See page 61 page 59 page 56 page 56 page 49 page 52

To clear the program banner:

q Press the DISPLAY or EXIT button or wait a few seconds (except some music channels) for it to automatically disappear.

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Using the DISPLAY Feature

Program Guide/List

7 stations with program description

WED OCT 5 8:45 PM MASTER GUIDE

First Knight

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM PG-13




Arthur and his love for Queen Guinevere (CC, ST, (A, V)

WED

DTV 106

DTV 107

DTV 108

DTV 109

DTV 110

DTV 111

DTV 112

8:00 PM

The Rainmaker

Mr. Magoo


8:30 PM

Wynonna in Concert

The Postman (lbx)


First Knight

Switchback

9:00 PM

Mr. Magoo

Ellen—All...

Mouse Hunt

DISPLAY

You can use the DISPLAY button to change the appearance of the onscreen displays.

The chart below illustrates how the DISPLAY button toggles through the three types of displays of Program Guides (and Lists), Station Index, and

Favorite Station Guide.

Station Index

3 rows

Favorite Station Guide

Standard

FAVORITE STATION GUIDE

240 989

Night

Gallery Music Videos

212

Shogun

980

The Natural

STATION INDEX Sports Center

100 101 102 103 104 105 106

107 108 109 110 111 112 113

114 115 116 117 118 119 120

198

Philadelphia

256

Biography

233

Tom and Jerry

967

Exit to

Current Station

DISPLAY DISPLAY

Display 5 stations with large text description


First Knight

Act. Adv. 1995 Richard Gere, Sean Connery, Julia Ormond. Thrilling romance results when rogue knight Lancelot becomes torn between his loyalty to King Arthur and his love for Queen

Guinevere (CC, ST, (A, V)

WED

DTV 108

DTV 109

DTV 110

DTV 111

DTV 112

8:00 PM


8:30 PM

The Postman (lbx)


First Knight

Switchback

9:00 PM

Ellen—All...

Mouse Hunt

DISPLAY

Display 9 stations with no program description


First Knight

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

WED

DTV 104

DTV 105

8:00 PM

Nobody’s Fool

3 Ninjas Kick Back

DTV 106

DTV 107

DTV 108

DTV 109

DTV 110

DTV 111

DTV 112

The Rainmaker

Mr. Magoo

PG-13

8:30 PM

Wynonna in Concert


The Postman (lbx)


First Knight

Switchback

9:00 PM

The Scout

Mr. Magoo

Ellen—All...

Mouse Hunt

DISPLAY

Return to 7 stations with program description

Display 4 rows


100 101 102 103 104 105 106

107 108 109 110 111 112 113

114 115 116 117 118 119 120

121 122 123 124 125 126 127

DISPLAY

Display 2 rows


100 101 102 103 104 105 106

107 108 109 110 111 112 113

DISPLAY

Return to 3 rows

Move to bottom of screen


240 989

Night


198 256

Philadelphia Biography

212

Shogun

233

Tom and Jerry

980

The natural

967

Exit to

Current Station

DISPLAY

Move to top of screen


240 989

Night


212

Shogun

980

The natural

198 256 233 967

Exit to

Current Station Philadelphia Biography Tom and Jerry

DISPLAY

Return to Standard

41

42

Chapter 5

Using the Options Menu

Read this chapter to get information about using the Options Menu to customize the setup of the on-screen displays, review and cancel your purchases, and read mail messages that have been sent to you.

Overview

q q

This chapter describes how to: q Check and cancel pay per view programs you’ve ordered

(page 45).

q Change the look of the program guides, including the color of the on-screen displays and the order in which the stations are displayed (page 46).

Setting up and using the Jump Loop feature (pages 47–48).

Set system locks and limits, which allow you to control program viewing by ratings, spending amount, and station (page 49).

q Create a Custom Guide by selecting stations from the Master

Guide that you want to skip (page 54).

q Select an audio track for the program you’re currently watching, set a default language for the audio of programs and set the Dolby

Digital default (page 56).

q Read mail messages that have been sent to your Digital Satellite

Receiver (page 59).

q Select a data service for stations that include data services offered by your program providers (page 61).

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Displaying the Options Menu

To bring up the Options Menu:

1


2

Select OPTIONS MENU.

MAIN MENU

CATEGORY

GUIDE

MASTER

GUIDE

MOVIE

GUIDE 4

EXIT

OPTIONS MENU

7

TIMER

SETUP

2

5

8

CATEGORY

LIST 3

MOVIE

LIST 6

SETUP MENU

9

The Options Menu appears.

OPTIONS MENU

AUDIO 1

DISPLAY

OPTIONS

DATA

SERVICES

4

7

PURCHASES

2

EXIT

5

CUSTOM

STATIONS 8

MESSAGES

3

LOCKS AND

LIMITS 6

The following pages describe how to use the Options Menu to alter your system’s setup.

44

Checking and Cancelling PPV Purchases

Use the Review/Cancel Purchases screen to see a record of recent purchases you’ve made through your Digital Satellite Receiver. You can also use this screen to cancel pay per view (PPV) programs you’ve ordered, but haven’t yet watched.

Note

The Review/Cancel Purchases screen lists only purchases made using the

Digital Satellite Receiver’s remote control. It doesn’t include purchases made by calling your program provider.

To display the Review/Cancel Purchases screen:

1

Select PURCHASES from the Options Menu. The Review/Cancel

Purchases screen appears, which lists the programs purchased and canceled.

If there is more than one page of purchases, press the PAGE and

PAGE buttons to page through the displays.

REVIEW/CANCEL PURCHASES

ü FIRST KNIGHT

JOHNNY MNEMONIC

SPEED

JEFFERSON IN PARIS

<NO TITLE AVAILABLE>



UPCOMING

UPCOMING

CANCELLED

UPCOMING

RETURN

REVIEW

CANCEL PPV

HELP

2

3

To review the details of a pay per view program you’ve purchased: q Select the program you want to review. Then select REVIEW.

To cancel a pay per view program you’ve ordered: q

Select the program you want to cancel. Then select CANCEL

PPV.

Select RETURN to return to the Options Menu.

Note

Once you tune to a purchased program, you cannot cancel its purchase.

45

Setting Display Options

The Set Display Options screen allows you to customize the look of the on-screen displays and to select how you want the JUMP button to function (Standard or Jump Loop).

To bring up the Set Display Options screen:

1

Select DISPLAY OPTIONS from the Options Menu.

2

The Set Display Options screen appears, with the current settings shown next to each button.

Select an option from the screen (see the following descriptions).

SET DISPLAY OPTIONS

COLORS EMERALD

RETURN

HELP

STATION ORDER NUMERICAL

JUMP STANDARD JUMP

Setting the Colors


The COLORS option lets you change the color palette of the on-screen displays. The default color is EMERALD.

1

Select COLORS from the Set Display Options screen. The Set

Colors screen appears.

2

To preview a color, move the highlight. The Set Colors screen automatically changes to reflect the color that’s highlighted.

SET COLORS

EMERALD

USA

ü

MAJESTIC

REGAL

PACIFIC

INDIGO

RUGBY

CANDY

OK

CANCEL

HELP

3

4

To change the color, select a different color and then select OK to return to the Set Display Options screen.


46

Setting the Station Order

ALPHABETICAL station order defines the sequence of the stations according to their call letters, such as ABC, CNN, etc. It does not define the sequence of stations by program name.

1

2

The STATION ORDER option lets you change the order in which stations are displayed in the program guides to alphabetical or numerical. The default setting is NUMERICAL.

Select STATION ORDER from the Set Display Options screen.

Select NUMERICAL or ALPHABETICAL.


COLORS

STATION ORDER

JUMP

SET STATION ORDER

Select the station order for guides.

NUMERICAL

ALPHABETICAL

RETURN

HELP

Setting the Jump Mode

3


The JUMP option lets you select from two Jump modes: q Standard Jump, which sets the JUMP button to jump back and forth between the two most recently selected stations.

q Jump Loop, which sets the JUMP button to jump among as many as 5 preset stations (see “Using the Jump Loop Feature” on page 48 for details on presetting stations).

To set the Jump Mode:

1

Select JUMP from the Set Display Options screen.

2

Select STANDARD JUMP or JUMP LOOP.


COLORS

EMERALD

STATION ORDER

JUMP

SET JUMP

Select jump mode.

STANDARD JUMP

JUMP LOOP

RETURN

HELP

3


47

Using the Jump Loop Feature

Standard Jump vs.

Jump Loop Mode

Using Jump Loops

When the Digital Satellite Receiver is set to Standard Jump mode, pressing the JUMP button toggles back and forth between the two most recently selected stations.

When the Digital Satellite Receiver is set to Jump Loop mode, pressing the JUMP button toggles among as many as 5 stations that you assign to a Jump Loop. Once you assign a station to the Jump Loop, you can use the JUMP button to quickly toggle through all the stations in the loop.

To set jump stations:

1

Set the Digital Satellite Receiver to Jump Loop mode, as described on page 47. (You need to do this only the first time you create a

Jump Loop.)

2

Tune to a station you want to assign to the Jump Loop.

Note

You cannot set jump stations while a program guide, menu, etc., is being displayed.

3

Press and hold the JUMP button. A message appears, indicating that the station has been assigned to the Jump Loop.

4

To set additional jump stations, repeat steps 2 and 3 of this procedure.

Note

If you set more than 5 jump stations, the sixth jump station automatically overwrites the first jump station in the loop, and so on.

To jump through the Jump Loop:

q Press the JUMP button repeatedly. The stations are displayed in the order they were set.

To clear a station from the Jump Loop:

1

Tune to the station you want to clear from the Jump Loop.

Note

You cannot clear Jump stations while a program guide, menu, etc., is being displayed.

2

Press and hold the JUMP button. A message appears, indicating that the station has been cleared from the Jump Loop.

3

To clear additional Jump stations, repeat steps 1 and 2 of this procedure.

Note

Jump Loops are cleared automatically when you shut off the Digital Satellite

Receiver.

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Setting Locks and Limits

If your system is locked, the padlock symbol appears ( ), and you must first unlock it before you can make any changes to the locks and limits settings.

See “Unlocking Your System” on page 53 for details.

The Locks and Limits feature gives you control over the use of your system. You can restrict program viewing by cost, ratings, and station.

You can also set a lock to prevent the ordering of pay per view programs.

To display the Locks and Limits screen:

1

Select LOCKS AND LIMITS from the Options Menu.

The Set Locks and Limits screen appears, with the current settings shown next to each button.

2

Select a lock or limit from the screen (see the descriptions below).

SET LOCKS AND LIMITS

SPENDING LIMIT $10.00

RATINGS LIMIT R

RETURN

LOCK

HELP

PAY PER VIEW UNLOCKED

STATION LOCKS 0 STATIONS CURRENTLY LOCKED

Note

Your Digital Satellite Receiver is shipped to you unlocked, with the default settings as described below.

Spending Limit

Ratings Limit

Pay Per View

Station Locks

Lets you set a maximum spending limit for a single pay per view program. When the system is locked, you cannot purchase a program that costs more than the amount set. The default setting is $10.00.

Allows you to set a maximum ratings limit. When the system is locked, you cannot view programs rated higher than the rating set. The default rating is R.

Allows you to prevent PPV purchases. When the system and the PPV option are locked, pay per view programs cannot be purchased. The default setting is

unlocked.

Lets you prevent the viewing of stations that you lock.

When the system is locked, programs that appear on locked stations cannot be viewed. The default is no stations locked.

Note

After you’ve set a lock or limit, you must lock the system before any locks or limits take effect. Locking the system is described on page 52.

49

Setting a Spending Limit

Setting a Ratings Limit

To set a spending limit:

1

Select SPENDING LIMIT from the Set Locks and Limits screen.

2

Enter a spending limit, using the 0-9 buttons to enter the dollar value. Then press the button.


SPENDING LIMIT

RATINGS LIMIT

Enter the spending limit and press .

PAY PER VIEW

STATION LOCKS

UNLOCKED

0 STATIONS CURRENTLY LOCKED

RETURN

LOCK

HELP

3

Select another lock or limit to set, or go to step 4.

4

Lock your system, as described in “Locking Your System” on page 52.

To set a ratings limit:

1

Select RATINGS LIMIT from the Set Locks and Limits screen.

2

Select a rating, beyond which programs cannot be watched.


SPENDING LIMIT

RATINGS LIMIT

PAY PER VIEW

SET RATINGS LIMIT

PG-13

NR-CONTENT

NR-MATURE

NC17

STATION LOCKS

RETURN

LOCK

HELP

3


4


50

Setting the

Pay Per View Lock

To set the pay per view lock:

1

Select PAY PER VIEW from the Set Locks and Limits screen.

2

Select LOCKED to prevent PPV program purchases. Select

UNLOCKED to allow PPV program purchases.


SPENDING LIMIT

RATINGS LIMIT

RETURN

LOCK

HELP

PAY PER VIEW

STATION LOCKS

SET PPV LOCK

Select pay per view lock status.

UNLOCKED

LOCKED

Setting Station Locks

To quickly unlock or lock all stations, select

ALL (to lock all) or NONE (to unlock all).


You can use the PAGE and PAGE buttons to quickly move through the rows of stations. You can also use the 0-9 buttons to enter the station number directly.

3


4


Note

You can also set a PPV lock by setting the spending limit to $0.00. See

“Setting a Spending Limit” on page 50 for details.

To set station locks:

1

Select STATION LOCKS from the Set Locks and Limits screen.

2

Select stations that you want to lock from viewing. A locked station appears with a key ( ) beside it. For example, in the following screen, stations 203, 204, 206, and 209 have been locked.

To unlock a station, just select it again. The key ( ) disappears.

SET STATION LOCKS

CNN

202

DTV

209

DTV

216

DTV

223

CRT

203

DTV

210

DTV

217

DIS2

224

HLN

204

DTV

211

DTV

218

DISC

225

DTV

205

TNT

212

DTV

219

TLC

226

ESPN

206

DTV

213

TCM

220

TOON

227

DTV

207

DTV

214

DTV

221

DTV

228

ESN2

208

E!

215

DIS1

222

USA

229

OK

CANCEL

ALL

NONE

HELP

3

Select OK to return to the Set Locks and Limits screen.

4


5


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Locking Your System

DON’T FORGET YOUR PASSCODE.

You’ll need this number to unlock your system or to make any changes to the locks and limits you’ve set. If you do forget your passcode, call your program provider for assistance.

To lock an unlocked system:

1

Select LOCK from the Set Locks and Limits screen.

2

Enter a four-digit passcode number. Use the 0-9 buttons to enter the numerical value.


SPENDING LIMIT

LOCK SYSTEM

Enter Your Four

Digit Passcode

RATINGS LIMIT R

RETURN

LOCK

HELP


STATION LOCKS 4 STATIONS LOCKED

Each number you enter appears as an asterisk ( ), which keeps your passcode secret.

3

When prompted, enter your passcode again. (This confirms your selection of a passcode number.)

Your system is now locked, as indicated by the closed padlock ( ) in the Set Locks and Limits screen. All locks and limits you’ve set are now in effect. The padlock also appears in the Program Banner to remind you of the locked status.

Overriding the System Lock

You can temporarily override any locks or limits that have been set if you know the system passcode.

For example, if you try to watch a program on a locked station, a message identifies the lock or limit exceeded. After you press the button, the Temporary Unlock window appears. By entering the passcode and then selecting when you want the system to automatically relock, you can temporarily unlock the system.

Note

If you override the system lock, you can reset the lock by turning the power off and then on again. If you want to unlock the system on a more permanent basis, follow the procedures under “Unlocking Your System” on page 53.

52

Unlocking Your System

Determining the Status of the System Lock

To unlock a locked system:

1

Select LOCKS AND LIMITS from the Options Menu.

The Set Locks and Limits screen appears, with the current settings shown next to each button. The padlock ( ) indicates that the system is currently locked.

2

Select UNLOCK.

3

Enter the passcode number you used to lock the system. Use the 0-

9 buttons to enter the numerical value.


SPENDING LIMIT $10

RATINGS LIMIT PG

UNLOCK SYSTEM

RETURN

UNLOCK

HELP


STATION LOCKS 4 STATIONS LOCKED

Each number you enter appears as an asterisk ( ), which keeps your passcode secret.

Your system is now unlocked, and all locks and limits previously set are no longer in effect.

While you’re watching programs, you can check the status of the system lock by pressing the DISPLAY button to bring up the Program

Banner, which includes the following lock symbols.

Symbol

No padlock

System Lock Status

Unlocked (default setting)

Locked

Temporarily unlocked using the system lock override

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Setting Up a List of Custom Stations

To quickly skip or “unskip” stations, select ALL (to skip all) or NONE (to skip none).


If there are stations listed in the Master Guide that you don’t subscribe to or watch often, you can use the Custom Stations feature to specify which stations from the Master Guide you want to skip. After you’ve set skipped stations, they will not appear in the: q Custom Guide q Station Index q Stations that appear when you’re using the CH+/CH- buttons to change channels

Note

Skipped stations will continue to be listed in the Master Guide, which you can always access through the Main Menu.

To define a list of custom stations:

1

Select CUSTOM STATIONS from the Options Menu.

2

Select stations that you want to skip.

A station that appears with a checkmark (

ü

) beside it will be skipped. For example, in the following screen, stations 203, 208, and 213 are set to be skipped.

To set a station so that it is not skipped, just select it again. The checkmark (

ü

) disappears.

SET CUSTOM STATIONS

CNN

202

DTV

209

DTV

216

DTV

223

CRT

203

DTV

210

DTV

217

DIS2

224

ü

HLN

204

DTV

211

DTV

218

DISC

225

DTV

205

TNT

212

DTV

219

TLC

226

ESPN

206

DTV

207

DTV

213 ü

TCM

220

DTV

214

DTV

221

TOON

227

DTV

228

ESN2

208

ü

E!

215

DIS1

222

USA

229

OK

CANCEL

AUTO

ALL

NONE

HELP

Note

Use the PAGE and PAGE buttons to quickly move through the rows of stations. You can also use the 0-9 buttons to enter the three-digit station number directly.

3

Select OK when you’re finished setting skipped stations.

To see the results of your Custom Stations settings:

q Bring up Custom Guide, by pressing the GUIDE button, the Station

Index (see page 33), or use the CH+/CH- buttons.

54

Using the AUTO

Skip Feature

Selecting STOP interrupts the Auto

Skip process and returns you to the previous screen, which displays the stations that have been set to be skipped thus far.

When you select the AUTO button, the Digital Satellite Receiver automatically scans all the stations in the current Master Guide. During this scanning process, the Digital Satellite Receiver determines which stations you are not authorized to watch and then sets these stations to be skipped. You can use this feature as a starting point to creating your own list of custom stations.

For example, if there are stations to which you do not subscribe that appear in the Master Guide, the AUTO function automatically marks these stations to be skipped. This saves you the trouble of having to determine which of the 150+ stations in the Master Guide you cannot view and then having to manually set each of these stations to be skipped.

Note

The AUTO function does not skip pay per view stations.

To use the AUTO Skip feature:

1

Select CUSTOM STATIONS from the Options Menu.

2

Select the AUTO button.

The Digital Satellite Receiver begins to evaluate all the stations in the Master Guide, and displays a status bar, similar to the following.

SET CUSTOM STATIONS

STOP

28% completed

Evaluating channel 150.

Please wait ...

Note

This process may take a few minutes to complete.

When the Digital Satellite Receiver is finished scanning, the station list reappears, with checkmarks (

ü

) beside stations that are set to be skipped.

3

Select OK to save your selections. Or select additional stations to be skipped or unskipped.

Note

You may want to re-run the Auto skip procedure periodically in case your program providers make changes or additions to their station lineups, or if you order new program subscriptions.

55

Setting Audio Options

How to Determine which

Audio Tracks Are Available for a Program

Selecting an Audio Track

Your program providers may broadcast multiple audio tracks with a single video source. For example, a football game might use a different audio track for each sports commentator or a movie might include

Dolby Digital sound as well as both English and Spanish language audio tracks.

To determine which audio track is available:

1

Tune to the program.

2

Press the DISPLAY button to bring up the Program Banner.

If the Program Banner includes the audio symbol ( ), this indicates that multiple audio tracks are available for that program.

If the Program Banner includes the Double-D symbol ( ), this indicates that Dolby Digital sound is available for that program

Using the on-screen menus:

1


2


3

Select AUDIO.

OPTIONS MENU

AUDIO

1

DISPLAY

OPTIONS

DATA

SERVICES

4

7

PURCHASES

2

EXIT

5

CUSTOM

STATIONS

8

MESSAGES

3

LOCKS AND

LIMITS 6

The Set Audio screen appears, which lists only the audio tracks available for the program you are currently tuned to.

SET AUDIO

ENGLISH 1

SCIENCE

SPANISH 1

ü

DOLBY DIGITAL

ENGLISH

RETURN

DEFAULT

DOLBY

DIGITAL

HELP

* For SAT-B3 model, Dolby Digital does not appear.

56

4

To change the audio track for the current program, select an audio track.

To change the default language for all programs, select DEFAULT.

Then see “Setting a Default Language” below.

To change the default Dolby Digital setting, select DOLBY

DIGITAL. Then see “Setting Dolby Digital” on page 58.

5

To save your changes and return to the Options Menu, select OK.

Then select EXIT from the Options Menu to return to the program you were watching.

Setting a Default Language

Use the DEFAULT button to specify the language you want to hear for programs broadcast in multiple languages.

To set a default language:

1

Select DEFAULT from the Set Audio screen.

2

Select a default language.

SET AUDIO

ENGLISH 1

SCIENCE

SPANISH 1

ü

SET DEFAULT LANGUAGE

Select the default language for the audio of all stations.

ENGLISH

SPANISH

FRENCH

GERMAN

ITALIAN

JAPANESE

RETURN

DEFAULT

HELP

3


Note

If the default language you select is not available for a program that you tune to, you will not hear the default language. Instead, you’ll hear one of the languages available for that program (usually English). For example, if you set the default language to Spanish and a program is broadcast in English only, you’ll automatically hear the audio in English.

57

Setting Dolby Digital

(SAT-A4 only)

Use the DOLBY DIGITAL button to select the default setting for receiving Dolby Digital sound. This setting determines the output from the DIGITAL OUT terminal only. The AUDIO out jacks do not output

Dolby Digital signals.

Note

To enjoy Dolby Digital sound, you must connect your Digital Satellite

Receiver to a Dolby Digital decoder or Dolby Digital A/V receiver.

To set Dolby Digital:

1

Select DOLBY DIGITAL from the Set Audio screen.

2

Select the Dolby Digital option you want.

SET AUDIO

ENGLISH 1

ü

SPANISH 1

SET DOLBY DIGITAL OPTION

Select Dolby Digital Option for your Digital Satellite Receiver.

OFF

AUTO SELECT

SCIENCE

RETURN

DEFAULT

DOLBY

DIGITAL

HELP

Select “OFF” if you do not have a Dolby Digital decoder or Dolby

Digital A/V receiver.

Select “AUTO SELECT” to allow Dolby Digital signals to be output to your Dolby Digital decoder or Dolby Digital receiver when those signals are available.

58

Reading Your Messages

How to Determine When

You’ve Received Mail

Displaying Your Messages

Occasionally, your program providers will send messages to your

Digital Satellite Receiver. These messages contain useful information about your system, such as information about new services, program promotions, or billing.

There are several ways to tell if you have unread mail: q The Digital Satellite Receiver front panel MESSAGE indicator lights up.

q An envelope ( ) appears in the Program Banner, accessed by pressing the DISPLAY button. q An envelope ( ) appears in menu item 7 (Options Menu) of the

Main Menu.

To display your messages:

1


2


3

Select MESSAGES.

OPTIONS MENU

AUDIO

1

DISPLAY

OPTIONS

DATA

SERVICES

4

7

PURCHASES

2

EXIT

5

CUSTOM

STATIONS

8

MESSAGES

3

LOCKS AND

LIMITS 6

The date of the message, along with the first few words of the message, appear.

59

Reading a Message To read a message:

1

Select the envelope from the Messages screen. A selected message appears with a checkmark (

ü

) beside it. Then select READ.

MESSAGES

ü

11/6 Sign up now for our special ...

11/8 Welcome to USSB ....

11/23 Happy Thanksgiving ....

RETURN

READ

HELP

The full text of the message appears.

READ MESSAGE

ü

11/23

Happy Thanksgiving from everyone at DIRECTV.

RETURN

ERASE

HELP

2

To erase a message after you’ve read it, select ERASE. To keep a message after you’ve read it, select RETURN.

Note

Your mailbox can hold about 50 messages before exhausting the Digital

Satellite Receiver’s memory.

60

Selecting Data Services

How to Determine if Data

Services Are Available on a

Station

Selecting a

Data Service

DATA SERVICES appears only when the station you’ve tuned to includes data services.

In the future, your program providers may provide data services, which you can access through specific stations using the Digital

Satellite Receiver’s low-speed data port. For details about using a data port to access these data services, call your program providers.

To determine if data services are available on a specific station:

1

Tune to the station.

2

Press the DISPLAY button to bring up the Program Banner.

If the Program Banner includes the data services symbol ( ), this indicates that data services are available for that specific station.

To select a data service:

1

Select DATA SERVICES from the Options Menu.

OPTIONS MENU

AUDIO 1

DISPLAY

OPTIONS

DATA

SERVICES

4

7

PURCHASES

2

EXIT

5

CUSTOM

STATIONS 8

MESSAGES

3

LOCKS AND

LIMITS

6


The titles of the data services may be different, based on the service being provided.

2

The Data Services screen appears, which lists only the data services that are available for the station you are currently tuned to.

LOW SPEED DATA

DATA 1

DATA 5

ü

DATA 2

DATA 6

DATA 3

DATA 7

DATA 4

DATA 8

RETURN

DEFAULT

BAUD

HELP

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Changing the Default

Data Service

The titles of the data services may be different, based on the service being provided.

3

Select one of the following:

To Do This ...

Change the data service for the current station only

Change the data service for all stations

Change the baud rate for the

Digital Satellite Receiver’s wide band data port

Do This ...

Select the data service and then select RETURN.

Select DEFAULT (then see

“Changing the Default Data

Service” below).

Select BAUD (then see “Setting the Baud Rate” below).

Use the DEFAULT button to select a default data service for all stations that provide data services.

To change the data service for all stations:

1

Select DEFAULT from the Data Services screen.

2

Select a default data service.

LOW SPEED DATA

DATA 1

DATA 5

ü

DATA 2

DATA 6

DATA 3

DATA 7

DATA 1

DATA 2

DATA 3

DATA 4

DATA 5

RETURN

DEFAULT

BAUD

HELP

Setting the Baud Rate

The baud rates displayed may be different, depending on which data port is being used.

To set the baud rate for the Digital Satellite Receiver’s data port:

1

Select BAUD from the Data Services screen.

2

Select a baud rate for the data port.

LOW SPEED DATA

DATA 1

DATA 5

ü

DATA 2

DATA 6

DATA 3

DATA 7

DATA 4

SET BAUD RATE

2400

DATA 8

4800

9600

19200

RETURN

DEFAULT

BAUD

HELP

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Chapter 6

Using the Setup Menu

Read this chapter to set up your Digital Satellite Receiver for the first time, check the antenna’s signal strength, or to run a system test to diagnose any difficulties you may be having with your system.

Overview

The Setup Menu includes several options you can use to set up and troubleshoot your system. q q

Use the Setup Menu to: q q q q

Set up and point your Satellite Antenna (page 65).

Set up your VCR Recording feature (page 66).

Replace your access card (page 68).

Change the aspect ratio of the Digital Satellite Receiver to match your TV screen: standard or widescreen (page 70).

q SAT-A4 Only: Change the Digital Satellite Receiver to receive RF

(radio frequency) remote control signals or IR (infrared) remote control signals (page 71).

q Display a list of programmable codes for other components you may want to operate using the remote control (page 74).

q Run a system test to check the operation of your system, including the access card, phone line, satellite signal, and tuning (page 75).

Display helpful troubleshooting information (page 76).

Get hints and shortcuts on using your DirecTV System (page 76).

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Displaying the Setup Menu

To set up your system, first bring up the Setup Menu, as follows:

1

2


Select SETUP MENU.

MAIN MENU

CATEGORY

GUIDE 1

MASTER

GUIDE 2

CATEGORY

LIST 3

EXIT MOVIES

GUIDE

4

OPTIONS MENU

7

TIMER

SETUP

5

8

MOVIES

LIST

6

SETUP MENU

9

3

The Setup Menu appears:

SETUP MENU

REMOTE

CONTROL 1

ACCESS

CARD

ANTENNA EXIT

4

TROUBLE

SHOOTING

7

SYSTEM

TEST

2

5

8

VCR

RECORDING 3

ASPECT

RATIO 6

TIPS AND

SHORTCUTS

9

The following pages describe how to use the Setup Menu to set up your system.

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Setting Up the Satellite Dish Antenna

Selecting RETURN returns you to the Setup Menu.

To install the Satellite Antenna, or to check the current signal level of the antenna, use the Set Up Antenna screen.

Note

Make ertain that the signal strength of the Satellite Antenna is optimized. If the signal is not optimized, you may experience losses in audio or video, especially during rain, snow, or other conditions that tend to degrade signal performance. See the Satellite Dish Antenna Operating Instructions for details on using the Set Up Antenna screen to point the Satellite Antenna and optimize the Satellite Antenna’s signal strength.

1

Select ANTENNA from the Setup Menu.

2

The Set Up Antenna screen appears.

SET UP ANTENNA

ZIP CODE LAT/LONG

Transponder

2

RETURN

HELP

LOCKED

80

CURRENT LEVEL

85

PEAK LEVEL

3

To determine the elevation and azimuth settings for the Satellite

Antenna, select ZIP CODE or LAT/LONG.

q ZIP CODE uses your five-digit zip code to determine the elevation and azimuth settings.

q LAT/LONG uses your location’s latitude and longitude to determine the azimuth and elevation settings.

q The Signal Strength Meter indicates the current signal strength of the Satellite Antenna. q The Transponder option allows you to select a transponder number from 1 to 32. You should not need to change this number (the default is 2) unless you’re instructed to do so by your program provider.

See the Satellite Dish Antenna Operating Instructions for details on using the Set Up Antenna screen to point the Satellite Antenna and optimize the Satellite Antenna’s signal strength.

Select RETURN to return to the Setup Menu.

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VCR Recording

After hooking up your IR Blaster (see “Connecting the IR Blaster” on page 18 for details), you must identify and set the manufacturer and code type of your VCR. After doing this, you should perform an IR test to ensure that all of your VCR functions are working properly.

1

Select VCR RECORDING from the Setup Menu.

VCR RECORDING

Manufacturer

Code

Test

Sony

3

OK

CANCEL

HELP

2

When the VCR RECORDING test screen appears, select

MANUFACTURER, and select the manufacturer name for your

VCR.

VCR RECORDING

Code

Test

3

VCR MANUFACTURERS

Select your VCR’s

Manufacturer

Sony

Admiral

Aiwa

Audio Dynamic

Bell & Howell

OK

CANCEL

HELP

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Note:

You will need to reenter the

Manufacturer and Code each time you enter the VCR RECORDING screen.

3

After selecting the manufacturer, select the CODE type of your

VCR.

VCR RECORDING

Manufacturer

Test

0

SONY CODE

Select the code for your

Sony VCR

1

2

3

4

OK

CANCEL

HELP

4

Select TEST to determine if the POWER ON/OFF, RECORD and

STOP functions of your VCR are working properly.

VCR RECORDING

Manufacturer

Code

BEFORE TESTING

1) Put a tape in your VCR xx to be RECORDED OVER

2) Select the correct VCR xx line input

3) Turn off your VCR

OK

CANCEL

OK

CANCEL

HELP

5

If the test is succesful, select OK to return to the Setup Menu. If the test fails, check the connection between the IR Blaster and your

Digital Satellite Receiver, make sure the correct video input is selected, and/or try a different code.

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Replacing Your Access Card

In the event that your program providers need to send you a new access card, use the Access Card option to initialize your new card.

During this process, you’ll follow the on-screen instructions to copy information from the old card onto the new card. After you initialize the new card, your old card becomes invalid.

To replace your access card:

1

Select ACCESS CARD from the Setup Menu.

SETUP MENU

REMOTE

CONTROL 1

ANTENNA

4

TROUBLE

SHOOTING

7

ACCESS

CARD

EXIT

SYSTEM

TEST

2

5

8

VCR

RECORDING 3

ASPECT

RATIO 6

TIPS AND

SHORTCUTS

9

2

When the Replace Access Card screen appears, insert your old access card, if you removed it, as follows: q

Slide the access card, arrow side up, into the slot located in the rear of the Digital Satellite Receiver, as shown in the illustration.

ACCESS CARD

DIGITAL

OUT

(OPTIONAL)

SATELLITE IN

LOW SPEED DATA

AUDIO

RF REMOTE

VIDEO

S VIDEO

1

CH3

CH4

VHF/UHF IN

2

VCR CONTROL

R L(MONO)

VIDEO OUT

VHF(SAT)/UHF

OUT

TEL LINE

AC IN~

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Selecting RETURN returns you to the Setup Menu, without starting the initialization process.

3

Select OK from the Replace Access Card screen.

REPLACE ACCESS CARD

OK

RETURN

HELP

Please insert OLD access card and select OK to initialize NEW card.

CAUTION: After you select OK, you cannot stop this process, and your OLD access card will no longer be valid.

4

Follow the instructions as they are displayed to complete the procedure.

When the message “Replace Access Card Procedure Complete” appears, select OK to return to the Setup Menu.

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Setting the Aspect Ratio

Selecting CANCEL returns you to the

Setup Menu, without saving your selection.

Use the Aspect Ratio option to set the Digital Satellite Receiver’s display to match your TV’s picture.

To set the aspect ratio:

1

Select ASPECT RATIO from the Setup Menu.

2

Select one of the options, based on the type of TV you have: q If you have a standard TV, select 4:3.

q If you have a wide-screen TV, select 16:9.

SET ASPECT RATIO

4:3 ü

STANDARD

16:9

WIDE

OK

CANCEL

HELP

3

Select OK to return to the Setup Menu.

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Setting Up the Remote Control (SAT-A4 Only)

Selecting IR/RF Transmission

(SAT-A4 Only)

The Set Up Remote screens let you set up the Digital Satellite Receiver to accept IR (infrared) or RF (radio frequency) signals from the remote control and to change the RF security code for the Digital Satellite

Receiver.

You can also use this screen to display a list of codes you can use to program the remote control to operate other components, such as TVs and cable boxes.

In addition to having IR remote control capability, your DirecTV

System includes an RF feature, which enables the remote control to operate the Digital Satellite Receiver even if the receiver is located in another room or is placed behind a cabinet door. In other words, with the RF feature, the remote control does not require a direct line-of-sight to the front panel of the Digital Satellite Receiver.

Note

You must set up the RF antenna to take advantage of the RF feature. See

“Setting up the RF Antenna (SAT-A4 Only)” on page 19 for details.

The Digital Satellite Receiver is shipped with IR transmission enabled and RF transmission disabled. To use the RF feature, you must change the factory setting (IR ONLY) to the RF setting (RF ONLY).

To select IR or RF transmission:

1

Select REMOTE CONTROL from the Setup Menu.

2

Select REMOTE SIGNAL and select a transmission type (IR or RF).

SET UP REMOTE

REMOTE CODES

RF SECURITY CODE

REMOTE CODES

REMOTE SIGNAL

Select IR or RF transmission for the

Digital Satellite Receiver.

IR ONLY

RF ONLY

OK

CANCEL

IDENTIFY

HELP

3

Select OK to save your selections and return to the Setup Menu.

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Setting the Security Code

(SAT-A4 Only)

The Digital Satellite Receiver and remote control are shipped with the RF security code set to 000.

If the Digital Satellite Receiver is accepting or receiving signals from another RF remote control in your home (or from a neighbor’s house), you can eliminate this problem by changing the security codes for the

Digital Satellite Receiver and remote control.

Note

As an alternative, you can eliminate this problem by disabling the RF capability of the Digital Satellite Receiver, if you have no need for RF transmission. See “Selecting IR/RF Transmission (SAT-A4 Only)” on page 71 for details.

There are two steps to changing the RF security code: Step 1 is changing the Digital Satellite Receiver’s security code; step 2 is changing the remote control’s security code. Both the Digital Satellite

Receiver and the remote control must use the same three-digit security code.

Step 1: Select the Digital Satellite Receiver’s RF Security Code

1


2

Select RF SECURITY CODE and then select a different security code.

SET UP REMOTE

REMOTE SIGNAL IR ONLY

RF SECURITY CODE

REMOTE CODES

000

RF SECURITY CODE

Select the RF security code for the Digital

Satellite Receiver.

CODE

CODE 001

CODE 002

CODE 003

CODE 004

OK

CANCEL

IDENTIFY

HELP

3

Select OK to save your changes and return to the Setup Menu.

4

Go to “Step 2: Set the Remote Control’s RF Security Code” on page

73 to continue.

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To Determine the Current

Security Code for the

Remote Control

(SAT-A4 Only)

Step 2: Set the Remote Control’s RF Security Code

1

Press the CODE SET button on the remote control.

2

Using the number buttons on the remote control, enter the threedigit security code you selected for the Digital Satellite Receiver in step 2 on page 72.

3

Press the ENTER button on the remote control.

The RF security code is now changed for both the Digital Satellite

Receiver and remote control.

You can determine the current RF security code for the remote control using the IDENTIFY button in the Set Up Remote screen.

1

Bring up the Set Up Remote screen, as described on page 71.

2

Select IDENTIFY.

SET UP REMOTE

REMOTE SIGNAL

RF SECURITY CODE

IR ONLY

000

OK

CANCEL

IDENTIFY

HELP

REMOTE CODES

Press the joystick within 5 seconds.

3

When the message “Press the joystick within 5 seconds” appears, press the joystick before the 5 seconds expire.

The current RF security code for the remote control appears.

SET UP REMOTE

REMOTE SIGNAL

RF SECURITY CODE

IR ONLY

000

OK

CANCEL

IDENTIFY

HELP

REMOTE CODES

Your remote is currently set at 000.

Note

If the message, “Security code could not be identified” appears, check to make sure that RF is enabled and that the RF antenna is connected properly. See

“Selecting IR/RF Transmission (SAT-A4 Only)” on page 71.

4


73

Displaying the

Programmable Codes

SAT-A4: The SAT-A4 remote control can be programmed to control most brands of TVs, cable boxes, VCRs, and laserdisc players (LDP).

SAT-B3: The SAT-B3 remote control cannot be programmed to control cable boxes or laserdisc players.

You can also use the Setup Remote screen to display a list of codes you can use to program the remote control to operate other components, such as TVs and VCRs.

Note

These code numbers and instructions are also described in “Programming the

Remote Control” on page 85.

To display the list of programmable codes:

1


2

Select REMOTE CODES and then select the type of component you want to use with the remote.

SET UP REMOTE

REMOTE SIGNAL

RF SECURITY CODE

REMOTE CODES

IR ONLY

REMOTE CODES

Select the category of manufacturer codes to be displayed.

TV CODES

CABLE BOX CODES

VCR CODES

LDP CODES

INSTRUCTIONS

OK

CANCEL

IDENTIFY

HELP

3

Scroll through the list that appears to find the remote codes for the manufacturer of your component. Press the button to return to the Set Up Remote screen.

4

To program the remote control, select INSTRUCTIONS and follow the on-screen instructions.

5


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Running a System Test

If The System Test Reports

Any Problems...

The System Test lets you check the integrity of your system's components, including: q Antenna signal q System tuning q Phone line q Access card

Use the System Test if you are experiencing problems with your system.

To run the System Test:

1

Select SYSTEM TEST from the Setup Menu.

2

Select TEST.

RUN SYSTEM TEST

SIGNAL

TUNING

PHONE

CARD

TEST

RETURN

HELP

The System Test checks all the components automatically, and displays the result of each test.

3


Check your system for any of the following: q Check that all cables are connected properly to the Digital Satellite

Receiver.

q Check that the Satellite Antenna is installed correctly, and that the signal has been optimized. See the manual that came with the

Satellite Antenna for details.

q Check that the phone line connected to the Digital Satellite

Receiver is working properly.

q Check that the access card is inserted properly.

If you cannot resolve problems reported by the System Test, see

“Customer Support” on page 2.

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Displaying Help, Tips, and Shortcuts

Displaying Troubleshooting

Information

To display troubleshooting information:

1

Select TROUBLESHOOTING from the Setup Menu.

SETUP MENU

REMOTE

CONTROL

1

ANTENNA

4

TROUBLE

SHOOTING 7

ACCESS

CARD

EXIT

SYSTEM

TEST

2

5

8

VCR

RECORDING

3

ASPECT

RATIO 6

TIPS AND

SHORTCUTS 9

2

Select the topic for which you want information. Details of that topic are displayed.

3

Press the button to return to the Troubleshooting screen.

4


Displaying Tips and

Shortcut Information

To display tips and shortcut information:

1

Select TIPS AND SHORTCUTS from the Setup Menu.

SETUP MENU

REMOTE

CONTROL 1

ANTENNA

4

TROUBLE

SHOOTING

7

ACCESS

CARD

EXIT

SYSTEM

TEST

2

5

8

VCR

RECORDING 3

ASPECT

RATIO

6

TIPS AND

SHORTCUTS

9

2

Select the topic for which you want information. Details of that topic are displayed.

3

Press the button to return to the Tips and Shortcuts screen.

4


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Appendix

Other Information

q q q q q q q q

This appendix includes supplementary information, including: q Locations and descriptions of the controls and indicators on the front and back panels of the Digital Satellite Receiver (page 78).

Remote control button descriptions (page 81).

Programming the remote to operate your TV and other video components (page 85).

Troubleshooting information (page 87).

Precautions (page 90).

FCC Information (page 91).

Limited warranty (page 92).

Specifications (page 93).

Index (page 94).

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Location and Function of Controls

Front Panel

POWER

32 BIT

MICRO PROCESSOR

POWER TIMER MESSAGE

GUIDE

DIGITAL SATELLITE RECEIVER SAT-A4

MENU

Button

POWER Button

MENU Button

GUIDE Button

Description


Brings up the Main Menu.

Brings up the Custom Guide.

The arrow buttons highlight items in the on-screen displays (program guides, menus, etc.). The button selects highlighted items.

Power Indicator

Timer Indicator

Message Indicator

Indicates whether the Digital Satellite Receiver is on or off.

Indicates that the Timer is set.

Indicates that you have an unread message.

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Back Panel (SAT-A4)

ACCESS CARD

DIGITAL

OUT

(OPTICAL)

VCR CONTROL

SATELLITE IN

LOW SPEED DATA

R

AUDIO

RF REMOTE

VIDEO

S VIDEO

1

CH3

CH4

VHF/UHF IN

2

L(MONO)

VIDEO OUT

VHF(SAT)/UHF

OUT

TEL LINE

AC IN~

Connector

SATELLITE IN

Description

Connects to the LNB on the Satellite Antenna.

DIGITAL OUT

LOW SPEED DATA

VCR CONTROL

RF REMOTE

AUDIO (R)/(L)

OUT

VIDEO OUT

S-VIDEO OUT

CH3/CH4 Switch

VHF/UHF IN

VHF(SAT)/UHF OUT

TEL LINE

AC IN

Connects to the optical in jack on your Dolby Digital decoder or

Dolby Digital A/V receiver.

Allows you to connect your Digital Satellite Receiver to new technologies, as they are introduced. Additional accessories may be required.

Sends IR signal from Digital Satellite Receiver to VCR. Allows the

Digital Satellite Receiver to automatically control your VCR’s recording functions when you record a program.

Connects to the RF antenna.

Connects your Digital Satellite Receiver to the right and left audio inputs of your audio or video component.

Connects your Digital Satellite Receiver to your TV or VCR’s video input.

Allows you to connect your Digital Satellite Receiver directly to your

TV (if your TV has S-VIDEO IN).

When you use an RF connection, this setting determines the TV channel on which programs from the Digital Satellite Receiver can be viewed.

Allows you to connect your Digital Satellite Receiver to your normal

(terrestrial) TV or cable TV service.

Connects to your TV or VCR.

Connects your Digital Satellite Receiver to a telephone jack. This allows you to order pay per view programs.

Connects your Digital Satellite Receiver to a 120 V AC outlet.

Cable Type

Solid Bare Copper

RG-6 Coaxial

(75-ohm/F-type)

Optical cable

Depends on future applications

(D-sub 9 pin)

Audio mono miniplug

RCA-type

Audio (2)

(RCA-type)

Video

(RCA-type)

S-Video

(4-pin mini DIN)

RG-59 Coaxial

(75-ohm/F-type)

RG-59 Coaxial

(75-ohm/F-type)

Telephone (RJ-11)

AC

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Back Panel (SAT-B3)

ACCESS CARD

SATELLITE IN AUDIO VIDEO

LOW SPEED DATA

VCR CONTROL R L(MONO)

S VIDEO

CH3

CH4

VHF/UHF IN

VHF(SAT)/UHF

OUT

TEL LINE

AC IN~

Connector

SATELLITE IN

LOW SPEED DATA

VCR CONTROL

AUDIO (R)/(L)

OUT

VIDEO OUT

S-VIDEO OUT

CH3/CH4 Switch

VHF/UHF IN

VHF(SAT)/UHF OUT

TEL LINE

AC IN

Description Cable Type

Connects to the LNB on the Satellite Antenna.

Allows you to connect your Digital Satellite Receiver to new technologies, as they are introduced. Additional accessories may be required.

Sends IR signal from Digital Satellite Receiver to VCR. Allows the Digital Satellite Receiver to automatically control your

VCR’s recording functions when you record a program.

Connects your Digital Satellite Receiver to the right and left audio inputs of your audio or video component.

Connects your Digital Satellite Receiver to your TV or VCR’s video input.

Allows you to connect your Digital Satellite Receiver directly to your TV (if your TV has S-VIDEO IN).

When you use an RF connection, this setting determines the

TV channel on which programs from the Digital Satellite Receiver can be viewed.

Allows you to connect your Digital Satellite Receiver to your normal (terrestrial) TV or cable TV service.

Connects to your TV or VCR.

Solid Bare Copper

RG-6 Coaxial

(75-ohm/F-type)

Connects your Digital Satellite Receiver to a telephone jack.

This allows you to order pay per view programs.

Connects your Digital Satellite Receiver to a 120V AC outlet.

Depends on future applications

(D-sub 9 pin)

Audio mono miniplug

Audio (2)

(RCA-type)

Video

(RCA-type)

S-Video

(4-pin mini DIN)

RG-59 Coaxial

(75-ohm/F-type)

RG-59 Coaxial

(75-ohm/F-type)

Telephone (RJ-11)

AC

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Using the Remote Control

The FUNCTION buttons flash to indicate which component the remote control is set to operate.

After you’ve installed the batteries and programmed the remote control, use these procedures to operate your system components:

1

Select the component that you want to use: To operate a cable box,

TV, or the Digital Satellite Receiver, press the corresponding

FUNCTION button.

SAT-A4 Only : To operate a VCR or laserdisc player, open the lid on the remote control and set the slide switch to the position that you set for the component.

2

3

Aim the remote control at the component.

Press the POWER button of the component to turn it on and off.

To control other functions of the component, see the table that follows.

SAT-A4 Remote Control

Outside Panel (SAT-A4)

MUTING SLEEP CABLE

POWER

TV

SAT

FUNCTION CABLE TV SAT

POSITION AUDIO SWAP

TV/VIDEO TV/SAT

PIP

+

CH

-

JUMP

OFF

FAVORITE

1 2 3

4 5 6

7

DISPLAY

8

0

CATEGORY INDEX

9

ENTER

GUIDE

MENU

VOL CH

EXIT

S

SATELLITE

RECEIVER

PAGE

RM-Y800

Note

Buttons described in the following table can operate components other than the

Digital Satellite Receiver only if you’ve programmed the remote and the component supports the function described. See page 85 for instructions on programming the remote.

Button

MUTING

Operates Description

TV Mutes the volume. Press again to restore the volume.

SLEEP

CABLE

POWER

TV

SAT

FUNCTION

TV

CABLE TV SAT

POSITION AUDIO SWAP

+

CH

-

PIP

OFF

Automatically turns off the TV, after the time period that you specify.

CABLE: Turns the cable box on and off.

TV: Turns the TV on and off.

SAT: Turns the Digital Satellite Receiver on and off.

CABLE: Puts the remote in cable mode. In cable mode, the remote operates your cable box.

TV: Puts the remote in TV mode. In TV mode, the remote operates your TV.

SAT: Puts the remote in SAT receiver mode. In

SAT mode, the remote operates your Digital

Satellite Receiver. To switch from the TV to SAT mode, press the SAT FUNCTION button, and then press the TV/SAT button.

Only works with Sony TVs.

POSITION: Changes the PIP position.

AUDIO: Swaps the audio between PIP and the main picture.

SWAP: Swaps the PIP picture and the main picture.

+/–: Changes the PIP channel.

PIP: Turns PIP on.

OFF: Turns PIP off.

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82

Button

TV/VIDEO

TV/SAT

JUMP

FAVORITE

DISPLAY

ENTER

INDEX

GUIDE

VOL

0

EXIT to

CATEGORY

9

CH

PAGE


TV Switches the input of the TV.

SAT

SAT

TV

SAT

SAT

TV

Cable box

SAT

TV

SAT

TV

Cable box

SAT

Switches the output of the Digital Satellite

Receiver to TV (normal TV programs), if you’ve connected a TV cable or antenna, or to SAT programs.

SAT: Used to tune to and set stations in the Jump

Loop (SAT). See “Using the Jump Loop Feature” on page 48 for details. TV, Cable: Tunes to the last station you were tuned to.

Used for setting up and using the Favorite

Station Guides. See “Using the Favorite Station

Guides” on page 37 for details.

Specifies the station number. SAT: In menus, selects the menu item with the corresponding number. Also, in some screens, used to enter numerical values (such as a spending limit or passcode).

Toggles through the different displays of onscreen guides (SAT) or other display (TV). See

“Using the DISPLAY Feature” on page 41 for details.

Used with 0-9 buttons to change stations without any delay in tuning.

Brings up the Index.

Brings up the Category Guide. SAT

SAT

SAT

TV

SAT

TV

SAT

TV

Brings up the Custom Guide. If you’re already in a program guide, pressing GUIDE repeatedly brings up future time slots in the guide.

When moved forward, back, left, right, and diagonally, highlights items in the on-screen displays (program guides, menus, etc.). When pressed, selects highlighted items.

VOL: Increases and decreases the volume.

CH/PAGE: Moves to the next (+) or previous (-) station during normal viewing. In SAT program guides and some setup screens, these buttons page through the on-screen displays.

Clears all on-screen displays, including program guides, menus, etc. If you press EXIT before you complete your selections, the previous selections are restored.

Inside Panel (SAT-A4)

MUTING

SLEEP

––––––––––– POWER –––––––––––

SAT

CABLE TV

VTR 2 DVD

VTR 3 AMP

TV/VTR

CODE SET

––––––– FUNCTION –––––––

CABLE TV SAT

POWER

+

AUDIO VOL

-

+

CH

-

Button

VTR 2 DVD

VTR 3 AMP

POWER

TV/VTR

VCR

DVD

VCR

DVD

VCR

DVD

AMP

VCR

AMP

VCR

DVD

VCR

DVD

VCR


VCR

DVD

AMP

Switches to VCR, DVD or AMP mode, depending on how you’ve set up the remote for these positions.

VCR

DVD

Eject

VCR

DVD

Rewind

Play

Fast-forward

Turns the VCR, DVD or amp on and off.

Changes the VHF/UHF output of the VCR.

Changes the input of the amp.

Stop

Pause

Record

CH

CODE SET

+

AUDIO VOL

-

VCR

SAT

AMP

Changes the channel.

Used for programming the remote to operate your TV, cable box, VCR, DVD, or amp. Also used to change the RF security code.

Changes the audio volume on the amp.

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SAT-B3 Remote Control

MUTING

VTR TV

POWER

SAT

TV/VIDEO VTR

FUNCTION

TV SAT

TV/VTR

TV/SAT

1 2 3

4 5 6

7

DISPLAY

8

0

CATEGORY INDEX

9

ENTER

GUIDE

JUMP EXIT MENU FAVORITE

VOL CH

PAGE

CODE SET

RM-Y139

SATELLITE

RECEIVER

CODE SET

FAVORITE

TV/VIDEO

TV/SAT

JUMP

0 to 9

DISPLAY

INDEX

CATEGORY

EXIT

MENU

GUIDE

SAT

TV

SAT

TV

SAT

TV

SAT

SAT

SAT

TV

SAT

TV

SAT

SAT

TV

SAT

TV

SAT

Button

VTR TV

POWER

SAT

Operates

VTR

FUNCTION

TV SAT

Description

VTR(VCR): Turns the VTR(VCR) on and off.

TV: Turns the TV on and off.

SAT: Turns the Digital Satellite Receiver on and off.

VTR(VCR): Puts the remote in VTR mode. In VTR mode, the remote operates your VCR.

TV: Puts the remote in TV mode. In TV mode, the remote operates your TV.

SAT: Puts the remote in Digital Satellite Receiver mode. In SAT mode, the remote operates your digital satellite receiver.

Used for programming the remote to operate your TV or VTR(VCR).

Used for setting up and using the Favorite Station

Guides. See “Using the Favorite Station Guides” on page 37 for details.

Switches the input of the TV.

Switches the output of the Digital Satellite Receiver to

TV (normal TV programs), if you’ve connected a TV cable or antenna, or to SAT programs.

SAT: Used to tune to and set stations in the Jump Loop

(SAT). See “Using the Jump Loop Feature” on page 48 for details. TV: Tunes to the last station you were tuned to.

Specifies the station number. SAT: In menus, selects the menu item with the corresponding number. Also, in some screens, used to enter numerical values (such as a spending limit or passcode).

Toggles through the different displays of on-screen guides (SAT) or other display (TV). See “Using the

DISPLAY Feature” on page 41 for details.

Brings up the Station Index.

Brings up the Category Guide.

Clears all on-screen displays, including program guides, menus, etc. If you press EXIT before you complete your selections, the previous selections are restored.

Brings up the Main Menu (Sony-brand TVs only.)

Brings up the Custom Guide. If you’re already in a program guide, pressing GUIDE repeatedly brings up future time slots in the guide.

When moved up, down, left, and right, highlights items in the on-screen displays (program guides, menus, etc.).

VOL CH

PAGE

TV

SAT

VCR

VOL: Increases and decreases the volume.

CH/PAGE: Moves to the next (+) or previous (-) station during normal viewing. In SAT program guides and some setup screens, these buttons page through the on-screen displays.

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Programming the Remote Control

You can also find these code numbers using the on-screen displays. See

“Displaying the Programmable Codes” on page 74.

You must perform step 3 within 10 seconds of step 2, or you must start again from step 2.

You must perform step 4 within 10 seconds of step 3, or you must start again from step 2. To cancel the operation, press the ENTER button.

The Digital Satellite Receiver’s remote control is preset at the factory to operate Sony brand TVs.

If you have a TV other than Sony brand, or you have other video components that you want to control with the Digital Satellite

Receiver’s remote, use the following procedures to program the remote.

Note

Your components must have infrared (IR) remote control capability in order to be used with the Digital Satellite Receiver’s remote.

4

5

To program the Digital Satellite Receiver’s remote:

1

Turn to “Programmable Codes” on page 86, and find the threedigit code number for your component. If more than one code number is listed, use the number listed first to complete the following procedures.

2

Press the CODE SET button.

3

Press the FUNCTION button (VTR, SAT or TV) for the component you’re setting up. SAT-A4 Only: To set up a VCR or laserdisc player, set the slide switch to any position (VTR3/VTR2/DVD/

AMP).

Enter the three-digit code number.

Press the ENTER button.

To Check if the Code Number Works

Use the following procedure to make sure the code you’ve entered works:

1

Aim the Digital Satellite Receiver’s remote control at the component and press the POWER button that corresponds to that component.

2

For TVs and VCRs : If the component responds, try the POWER,

CH+ and CH- buttons. If the component responds, you’re done.

3

If the code doesn’t work for your component: q Try programming the remote using the other codes listed for your component.

q If you cannot get your component to respond to the Digital

Satellite Receiver’s remote — even after trying all the code numbers for your component — your component may not be compatible with the Digital Satellite Receiver’s remote. If this happens, you must use your component’s own remote to operate it.

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Programmable Codes

TV Codes

Manufacturer

Sony

Admiral (M.

Wards)

ABC

Bell & Howell

(M. Wards)

Broksonic

Craig

Croslex

Curtis Mathis

Daewoo

Daytron

Emerson

Code

101

102, 114, 109

112

114, 109, 138

103, 112

122, 123, 120, 121

111

103, 119, 123

135, 136, 103

113

122, 113, 120, 121,

123, 103, 115

Fisher 125

General Electric 102, 118, 103, 107

Goldstar

Hitachi

103, 113, 112, 130

131, 113, 103, 132

JC Penney

JVC

KTV

LXI (Sears)

103, 102, 130, 107

128, 129

133, 113, 103, 123,

134

102, 103 111, 125,

119, 112

Magnavox 111, 112, 113, 107

Mitsubishi/MGA 124, 103, 112

NEC

Panasonic

103, 112

118, 116, 117, 107

Philco

Philips

Pilot

Pioneer

111, 118, 109

111

103

137, 118, 119

Portland

Quasar

Radio Shack

RCA/Proscan

Samsung

Sanyo

Scott

Sharp

Signature 2000

(M. Wards)

Sylvania

103, 108

110, 107

102, 112, 124, 123

102, 103, 104, 105,

106, 107, 108

126, 112, 113, 103

125

123, 112

114, 113, 115

114, 109

Symphonic

Tenika

Toshiba

Videch

Wards

Zenith

111, 112, 108

123, 139

109

119, 114

131, 103, 112

113, 103, 115, 112

108, 110

Cable Box Codes (SAT-A4 Only)

Manufacturer

Hamlin/Regal

Code

222, 223, 224, 225,

228

Jerrold/G.I.

201, 202, 203, 204,

205, 206, 207 208,

218

227, 228, 229 Oak

Panasonic

Pioneer

219, 220, 221

214, 215

Scientific Atlanta 209, 210, 211

Tocom 216, 217

Zenith 212

VCR Codes

Manufacturer Code

Sony

Aiwa

300, 301,302, 303

338

Audio Dynamic 314, 347

Bell & Howell

(M. Wards)

330, 343

Broksonic 317, 319

Canon

Citizen

309, 308

332

Craig 315, 302, 332

Curtis Mathis 304, 338, 309

Daewoo

DBX

Dimensia

Emerson

341, 312, 309

314, 336, 337

304

319, 320, 316, 317,

318, 341

330, 334, 335, 333 Fisher

Funai 338

General Electric 329, 304, 309

Go Video

Goldstar

Hitachi

HQ

322, 339, 340

332

306, 304, 305, 338

315

Instant Replay 309, 308

JC Penney 309, 305, 304, 330,

314, 336, 337

JVC 314, 336, 337

Kenwood

LXI (Sears)

314, 336, 332, 337

332, 305, 333, 334,

330, 335, 338

310, 308, 309 Magnavox

Marantz

Marta

Memorex

Minolta

Mitsubishi/

MGA

314, 336, 337

332

309, 335

305, 304

323, 324, 325, 326

Multitech

NEC

Olympic

Optimus

325, 338, 321

314, 336, 337

309, 308

327

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Panasonic 308, 309, 306, 307

Pentax

Philco

Philips

Pioneer

305, 304

308, 309

310, 308, 309

308

Quasar

Realistic

306, 308, 309

RCA/Proscan 304, 305, 308, 309,

310, 311, 312, 313

309, 330, 328, 335,

324, 338

Sansui 314

Singer

Samsung

Sanyo

Scott

Sharp

Shintom

Signature 2000

(M. Wards)

Sylvania

315

322, 313, 321

330, 335

312, 313, 321, 335,

323, 324, 325, 326

327, 325, 328

315

336, 327

Symphonic

Tashiro

Tatung

Teac

Technics

Teknika

Toshiba

Wards

Yamaha

Zenith

310, 308, 309, 338

338

332

314, 336, 337

314, 336, 338, 337

309, 308

338, 342

312, 311

327, 328, 335, 331,

332

330, 314, 336, 337

331

DVD (Digital Video Disc) Codes

(SAT-A4 Only)


Sony

Panasonic

601

604

Pioneer

RCA

Toshiba

605

602

603

AMP (Amplifier) Codes

(SAT-A4 Only)


Sony 501

Denon (Sharp) 516, 517, 518

Harmon 519

JVC

Kenwood

506, 507, 508

504, 505

McIntosh

Onkyo

Pioneer

Technics

Yamaha

520

512, 513

502, 503

509, 510, 511

514, 515

Troubleshooting

Symptom Possible Causes and Remedies

No picture

(poor picture quality or loss of picture) q

If you are receiving only a few stations, for example, stations 100, 205, and 999, call your program providers to have your programming activated. q

Check to make sure the Digital Satellite Receiver is on and set to SAT mode. See page 81 or 84.

q

Check to make sure your access card is inserted properly into the Digital

Satellite Receiver. q

Run the System Test to verify that your system is working properly. See page 75.

q

Check the Satellite Antenna’s signal strength. See page 65.

q

Check the connections to your TV (and other components). See the Satellite Dish

Antenna Operating Instructions and Chapter 3 of this manual.

q

Check to make sure your TV (and other components) are set to receive the signal

(channel 3 or 4, VIDEO1, etc.), as appropriate to the way your system is connected. See Chapter 3.

q

Some pay per view programs may be protected by Macrovision copy-protection at the discretion of the copyright owner. To ensure a quality picture, make sure that the signal is coming directly from the Digital Satellite Receiver and not through your VCR. Call your program providers for details.

q

Make sure the RG-6 cable is properly connected to the Satellite Antenna’s LNB.

If the Signal Seeker is not flashing on the LNB when the Set Up Antenna screen is displayed, there may be an electrical short in the RG-6 cable and you will need to replace it.

q

In rare cases, the picture may be distorted if you connected a terrestrial TV antenna to the UHF/VHF IN jack of the Digital Satellite Receiver. This distortion could occur if the channel selector on the back of the Digital Satellite

Receiver is set to a channel that is normally received on channel 3 or 4 of your

TV. For example, you can receive a local station on channel 4, and the channel selector is set to channel 4. If this happens, set the channel selector to the other channel (3 or 4), whichever one is not used on your TV.

q

Avoid placing 300-ohm wires above your Digital Satellite Receiver, i.e., off-air antenna wire, rabbit ear antenna.

q

If the cable distance between the Satellite Antenna and Digital Satellite Receiver exceeds 100 feet, you must use the Sony brand Amplifier EAC-DA1.

Cannot access program

Cannot order pay per view program q

Check to make sure that you are subscribing to the station you are trying to tune to. Call your program providers if you are not sure.

q

Check to make sure the system is not locked. See Chapter 5.

q

Check to make sure the station isn’t set to be skipped. See page 54.

q

Check to make sure you’ve connected the Digital Satellite Receiver to a phone line.

q

It may be too late to purchase this program. Check for other show times. See page 29.

q

If the message “Purchase information not available” appears, you must call your program provider (DIRECTV or USSB) to order the program.

q

Check to make sure the PPV option is not locked. See Chapter 5.

q

Your access card may be full. Call your program provider.

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Symptom

One Button Recording/IR Blaster is not working

Main Menu, buttons 4 and 6, do not include the program categories that you want

Possible Causes and Remedies

Cannot find the station of the pay per view program you’ve ordered q

See “Checking and Cancelling PPV Purchases” on page 45 to get information

(station, start times, etc.) about programs you’ve ordered.

Cannot cancel a pay per view order via the Purchase menu option

Program guide does not bring up the program you’ve chosen q

You cannot cancel pay per view orders that you’ve watched or tuned to. Also, you can cancel only programs you’ve ordered using the remote control. Call your program providers for details.

q

You must press the button to select the program you’ve highlighted.

Although the guide automatically tunes to current stations that you highlight in any of the guides, you must press the button to complete your selection.

Cannot display favorite stations

Ratings limit, spending limit, or pay per view lock not working properly q

You must set up your Favorite Station Guides before favorite stations can be displayed. See page 37.

q

If you selected a program guide using CATEGORY GUIDE or CATEGORY LIST, some of your Favorite Stations may not be displayed when you press the

FAVORITE button. This is probably because the program that’s on the Favorite

Station is in a program category that’s different from the category or subcategory you selected for the displayed guide or list.

q

Check locks and limits. Then check that the system is locked. See Chapter 5.

Cannot access locks or limits screens

Cannot lock or unlock the system

Audio track is not available

Language of audio track is incorrect

Cannot record programs on VCR q

The system must be unlocked before you can make changes to the locks and limits. See Chapter 5.

q

Make sure you’ve entered the correct passcode. If you’ve lost or forgotten your passcode, call your program provider. See “Customer Support” on page 2.

q

Not all programs offer audio tracks. See page 56.

q

Check default language setting. The program provider may not make available all the languages displayed in the Set Default Language screen. See page 57.

Check the audio track setting. See page 56.

q

Check to make sure the VCR is connected correctly, and that the VCR is set to receive the signal from the Digital Satellite Receiver. See Chapter 3.

q

If you are using the automatic timer to facilitate the recording of programs, make sure the program you are trying to record does not conflict with any locks or limits that have been set. If you are using the timer for PPV programs, you must purchase these programs in advance, which may require that you call your program provider to order the program.

q

Make sure you are not trying to record a pay per view program that is copyprotected by Macrovision. Some pay per view programs are copy-protected at the discretion of the copyright owner. Call your program provider for details.

q

Check to make sure the IR Blaster is connected and placed correctly. See

“Connecting the IR Blaster” on page 18 .

q

Check the code for your VCR. See “VCR Recording” on page 66.

q

Check to make sure the Video line input, which connect the Digital Satellite

Receiver to the VCR, is correctly selected.

q

Use CATEGORY GUIDE to change the program category shown in button 4.

Use CATEGORY LIST to change the program category shown in button 6. See page 32.

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Symptom

Access card problems

Remote control does not work

Audio Noise

Possible Causes and Remedies q

Check that the card is inserted properly. See page 68.

q

Call your program providers. See “Customer Support” on page 2.

q

To operate your TV or other video components, make sure you’ve programmed the remote properly. See “Programming the Remote Control” on page 85. Note:

The remote codes may be erased whenever you remove the batteries. Program the remote again if you’ve removed or replaced the batteries.

q

Press the appropriate FUNCTION button (SAT, TV, VTR(VCR)) for the component you want to operate. These buttons flash to indicate which component the remote control is set to operate. q

Check to make sure the batteries are inserted correctly, and that the batteries are not dead. See page 6.

q

SAT-A4 Only: If you are having problems with the RF function, check that the RF antenna is connected properly and that you are using the remote control within operating range of the Digital Satellite Receiver (see “Setting Up the RF Antenna

(SAT-A4 Only)” on page 19). Make sure that RF transmission is enabled (see

“Selecting IR/RF Transmission (SAT-A4 Only)” on page 71). Make sure the

Digital Satellite Receiver and remote control are using the same security code

(see “Setting the Security Code (SAT-A4 Only)” on page 72). q

Try removing the batteries and reinserting them without touching any buttons on the remote control.

q

If you connect the DIGITAL OUT terminal to a device that is not Dolby Digital compatible, set the Dolby Digital Option to OFF (page 58).

Not all optical terminals on A/V receivers are Dolby Digital compatible.

If you are unable to resolve problems with your system, please see

“Customer Support” on page 2 for customer support information and telephone numbers.

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Precautions

On Safety

On Power Sources

On Placement

On Cleaning

On Repacking

90 q If you spill or drop anything into the cabinet, unplug the Digital

Satellite Receiver and have it checked by qualified personnel before operating it any further.

q Operate the Digital Satellite Receiver only on 120 V AC.

q For detailed safety precautions, see the “Important Safeguards” leaflet that came with the Digital Satellite Receiver.

q The Digital Satellite Receiver continues to draw power from the

AC power source as long as it is connected to the wall outlet, even if the Digital Satellite Receiver itself has been turned off. q If you are not going to use the Digital Satellite Receiver for a long time, be sure to disconnect the Digital Satellite Receiver from the wall outlet and cancel your programming subscription. To disconnect the AC power cord, grasp the plug itself; never pull the cord.

q To further protect the Digital Satellite Receiver from damage caused by lightning or power surges, connect a power surge protector to your telephone line, AC power cord, and external antennas.

q One blade of the plug is wider than the other for the purpose of safety and will fit into the wall outlet only one way. If you are unable to insert the plug fully into the outlet, contact your dealer.

q If the AC power cord gets damaged and needs to be replaced, have it done at a qualified service shop only.

q Place the Digital Satellite Receiver in a location with adequate ventilation to prevent heat build-up in the Digital Satellite Receiver and prolong the life of the Digital Satellite Receiver.

q Do not place the Digital Satellite Receiver in a location where it will be exposed to extreme hot or cold temperatures. Avoid direct sunlight and do not place near heat sources.

q Do not place the Digital Satellite Receiver in a location subject to excessive dust or mechanical vibration. Protect from vibration at all times.

q Do not place anything on top of the Digital Satellite Receiver, which might block the ventilation holes and cause malfunctions.

q Before connecting other components, be sure to turn off and unplug the Digital Satellite Receiver.

q Clean the cabinet, panel, and controls with a soft cloth slightly moistened with a mild detergent solution. Do not use any type of abrasive pad, scouring powder, or solvent such as alcohol or benzine.

q Keep the original cartons and packing materials to safely transport the equipment in the future.

FCC Regulations and Information

FCC Registration Information

Your Digital Satellite Receiver has been registered by the Federal

Communication Commission (FCC) as not being harmful to the telephone network when connected directly to the telephone lines. In order to fully comply with the Rules of the FCC, the following instructions should be read carefully and followed completely where applicable:

1 The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) has established Rules which permit this device to be directly connected to the telephone network. Standardized jacks are used for these connections. This equipment should not be used on party lines or coin phones.

2 If this device is malfunctioning, it may also be causing harm to the telephone network; this device should be disconnected until the source of the problem can be determined and until repair has been made. If this is not done, the telephone company may temporarily disconnect service.

3 The telephone company may make changes in its technical operations and procedures; if such changes affect the compatibility or use of this device, the telephone company is required to give adequate notice of the changes. You will be advised of your right to file a complaint with the FCC.

4 If the telephone company requests information on what equipment is connected to their lines, inform them of: a The telephone number to which this unit is connected.

b.

The ringer equivalence number.

c.

The USOC jack required.

d.

The FCC Registration Number.

5 Items (b) and (d) are indicated on the label. The Ringer

Equivalence Number (REN) is used to determine how many devices can be connected to your telephone line. In most areas, the sum of the RENs of all devices on any one line should not exceed five (5). If too many devices are attached, they may not ring properly.

Service Requirements

In the event of equipment malfunction, all repairs should be performed by our Company or an authorized agent. It is the responsibility of users requiring service to report the need for service to our company or to one of our authorized agents. For service, call 1-800-838-7669.

Declaration of Conformity

Trade Name:

Model No.:

Sony

SAT-A4

Responsible Party: Sony Electronics Inc.

Address: 1 Sony Drive, Park Ridge, NJ. 07656 USA

Telephone No.: 201-930-6972

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

Radio Interference Information

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC

Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.

However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause interference to radio or television reception (which you can determine by turning the equipment off and on), you are encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: q

Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna (the antenna for radio or television that is receiving the interference) q

Change the position of the Digital Satellite Receiver with respect to the radio or television equipment that is receiving the interference q

Move the Digital Satellite Receiver away from the equipment that is receiving the interference q

Plug the Digital Satellite Receiver into a different outlet so that the Digital Satellite Receiver and the equipment receiving the interference are on different branch circuits

Shielded cables and I/O cords must be used for this equipment to comply with the relevant FCC regulations. Changes or modifications not expressly approved in writing by Sony

Electronics, Inc., void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.

If these measures do not eliminate the interference, you should consult your DIREC

TV System dealer or an experienced radio/television technician for additional suggestions. In addition, you may find the following booklet prepared by he Federal Communications

Commission helpful: “How to Identify and Resolve Radio-TV

Interference Problems.” This booklet is available from the U.S.

Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 20402 Stock No.

004-000-00345-4.

Canadian Residents

Le present appareil numerique n’emet pas de bruits radioelectriques depassant les limites applicables aux appareils numeriques de la class B prescrites dans le Reglement sur le brouillage radioelectrique edicte par le ministere des

Communications du Canada.

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Limited Warranty

DIRECTV Systems

SONY ELECTRONICS INC. (“SONY”) warrants this Product

(including any accessories) against defects in material or workmanship as follows:

1 LABOR. For a period of 90 days from the original date of purchase, if the Product is determined to be defective, SONY will repair or replace the Product at no charge. After this 90 day period, you must pay for all labor charges.

2 PARTS. For a period of one (1) year from the original date of purchase, SONY will supply, at no charge, new or rebuilt replacements in exchange for defective parts. Any replacements will be warranted for the remainder of the original warranty period or ninety (90) days from installation by SONY’s authorized facility, whichever is longer.

3 ACCESSORIES. Parts and labor for all accessories are for one

(1) year.

4 IN-HOME. For a period of one (1) year from installation date, if the unit was professionally installed by a SONY authorized DIRECTV System Installer and the LNB

(Electronic Antenna Element) fails to function properly,

SONY will repair or replace the LNB with a new or rebuilt part. Labor to repair or replace the LNB (after 90 days from purchase) will be at your expense. If no problem is found, or any other item fails, it will be your responsibility to pay the installer their regular rate for an in-home service call.

To obtain warranty service, you must take the Product, or deliver the Product freight prepaid, in either its original packaging or packaging affording an equal degree of protection, to a SONY authorized DIRECTV System service facility. Please see the telephone number at the end of this section for a number to call to locate the closest facility.

This warranty does not cover customer instruction, installation, setup adjustments or signal reception problems.

This warranty does not cover cosmetic damage or damage due to acts of God, accident, misuse, abuse, negligence, commercial use, or modification of, or to any part of the Product, including the antenna. This warranty does not cover improper installation (if self-installed), loss of use of the product, or wasted programming charges due to product malfunction. This warranty does not cover damage due to improper operation or maintenance, connection to improper voltage supply, or attempted repair by anyone other than a facility authorized by SONY to service the Product. This warranty does not cover Products sold AS IS or WITH ALL

FAULTS. This warranty is valid only in the United States.

Proof of purchase in the form of a bill of sale or receipted invoice which is evidence that the unit is within the Warranty period must be presented to obtain warranty service.

REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT AS PROVIDED UNDER THIS

WARRANTY IS THE EXCLUSIVE REMEDY OF THE

CONSUMER. SONY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY

INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES FOR BREACH

OF ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY ON THIS

PRODUCT. IN NO EVENT SHALL SONY BE LIABLE FOR ANY

INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES

WHATSOEVER ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO

USE THE PRODUCT. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL

SONY’S LIABILITY, IF ANY, EXCEED THE PURCHASE PRICE

PAID FOR THE PRODUCT. EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT

PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY IMPLIED

WARRANTY OR MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A

PARTICULAR PURPOSE ON THIS PRODUCT IS LIMITED IN

DURATION TO THE DURATION OF THIS WARRANTY.

This warranty is invalid if the factory applied serial number has been altered or removed from the Product.

Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, or allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts, so the above limitations or exclusions may not apply to you. In addition, if you enter into a service contract with the SONY Partnership within 90 days of the date of sale, the limitation on how long an implied warranty lasts does not apply to you. This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may have other rights which vary from state to state.

For your convenience, SONY ELECTRONICS INC. has established telephone numbers for frequently asked questions. To locate the servicer or dealer nearest you, for assistance or resolution of a service problem, or for product information or operatio n, call:

SONY SATELLITE SYSTEM INFORMATION CENTER

1-800-838-7669 (Sony)

For an accessory or part not available from your authorized dealer, call :

1-800-488-7669

About Sony Customer Support

Every Sony brand DIRECTV System comes with Sony’s Express

Support at no charge to you. In the event of a system failure, our

Express Support Program can have a replacement receiver on its way to you via overnight Federal Express (for calls Monday-

Friday until 7:30 pm Eastern Time; Saturday delivery depends upon zip code). All it takes is a valid credit card to cover a security deposit, and Sony will pay freight in both directions. Our Express

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Specifications

Input Jacks

Output Jacks

Input Frequency

Power

Requirements

Power

Consumption

Dimensions

(w/h/d)

Weight

UHF/VHF

75 ohm f-type

Satellite Dish Antenna

75 ohm f-type

RF Remote (SAT-A4)

AC Power (120 V, 60 Hz)

S-VIDEO OUT

4-pin mini DIN

VIDEO (RCA jacks) (2)

OPTICAL OUT (1)

AUDIO R/L (RCA jacks) (2)

VHF(SAT)/UHF, f-type

Low-Speed Data

9-pin D-Sub Female

TEL LINE

VCR CONTROL (1)

950 - 1450 MHz

AC 120 V

20 W max

280 x 66.5 x 228.5 mm

11 x 2 5 /

8

x 9 inches

Set: 2.7 / 6.0 lbs (SAT-A4)

2.5 kg/5.4 lbs (SAT-B3)

Unit: 1.6 kg/3.6 lbs (SAT-A4)

1.5 kg / 3.4 lbs (SAT-B3)

Note

Design and specifications are subject to change without notice.

Supplied

Accessories

Remote Control

RM-Y800 (SAT-A4)

RM-Y139 (SAT-B3)

Size AA Batteries (2)

Access Card (1)

Audio/Video Cable (1)

S-VIDEO Cable (1) (SAT-A4)

RF Antenna (1) (SAT-A4)

RF Cable (1)

Telephone Line Cord (1)

AC Power Cord (1)

IR Blaster (1)

Optional

Sony-brand

Digital Satellite

System Accessories

Local TV Antenna

ANJ-AA1

Installation Kit

ANJ-DS2

Amplifier

EAC-DA1

Diplexer

EAC-DD1

Voltage Switch

EAC-DV1

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Index

0-9 buttons 7, 8, 26, 82, 84

16:9 aspect ratio 70

4:3 aspect ratio 70

(audio symbol) 40, 56

(data services symbol) 40, 61

Dolby Digital Audio symbol 40,

56

(lock symbol) 49, 53

(messages symbol) 59

button 7, 8, 27, 78

Hi-Fi A/V system 16 home entertainment system 16

IR Blaster 18

RF antenna 19

TV and VCR 14

TV with A/V connectors 13

TV with RF connector 12

Custom Guide 54

See also Master Guide customer support numbers 2, 92

A access card, replacing 68 antenna

See also RF antenna.

setting up 65 signal level 65 arrow buttons on front panel 78 on SAT-B3 remote control 8, 84 aspect ratio, setting 70 audio 56

AUDIO button 56 audio option 56 audio screen 56

AUTO skip feature 55 audio track 56 azimuth 65

B back panel connectors

SAT-A4 79

SAT-B3 80 batteries, inserting into remote control 6 baud rate, setting 62

C

CATEGORY button 7, 8, 82, 84

CATEGORY GUIDE 30, 32

CATEGORY LIST 30, 32

CH +/- buttons 83

CH/PAGE buttons 7, 8, 82, 84

CODE SET button 83, 84 colors, setting 46 connecting audio system16, 17 cable TV, terrestrial antenna 12,

13, 14, 16

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D, E data services, setting 61 default language, setting 57

Digital Out terminal 16, 58, 79

DISPLAY button 29, 34, 40, 59, 82,

84

Dolby Digital 11, 56, 57, 79

Dolby Digital button 56, 57

Eject button 83 elevation 65

ENTER button 7, 8, 82

EXIT button 9, 10, 29, 34, 82, 84

Express Navigator 4

F

Fast-forward button 83

FAVORITE button 34, 37, 82, 84

Favorite Station Guide changing the title 39 clearing a station 39 displaying and setting up 37 displaying different Favorite

Station Guides 39 exiting 39 using DISPLAY button with 41 features, described 4 front panel controls 78

FUNCTION buttons 81, 84

G

GUIDE button 7, 8, 9, 30, 82, 84 guides selecting a guide category 31 selecting a guide subcategory 32 selecting a guide time 31 selecting a guide type 30

H, I, J

Highlight and Select, explained 23

INDEX button 7, 8, 82, 84

IR Blaster 18, 66 joystick 7, 82

Jump button 82, 84

Loop 48

L languages. See default language and audio.

latitude and longitude, for setting antenna 65 locking the system 51, 52 locks and limits overriding 52 setting 49–52 unlocking 53 with timer settings 36

M

Macrovision copy-protection 28 mail. See messages.

Main Menu 24

Master Guide 24 adding programs to the Timer 28 displaying favorite stations in 27 exiting 27, 29 selecting programs in 28 using DISPLAY button with 41

MENU button 24, 78, 84 messages erasing 60 indicator 78 reading 60 receiving 59

MUTING button 81

O

One Button Recording 27, 35

Options Menu, displaying 44 overriding the system lock 52

P paging 26, 29 passcode, setting 52, 53

Pause button 83 pay per view cancelling programs 45 free preview 28 locking 49 reviewing purchases 45 watching programs 28

PIP 81

Play button 83

POWER buttons 7, 8, 78, 81, 83, 84 power indicator 78 precautions 90 problems diagnosing 75 troubleshooting 87

Program Banner 40 purchases. See pay per view.

R ratings limit explained 49 setting 50

Record button 83 recording SAT programs 20 with IR Blaster 18 with Timer 35 remote control inserting batteries 6 programmable codes 86 programming 85

RF security code 72

SAT-A4 button descriptions 81

SAT-B3 button descriptions 84 setting IR and RF 71 troubleshooting 89

Rewind button 83

RF antenna 19

S satellite antenna, setting 65 scrolling 8, 26

Setup Menu, displaying 64

SLEEP button 81 spending limit explained 49 setting 50

Station Index displaying 7, 8, 10, 33

95 displaying favorite stations in 34 exiting 34 selecting programs in 10, 34 using DISPLAY button with 41 station locks setting 51 station order, setting 47

Stop button 83

S-VIDEO jack 11, 13, 14, 16 system test, running 75

T timer checking and changing 36 indicator 36, 78 setting up 35 tips and shortcuts 76 transponder 65

TV/SAT button 82, 84

TV/VIDEO button 82, 84

TV/VTR button 83

U, V unlocking the system 53

VCR Recording 66

VOL button 84

VTR3/VTR2/DVD/AMP switch 83

W, Z

Warranty 92 zip code, for setting antenna 65

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Printed in the U.S.A.

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