DirecTV R15, User Manual

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DIRECTV Plus ® - User Guide
Chapter 1 9
Choose Your Setup
There are several ways to connect your receiver to match your particular equipment setup and to
gain optimum signal quality. The basic steps are as follows:
• Connect the satellite dish cable to your receiver.
• Connect the receiver audio and video to your TV or VCR.
• If you connected the receiver to a VCR, connect the VCR to your TV.
• Connect the receiver to a telephone line.
• Plug in all power cords.
The following pages give detailed instructions on the types of connections you can make, depend-
ing on the equipment you have, in order to get the best picture and sound quality. Note that the
back panels of your TV and other equipment may not exactly match those illustrated.
Connecting Your DIRECTV Plus Receiver to the Satellite Dish
Connect the RG-6 RF coaxial cable(s) from your satellite dish to the jack(s) labeled SATELLITE
IN on the DIRECTV Plus Receiver. Note that in order to take full advantage of your DIRECTV
Plus Receiver’s features, you should connect a coaxial cable to each of the two SATELLITE IN
connectors.
Connecting Your DIRECTV Plus Receiver to your TV or VCR
Depending on the connections on the back of your TV or VCR, you have the following options:
• S-Video & Digital Optical (or A/V Audio) Connection (Best Quality)
• A/V Connection (Better Quality)
• RF Coaxial Connection (Good Quality)
These connections are described on the following pages.
To obtain optimum picture quality, make sure the receiver is connected directly to the TV. Connecting the receiver to the TV
through a VCR or DVD recorder is known to yield less than optimum picture quality, particularly when viewing copy-protected
programming.
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