Hughes DIRECTV HIRD-B1, Owner'S Manual

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call in status reports to the service providers, start and stop a VCR for programs you have scheduled,
receive messages, and perform other background activities. The only apparent changes that occur in
the standby condition are that the video goes black, the
IN FROM ANTENNA
connector signals are
passed through to the
OUT TO TV
connector, and the power light is off.
There are three keys on your remote control that you will likely use frequently. They are ,
, and .
After you have established favorite channel lists, as described in the chapter, “Your Receiver’s Menu
System,” you will want to cycle through these lists quickly and easily. This is accomplished by
pressing the
key. Each press will advance to the next list, which contains channels. After
stepping through the favorite lists it will cycle to the “Top 10” list and then back to “All Channels.”
At any time, you can exit the on-screen guide through the Guide pop-up menu and selecting Video .
This can be time consuming, so a much quicker way is to press the key.
The key is only of use if your digital satellite receiver is connected to your entertainment system
through RF, rather than video or S-video. If you are using RF, pressing the key will switch the
output between satellite programming and local broadcasts similar to the way the key works.
The reason that you may want to have local broadcasts passed through but not turn the digital satellite
receiver off is so you can watch or record local broadcasts while recording or watching satellite
programming through the audio/video connectors.
With knowledge of these few keys you should be able to navigate through almost every digital satellite
receiver feature and menu.