Additional Information
68 Chapter 6
Additional Information
Chapter 6 69
Front panel controls and lights
Your front panel has a ip-down door which you need to open to access its controls. To open
this door, push rmly on the top middle part of the door to unlatch it. Then, gently pull the door
out and down. The front panel door will ip down.
Power indicator The power indicator glows when power is on.
POWER Push this button to turn your DIRECTV
®
HD Receiver on or off.
INFO Push this button to display TV program information.
EXIT Push this button to clear on-screen displays and return to TV program viewing.
MENU Push this button to display the main menu. Push MENU again to clear the main menu
from the screen.
HDTV indicator This light glows when the tuner is receiving a 720p or 1080i signal that’s
strong enough to display.
Remote control sensor Point your remote control at this sensor when operating your receiver.
Arrows Push these buttons to navigate in the on-screen program guides and menu system.
SELECT Push this button to select highlighted items on guide and menu screens.
Access card slot This slot holds the access card (which allows you to view DIRECTV
®
programming).
RESOLUTION SELECT switch If you’ve used a composite video or S-Video to connect the
HD Receiver to your monitor or TV, set this switch to analog (480p/i). If you’ve used a component
video, RGB or DVI connection between the HD Receiver and your monitor or TV, set this switch
to the highest DTV resolution setting your monitor or TV can support – 1080i, 720p or 480p/i (see
your monitor or TV user’s guide for information regarding its maximum video resolution). You can
also use 480p/i with component video connections for analog monitors.
RESET button Push this button to return the HD Receiver to its factory defaults.
Power indicator
Arrows
Remote control sensor Access card slot
RESOLUTION SELECT switch
RESET button