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CHAPTER 3
Setting up and connecting
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Scanning off-air and cable TV channels
The Guide can receive programming information for local and cable channels via satellite
(as described in the previous section). Your DIRECTV
®
HD Receiver can also add off-air
and cable TV channels to the Guide by scanning for signals from any off-air antenna or
cable TV service connections you have provided.
Follow this procedure to scan for channels from an off-air antenna and cable TV service
connected to your DIRECTV
®
HD Receiver.
1
Press the MENU button on your remote control.
2
Highlight the Setup menu item, and press the SELECT button.
3
Highlight the Antenna & Cable menu item, and press the SELECT button.
4
Highlight the Scan Type menu item and press the SELECT
button to display the list of available channel types.
The Scan Type list appears allowing you to choose to set
your DIRECTV
®
HD Receiver to automatically scan for
channels from Digital sources (off-air ATSC broadcasts),
Off-Air NTSC sources (standard TV broadcasts), Cable
NTSC (standard cable TV services), or all of these.
If this is the first time you are setting up this DIRECTV
®
HD
Receiver to receive local channels, the All setting is
recommended.
5
Highlight the Scan Type option that matches the type of broadcasts you would like to program
into your DIRECTV
®
HD Receiver, then press the SELECT button.
6
Next, set your cable TV type by highlighting the Cable Type menu item and pressing SELECT.
Then highlight the type of cable signal your cable TV service provides (STD, HRC, or IRC),
and press the SELECT button. STD, HRC and IRC are signal formats used by cable TV services.
Contact your Cable TV service provider to determine which signal type they use.
7
Highlight the Scan Channels menu item, and press the SELECT button.
The Scan Channels screen appears and the DIRECTV
®
HD Receiver automatically starts looking
for all available channels of the type you specified in the Scan Type list.
Wait until the scan is completed.
8
If the automatic scan included any channels that you do not intend to watch, you can edit the
channel list by using the Add/Remove Channels menu item in the Antenna & Cable menu.