Sony SAT-A65A manual

4-089-401-11 © 2002 Sony E lectronics Inc. Reproduction in wh ole or in part w ithout written permission is prohibited. All rights reserved. DIRECTV D i g i t a l Satellite Receiver Operating I nstructions R SAT-A65A SAT-B65A Before you begi n usin g your Digital Satell ite Rece iver for the fir st tim e, follow th e inst ructions in “Ge tting S[...]

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F or your saf ety and protection , read thi s entire O wner's Ma nual before y ou attempt to instal l or use your sa tellite system. In p ar ti cular , read this s afety section car efully . K eep this safety inf or mation where you can re f er to it if necessar y . Heed Caut io ns – All ca utions on the produ ct and in the opera ting ins tr[...]

P ola rizat ion – This D IRE CTV ® Receiver is equi pped with a pl ug that will fit into the power out let only one way . Do not mod ify the pl ug defea ting this feature . If the plug doe s not fit, contact your e lectrician to replace you r outlet. T o prev ent elect ric shock, do not use this plug with an ext ension c ord or outlet unl ess yo[...]

Servici ng – Do not att empt to servi ce thi s DIRE CTV ® Receiver yourself as opening or removing covers may expose you to da ngerous voltage or other hazards. Th ere are no use r servicea ble parts insid e. Refer all serv icing to qualified service perso nnel. Conditi ons Requir ing Service – Unplug the DIRE CTV Receiver from the wall outl e[...]

vi Declaration of Conf ormity – Standa rds to wh ich Confor mity i s decl ared: FCC P ar t15 This Device co mplies with P art 15 of the FCC Rules. Operat ion i s subjec t to the fo llo wing two co nditi ons: ( 1) th is de v ice ma y not cause harmfu l interferen ce, and (2) this device must acce pt any interference received, including interferenc[...]

Contents vii Contents Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Setup ove rview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Attach the a ntenna ca ble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Connect yo ur TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Determine ant enna angl es . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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Getting st arted 1 Getting started 1 This c hapter explains ho w to: Y ou may connect a second DIRECTV Receiver to th e unused LNB output. These instru ctions also ap ply to a n addition al r eceiver . • Connect t he DIRECTV ® satel lite dish a nte nna to your DIRE CTV Rece i ver ( this page ). • Connect yo ur DIRECTV Recei ver to yo ur TV ( s[...]

2 Getting sta rted Attach the an tenna cable Y ou can conf igure your s ystem se veral w ays, d ependin g on what addition al components (such as a VCR, D VD player , or A/V rec ei v er) yo u sele ct. F or no w , ho we v er , use the si mplest conf igur ation to chec k your ante nna and cabli ng. • Ensu re th at th e DI RECT V ® Recei v er is no[...]

Getting st arted 3 Connect y our TV Depending on your TV , you can c onnect it to the re cei v er in one of thr ee wa ys: • S-V ideo cable (best p ict ur e qua lity ) or • V ideo cable (ver y good pi ctur e quality ) or • Coaxial c able ( good pi ctur e quality ) In addit ion t o your vi deo con nection, u se a se t of au dio cab les (L /R) t[...]

4 Getting sta rted Determine antenna angles This sec tion e xplai ns ho w to determine t he prop er ant enna posit ion. Thi s is expr essed in de gre es of azimu th (horiz ontal ) and elevation (verti cal). Use t he recei ver fron t panel control s sho wn belo w to comp lete this proc edure. 1. Press the fron t pane l MENU button to dis play the MA[...]

Getting st arted 5 T esting your system When you h a ve aligned y our di sh ante nna to the azimuth and el ev ation ang les sho wn on the Antenna pane: 1. Highligh t the Signal ta b . 2. Use the but ton t o highligh t the Source pull -do wn menu 3. Signal qu alit y is indi cated by a sc ale at the bo ttom of th e pane a nd with an audible indic ati[...]

6 Getting sta rted 3. Press SE LEC T again to test the first s ele ction on the pop -up m enu. Y our resu lts wi ll dif fer slightl y from thos e sho wn, depending o n your geographi c loc ation and specif ic installat ion. Ho we ver , if your re sults ar e v ery dif f eren t from the se e xample s (i.e, ro ws of zero s or singl e-dig it numbers ):[...]

Adding sy stem co mponents 7 Adding system components 2 Y ou can conf igure your DI RECTV ® Recei ve r se v eral ways dep ending o n the additi onal au dio/vide o component s you w ant to us e. This c hapter explains ho w to: • Connect a terr estri al (broa dcast ) TV ante nna ( this page ). • Connect t he opti onal RF remot e cont rol ante nn[...]

8 Adding s ystem c omponents Connecting a VCR F ollow the se ins tructio ns to co nnect your TV and VCR to the DIRECTV ® Recei ver . Connect the sa tell ite ante nna RG-6 c oaxial ca ble t o the DIRECTV Recei ver ’ s SA TELL ITE IN jack (refer t o fi gures on page 2). 1. Depending on your VCR, s elect t he appr opriate c onnection to the DIRECTV[...]

Adding sy stem co mponents 9 7. T est the VCR contr ol fe ature as descri bed bel o w . 8. Remov e the temporary mount ing ta pe. Attach the emitte r permane ntly with peel-a nd-stick backin g. This wi ll not i nterfer e with n ormal VCR ope ration. The V CR SE TUP men u provid es the settin gs to allow the DIRE CTV ® Recei ver to communi cate wit[...]

10 Adding s ystem c omponents Connecting a home entertainment system Y ou can inte grate the DIRECTV ® Recei ver into you r ente rtai nment sy stem to take adv antage of enhance d audio and vid eo capabil ity . Fol lo w th ese instru ction s to connec t your DIRECTV Recei ver . • T o connect the DIRECTV Rece iv er to your a udio s ystem, use A/V[...]

Usin g th e rem ote con tro l 11 Using the remote control 3 This c hapter explains ho w to: • Use the RM-Y81 2 and RM-Y807 r emote c ontrol f unctions. ( see pa ge 15 ) • Insta ll and repla ce the remo te con trol b atte ries. ( see page 1 5 ) • Program t he remote to w ork wit h your s ystem compone nts. ( see page 16 ) • Access i ntera ct[...]

12 Usi ng th e r emo te con tr ol 0-9 buttons - Chan ge chan nels dire ctly and ente r numeri cal values in onscre en displays. 14 12 13 14 18 22 11 15 17 21 CH VOL GUIDE F A VORITE DISPLA Y JUMP TV/VCR FUNCTION SA T TV TV/VIDEO TV POWER PA G E SA T MUTING VCR VCR TV/SA T SEARCH MENU EXIT CODE SET RM-Y812 SA TELLITE RECEIVER 0 12 8 3 45 6 79 7 8 6 [...]

Usin g th e rem ote con tro l 13 16 13 14 15 3 4 5 7 8 1 2 9 6 11 10 12 17 18 20 21 23 19 22 24 25 26 SLEEP button - Sets the audio re ceiv er to tur n off autom atically af ter a cer tain am ount of time (if your audi o receiver has a co mpatible Sleep feature). T o operate your TV , move the device switch to TV or see Changi ng t he remote de f a[...]

14 Usi ng th e r emo te con tr ol The DIRECTV ® Rece i ve r fron t pane l b uttons c an pro vide the basic c ontro ls needed t o access maj or DIRECTV Sys tem featu res. Ho we ver , using the remot e control simpli fi es acc essin g the ba sic syst em funct ions, e nhance s your syst em ’ s capabil ities, a nd pro vid es con veni ent short cuts [...]

Usin g th e rem ote con tro l 15 Remote contr ol functions The n avigatio n buttons are the m ost versa til e (and most used) remo te c ontro l featur e. Using only the na vigation b uttons, you can pe rfor m virtu ally all on-scre en func tions inclu ding: • Selecti ng a hi ghlig hted scre en menu it em. • Moving the sc reen highl ight (or cur[...]

16 Usi ng th e r emo te con tr ol Programming the r emote control The RM-Y807 and RM-Y812 r emote contr ols can be programmed t o opera te your othe r audi o/vid eo equipment . 1. Find the code(s ) for the man ufa cturer of the d e vice you w ant to ope rate with this re mote con trol. Y ou can f ind these codes o n pages 4 5 and 46. 2. Press t he [...]

Using th e men us 17 Using the menus 4 This c hapter descri bes: • Ho w to f ind the menus you ne ed to pe rform common t asks ( this page ). • Ho w to p urchase pa y per v ie w e v ents ( see 18 ). • Using the T imer ( see 19 ). • Ho w to set and modi fy prefer ences ( see 19 ). The tabl e belo w lists the MAIN MENU tabs , their s ubmenus,[...]

18 Usi ng t he m enus Pur chasing pa y per vie w (PPV) Select the Purchases menu tab to di splay l ists of recen tly vie wed and adv a nce purchase d pay pe r vie w ev ents. Y ou can ch oose P AST PU RCHASES and UPCOMING PURCHASES . The ev ent c hannel , tit le, st art date and ti me, and cost is sho wn for each purcha se. The P AST P URCHASES pane[...]

Using th e men us 19 Sett ing gui de prefer ences Highligh t and SE LEC T the Guide Options tab f rom the MAIN MENU . The Options scree n (sho wn below) allo ws you to cus tomize ope ratio n to be st suit your need s . Usi ng th e Ti mer Y ou can program up t o 32 e vents in a dv ance for vie wing or unat tended recordi ng. The Timer will tune to a[...]

20 Usi ng t he m enus T o schedule or edi t an eve n t The Sc hedule pane displays up to s ev en pre viously s cheduled e vents a t a time. If more t han se ven e v ents are alr eady sc heduled , use the na vigation b uttons to scroll do w n to vie w the additi onal e vents. Smal l arro ws at the top or bott om of the li st ind icate that there are[...]

Using th e men us 21 Using Dolb y Digital audio (SA T -A 65A o nly ) Select the Dolb y Digital audio ( SA T - A65A only ), then us e the CHANNEL (CH +/ – ) b utt on to step throug h the a udio tr acks for the cur rent pro gram. F or programs t hat are of fer ed in Do lby Di gital , the do uble-D symbol ( ) appears with the a udio trac k title . S[...]

22 Usi ng t he m enus Adjusting audio balance T o adjust the lef t/righ t audio bal ance, h ighli ght and SELECT Aud i o B a l an c e . Use the n a viga tion b u ttons to in crease or decr ease t he Aud i o Ba l a n ce settings in the pop- up menu. Adjusting video Adjust vi deo di splay bri ghtness, c ontras t, and s aturati on for th e best on-scr[...]

Using th e men us 23 Using Caller ID Y our DIRECTV ® Recei v er sho ws you the na me and te lephone number (if av ailable) o f inco ming teleph one cal ls on y our TV . Y ou can also see the name, time, an d tele phone nu mber of r ecent ca lls on your TV as shown in th e figur e below . Y o u must subscrib e to Caller ID fr om your local telephon[...]

24 Usi ng t he m enus Use the po p-up b utton board to e nter s earch words. Y ou can highlight and SELECT the toggle icon on the def aul t b utton bo ard (s ee f i gure ) to c hange it to a sta ndard k eyboard layou t, if you desire . Highli ght t he desire d lett er using the n avigati on butt ons. Pres s SELECT to enter th e lett er . Select OK [...]

Using th e men us 25 • Enable or disab le the INPUT b utto n on your re mote cont rol. • Lock the s ystem on a partic ular c hannel . • Select Englis h or Span ish langua ge menus. • Enable or disab le Caller ID on an d of f. Change Receiver ID If you are using more than one sa tell ite recei ver in the same room you may wa nt to change the[...]

26 Usi ng t he m enus Select men u langua ge The Menu Language b utton allo ws you to displ ay on-scr een menus in Engl ish (defau lt) or S pani sh. Chang e color schemes Y ou may select a menu color combina tion, or s cheme , from these c hoices : Ocean , Storm , F oam , or Purp le . Set tr anslucen cy level The T ransluc enc y le vel of the on -s[...]

Using progr am guid es 27 Using program guides 5 This c hapter descri bes: • The dif f erent pr ogram guide style s ( see page 27 ). • Common program g uide an d menu fea tures ( s ee page 29 ). • Ho w to use the OneLine ™ Guide ( see page 3 0 ). • Ho w to set -up and use th e Channel M ark Guid e ( see pag e 31 ). Selecting a pr ogram gu[...]

28 Using pr ogram gu ides The guide t ime e xpands to tw o h ours when acti ve ad high light s are un a v ailabl e. Y ou can also tur n the Pi cture -in-Guide feat ure of f as sho w n in the f igur e belo w . T o turn of f th e Pict ure-In- Guid e fe ature : 1. P ress th e rem ote c ontro l GUIDE b utton. 2. Press t he GUIDE b utton again to acc es[...]

Using progr am guid es 29 T o select a gui de styl e: 1. P ress th e rem ote c ontro l MEN U but t o n. 2. Use the na vigation b uttons to highl ight and SELECT the Guide Options menu tab . 3. From the Opt ions menu t ab, high light your sele ction and press SELECT . 4. Highligh t and SELECT th e Exi t tab t o retu rn to the progra m you were vie w[...]

30 Using pr ogram gu ides • Belo w the dat e and t ime, small i cons i ndicati ng the s tatus of the sy stem or detail s about the cu rrent ly highli ghted progra m titl e may app ear . These icons al so appe ar in the Channel Banner as shown be low . • The Channel Banner appear s at the t op of t he screen whene ver you use t he CHANNEL (CH +/[...]

Using progr am guid es 31 Using Chan nel Mark The Channel Ma rk fe ature is a qu ick acc ess gu ide to nine of your f a v orit e chan nel s. • While no ot her menu s are dis played, press the SE LECT button o n the remo te cont rol t o show the Ch anne l Mark pa nel . • Use the na vigatio n bu ttons t o highl ight the desir ed chan nel. The pan[...]

32 Using pr ogram gu ides[...]

Setting favorites and fil ters 33 Setting favorites and filters 6 This c hapter explains: • How to cr eate a chann el l ist ( t his page ). • How to rena me a chan nel li st ( see page 34 ). • Using Aut o Se t , Add All , and Del All f unctio ns ( see pa ge 34 ). • Ho w to u se prog ram guid e Theme f ilters ( se e pag e 35 ). • Ho w to c[...]

34 Setting favorites and filt ers T o help you decide whe ther t o include or e xclude a cert ain ch annel, the titl e of the prog ram curr entl y airing o n that channel appears at the top of the scre en. 7. Scroll up or do wn to vie w chann els and des cripti ons. Pre ss SELE CT to add channels to your list. 8. When you ha ve added all of th e ch[...]

Setting favorites and fil ters 35 Filtering the program guide Press the re mote cont rol GUIDE but ton while in a gu ide. A pop -up menu pro vides f iltering tool s and w ays to ac cess ot her gu ide styl es. By combi ning each of these f ilt er optio ns, you c an quic kly na rro w d o wn chan nels to t hose t hat match your vie wing i ntere sts. U[...]

36 Setting favorites and filt ers Selecting guide times Highlight the Times me n u t ab. T h e GUI DE TIM ES menu sho wn belo w provide s easy acc ess to futur e programmin g infor mation . Simply s elect th e time you wan t the guid e to be gin. Af ter a fe w sec onds, the s elect ed guid e appears . GUIDE TIMES Fav List Theme Times Return Fav Set[...]

Using a ccess c ontrols 37 Using access controls 7 This c hapter explains: • Ho w to loc k and unl ock the system ( this page ). • Ho w to set maxi mum rating limits ( see page 3 8 ). • Setting maximum spe nding an d time limi ts ( see page 39 ). Loc ks & Limits provid es set tings t o help you control the vi e wing r estrict ions o f DIR[...]

38 Using ac cess c ontro ls . Unloc king the system T o rem ove the lo ck an d its re stri ction s: 1. Highligh t the Locks & Lim it s tab from the MAIN MENU . 2. SELEC T the Unlock menu b utt on. 3. Enter t he code y ou ente red to lock the s ystem. The bu tton used to loc k the system is also used to unlock the sy stem. Once the s ystem is un[...]

Using a ccess c ontrols 39 . Highligh t and SELECT th e highest r atin g for viole nt prog ram content you wish to all o w . Y ou may choose to Bloc k All or Al lo w All instea d of se tting a spec ific limit . Setting spending and time limits Highligh t the Limi ts tab to set th e maximum spe nding limi t. Y ou can se t the maxi mum purc hase p ri[...]

40 Using ac cess c ontro ls[...]

Questio ns & A nswers 41 Questions & Answers A Ques tio ns? Di d we forget to tell you s omet hing? W e have comp iled so me th e most common que stion s and thei r answers h ere. W e hope the y help! Q I had a si gnal b ut now I am g etting a me ssa ge “ S ear ching fo r sate llit e signal. T o access r elated uti litie s, pr ess SELE CT[...]

42 Questio ns & Ans wers Q I don ’ t see Caller ID info rmation app ear on s cr een when I r eceive a telepho ne call. What could be wr ong? A There ar e se veral poss ible reason s. First, check t hat th e sate llite r ecei ver is connecte d to an acti ve tele phone ja ck. V erify that the Calle r ID fe ature is turned on (r efer to pag e 26[...]

Questio ns & A nswers 43 Q I pic ked up my telep hone an d it was making a hiss ing a nd sque aling so und. Why? A Y our digi tal s atelli te rec ei v er wa s repo rting an y pay per vi e w act i vity t hat may ha v e occur red. This rar ely happen s and onl y lasts for a mi nute or so . Q What if my question i sn ’ t li sted he r e? A Contac[...]

44 Questio ns & Ans wers[...]

Manu facturers device control codes 45 Manufacturers device control codes B TV Codes VCR Codes Manufactu rer AND Code ODE N UMBER Manufact urer Code Sony 101 Sony 301, 302, 303 Admir al (M. W ard) 102, 109, 114 Aiwa 338 ABC 112 A udio Dyna mic 314, 347 Bell & Ho well ( M. Wa rd) 10 9, 114, 138 Bell & H owell (M. Ward) 330, 343 Broksonic 10 [...]

46 Manu fac turer s de vice co ntr ol co des VCR Codes (continued) AMP (Amplifier) Codes (RM-Y807 Only) Manufactu rer AND Code ODE N UMBER Manufact urer Code Singer 31 5 Sony 501, 521 Samsung 31 3, 321, 322 D enon (S harp ) 516 – 518 Sanyo 330, 335 Har mon 519 Scott 312, 313, 321, 323 – 326, 33 5 JVC 506 – 508 Shar p 325, 3 27, 328 Kenwood 50[...]

Index 51 Index A A/V recei ver, co nnecting 10 Acce ss c ard , ne w 24 Advance se lect 19 Aligning the an tenna 4 Alterna te audi o 21 Antenna alignment values 4 cable, c onnecting 2 poin ting 4 terre stri al 7 Audio balance 21 balance contr ol 22 Azim uth a ngle, dete rmin ing 4 B Balance, audi o 22 Batteri es, i nstal liing 15 Brightne ss, video [...]

52 Index Rest ore f act ory se ttin gs 26 S Satu rati on, vi deo 22 Scanning remote c ontrol c odes 11 Schedule progra ms 19 Search e ntrie s 23 Search f or words 23 SELECT contro l 15 Selecti ng a menu item 15 Signal i ndica tion 5 Spanish l anguag e menus 26 Surround soun d, Dolby 10 S-Video c onnecti on 3 System menu func tions 24 System Setup s[...]

47 Digital Satel lite Receiver s SONY ELECT R ONICS INC. ( “ SONY ” ) warrants this h ardware Product against defects in materi al or workmanshi p as follows: 1. Labor : For a perio d of 90 day s from the o rigi nal date of purchase, if the Produc t is determi ned to be d efecti v e, SONY will repair or rep lace the Produc t at no char ge. Aft [...]

48 License and Restrictions Sony Electronic s Inc. ( “ Sony ” ) gra nts Us er a li cense t o Use on e copy o f the software which is provi ded to you as pa rt of this Sony product ( “ Software ” ). "Use " mea ns sto rin g, loa di ng, inst alli ng, e x ecut in g or di spla yi ng the Software. Use r may not copy , modify the Softwar[...]

49 Specifications Input Jacks Cable T ype VHF/UHF IN 75 ohm f-type SA TELLITE IN 75 ohm f- type RF REMO TE (SAT-A65 A only) Supplied RF Anten na A C IN (120 V , 60 Hz) Supplied A C Po wer C ord Output Jacks SA T -A65A Cable T ype VHF (SA T)/UHF OU T 75 ohm f-type VCR CONTR OL Suppli ed VCR C ontrol ler LO W SPEED D A T A RJ-11 DIGIT AL A UDIO OUT ([...]

Printed in U.S.A. www.sony. com/support Contac t Sony wi th questi ons about your Digital Sat ellite Receiv er: 1-800-838- SONY ( 7669) Contact DIRECT V with q uestions about service or progra mmin g: 1-800-DIREC TV (347 -3288) www.DIRECTV.com[...]