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    59 Personalizing Y our Satellite Receiver Receiver Customization 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R 11 T ake a look through this chapte r and you’ll find out how to chan ge settings on the receiver to make it just the way you like it. As an added bonus, if you find ou t that you don’t like h ow it turned out, you can reset the rece i[...]

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    Chapter 10 60 Using Caller ID U SING C ALLER ID Caller ID displays on your TV the names of people and /or telephone number s as they call you if you subscribe to Caller ID from your local phone comp any . T o use this feat ure, make sure you have a phone line connected to the receiver and that the Caller ID feature is enabled. Caller ID Screens Whe[...]

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    Receiver Customization 61 Changing Languages 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R 11 Using Caller ID History Use the following instructions to vie w and de lete numbers from your Caller ID History . C HANGING L ANGUAGES Y ou may be able to change the language of some programs. An alter nate language may not be available for all programs. S[...]

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    Chapter 10 62 Using Closed Captioning U SING C LOSED C APTIONIN G The receiver support s a variety of closed capt ioning formats. If turned on in the receiver , closed captioning is displayed by the rece iver through the HDTV Digital Audio/Video and YPbPr outputs fo r each format. The TV SET OUT , RCA video, and S-VIDEO re ceiver output s provide c[...]

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    Receiver Customization 63 Using Dolby® Surround So und 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R 11 U SING D OLBY ® S URROUND S OUND Dolby Digital gives you the capa bility to enjoy progra ms in surround so und. An external decoder is required to enjoy this feature. Refer to your decoder user ’s guide. Note : Not all programs cont ain a Dol[...]

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    Chapter 10 64 Changing the Program Guide Order Note : When both audio signals are pr esent in the program, the receiver default s to Dolby Digital output unless you have selected PCM Only . Note : If you have selected Dolby Digital Only bu t there is only PCM a udio in the program, you will hear nothing. This also a pplies to the analog audio outpu[...]

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    Receiver Customization 65 Changing the Guide Display 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R 11 C HANGING THE G UIDE D ISPLAY The receiver comes set to display the Program Guide with video in the u pper r ight corner . However , you can change the way the Program Guide disp lays. 1 Press MENU, select Preferen ces (8), and then Guide Display ([...]

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    Chapter 10 66 Resetting to F actory Default s R ESETTING TO F ACTORY D EFAULT S Y ou can reset the receiver to discard any changes you have made to the receiver , except for remote control addre ss settings and loc ks. Resetting the receiver to factory default settings also discards all Fa vorite L ists except the All Chan and All Sub lists. If you[...]

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    Receiver Customization 67 Tips 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R 11 T IP S • T o take full ad vantage of Dolby Digit al 5.1 surround sound, you n eed an optical cable and a ster eo that supp orts this feature. • Be sure to have the receiver conne cted to an active phone line and have Caller ID service from you r phone company to use[...]

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    Chapter 10 68 Questions Notes[...]