Sony SAT-A65 manual

4-085-842-11 © 2001 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-A65 SAT-B65 Before you begin using your Di gital Sa tellite R eceive r for the f irst time , follow the instru ctions in “Getti ng Star[...]

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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 DIRECTV Rec ei ver is e quipped wi th a p lug th at 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 you[...]

Servici ng – Do not at tempt to serv ice this DIR ECTV 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 et an[...]

v Federal Communications Commission (FCC) – This equi pment co mplies wi th both Part 15 an d Part 68 of the FCC rul es. P art 15 Comp liance – This equipm ent has been tested an d found to com ply with the limi ts for a Class B digital device, pursua nt to Part 15 of the FCC ru les. These l imit s are designed to p rovid e reaso nable prot ect[...]

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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 di sh ant enna to your DIRECTV Recei ver ( this page ). • Connect yo ur DIRECTV Recei ver to yo ur TV ( see pa[...]

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. • Ensure t hat the DIRECTV Re cei v er is not pl u[...]

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 t he fron t pane l MENU button to dis play the M[...]

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 ver se veral w ays de pendin g on 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 nna ( [...]

8 Adding s ystem c omponents Connecting a VCR F ollow the se ins tructio ns to conne ct 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 3). 1. Depending on your VCR, s elect t he appr opriate c onnection to the DIRECTV re[...]

Adding sy stem co mponents 9 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 with your VCR. 9. Scroll throug h the VCR brands using the na v g[...]

10 Adding s ystem c omponents Dolby Surrou nd Pro Logic decoder . This will prov ide you with thre e audio channels in th e fron t and a mono surr ound cha nnel. • T o take full adv antage of Dolb y Digital prog rammi ng, connect the SA T -A65 digita l audi o output t o an e xter nal 5.1-c han nel Dolb y Digi tal decod er or recei ver . This prov[...]

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 c han nel s dir ect ly and ent er num erical values in onscree n displays. 14 12 13 14 17 21 11 15 16 20 CH VOL GUIDE FAVO R I T E 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[...]

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 Recei ver fr ont pan el b uttons can pr ovide the ba sic co ntrols 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 to e x[...]

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 1 and 42. 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 pa ge 18 ). • Using the T imer ( see pa g e 18 ). • Ho w to set and modi fy prefer ences ( see page 19 ). The tabl e belo w lists the MAIN MENU tabs [...]

18 Usi ng t he m enus Pur chasing pa y per vie w 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 sho w[...]

Using th e men us 19 Sett ing gui de prefer ences Options on the GUIDE PRE FERE NCES menu permits you to customize operati on to b est suit your ne eds. 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 pr ogram at a specif ic date and t ime, or tune on a repe ating b[...]

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 Setting default and altern ate audio Y our DIRECTV Rece i v er su pports al terna te audio s ervices. Ic ons belo w the date and time i n the I nformat ion Bann er or prog ram guid e indi cate if t hese serv ices are a v ail able f or a pa rticul ar prog ram. 1. P ress th e rem ote c ontro l INPUT b utton t o acces s thes e ser[...]

22 Usi ng t he m enus Using the Optimiz e setting The Optimiz e select ion al lo ws yo u to sele ct the prefe rred audi o opti mizati on based on t he rec ei v er -to -TV connecti on used . • Set Optimi ze to Ster eo to provi de hig hest q ualit y audio when using t he A UDIO OUTPUT (L) and (R) , and/or DIGI T AL OU TPU T conne ction. • Use the[...]

Using th e men us 23 Use the na vigatio n b utto ns to incr ease/ decre ase th e screen Br ightness , Contrast , and image Satura tion se ttin gs in t he pop-up men u. Using Caller ID Y our DIRECTV Rece iv er show s you the name and t elephone n umber (i f av ailable) o f inco ming teleph one cal ls on y our TV . Y ou can also see the name, time, a[...]

24 Usi ng t he m enus Note: For Search to ha ve the opportunity to find programs with matching words, your DIRECT V Recei ver mu st be in st andby m ode (Of f). Allo w the system to look f or your w ords while you sleep or while you are at work. T he DIRECTV Recei ve r cannot search for words while it is turned on. Highligh t one of the eigh t choi[...]

Using th e men us 25 Use the PREFE RENC ES menu pane (sho wn in the f igure belo w) to change the appeara nce of the on-scr een menus and selec t ho w your DI RECTV Recei ver operate s with other de vice s. The PR EFEREN CES pane also allo ws you to: • Change the recei ver ID • Set the recei ver outp ut chan nel to channe l 3 or 4 • Enable or[...]

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 30 ). Selecting a pr ogram gu[...]

28 Using pr ogram gu ides • Bro wse up or do wn one channel at a time with the n a vigati on b uttons when the high light is in the gr id. • Use t he rem ote c ontro l CHANNEL (CH +/ – ) button to s croll thro ugh a full page of gu ide en tries at a ti me. • Move the hi ghlig ht to t he ri ght to show later t ime p eriod s. T urn off the Pi[...]

Using progr am guid es 29 Selecti ng 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 The Channel Banner appear s at the t op of t he screen whene ver you use t he CHANNEL (CH +/ – ) button to c han ge ch anne ls. P ress the r emot e con trol DISPLA Y but ton t o display the ban ner at an y time. More d etaile d infor mati on appe ars in the Info Banner ben eath t he Channe l Banner i f you p ress t he DI[...]

Setting favorites and fil ters 31 Setting favorites and filters 6 This c hapter explains: • How to cr eate a chann el l ist ( t his page ). • Rena mi ng a ch anne l lis t ( see page 32 ). • Using Aut o Se t , Add All , and Del All f unctio ns ( see pa ge 32 ). • Ho w to f ilter the progra m guide ( see pag e 33 ). • Ho w to chan ge guid e[...]

32 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 33 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[...]

34 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 35 Using access controls 7 This c hapter explains: • Ho w to loc k and unl ock the system ( this page ). • Ho w to set a max imum ratings l imit ( see pag e 36 ). • Setting maximum spe nding an d time limi ts ( see page 37 ). Loc ks & Limits provid es set tings t o help you control the vi e wing r estrict ions o f [...]

36 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 37 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 ric e on a p er-event basi s. T o change the displ ayed l imit : 1. Highligh t the Max Sp en ding bu t to n 2. Press SELECT to dis play t he SPENDING LIMIT pop-up panel. Use this men u t[...]

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Questio ns & A nswers 39 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[...]

40 Questio ns & Ans wers your p hone line is con nected or has disabl ed your ab ilit y to mak e on- screen purchase s. Call DIRECTV at 1 -800-347-3 288 for assista nce. Q Can I r eceive my lo cal TV pr ograms thr ough my digi tal s atellit e r eceiver? A There ar e thre e way s to re cei v e loc al prog rammi ng: • If you ar e in a n area wh[...]

Manu facturers device control codes 41 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) 109, 114, 138 B ell & Howell (M. Ward) 330, 343 Broksonic 10 3[...]

42 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 Den on (Shar p ) 516–518 Sanyo 330, 335 Har mon 519 Scott 312, 313, 321, 323 –326, 335 JVC 506–508 Shar p 325, 3 27, 328 Kenwood 504, 505[...]

43 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 peri od of 90 days fr om the orig inal da te 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 e[...]

44 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[...]

45 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 onl y) Su pplied RF Antenna A C IN (120 V , 60 Hz) Sup plied A C Po wer Cor d Output Jacks SA T -A65 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 (O[...]

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Index 47 Index A A/V recei ver, co nnecting 9 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 connecti on 22 digita l 22 Azim uth a ngle, dete rmin ing 4 B Balance, audi o 22 Batteri es, i nstal li[...]

48 Index Remote cont rol batter ies 15 models 11 sensor, VCR 8 Replaci ng batt erie s 15 Rest ore f act ory se ttin gs 26 S Satu rati on, vi deo 23 Scanning remote c ontrol c odes 11 Schedule progra ms 19 Search e ntrie s 24 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 Standby m[...]

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