User's Manual

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Hardware Reference
Hardware Reference
General
Satellite Dish Antenna
This is your “dish” and related hardware, affi xed to your roof or other surface, which picks up the
broadcast signals from our satellites.
DIRECTV Plus Receiver (or Satellite Receiver)
Your DIRECTV Plus Receiver picks up the signal from your satellite dish antenna and translates it
into viewable TV programming.
Access Card
Contains info about your DIRECTV
®
service. It must be properly inserted for your receiver to
work and to activate your programming.
Cables & Connections
Best Video: S-Video Jack and Cable
S-Video jacks and cables provide the best picture quality. You will still need to connect the left and
right audio cables to the TV, or optical audio cable to your stereo, because the S-Video cable only
carries the picture signal, not sound.
Audio/Video (A/V) Jack and Cable
Audio/Video (A/V) cables provide very good picture quality and stereo sound, and should be used
if your TV does not have S-Video jacks. The DIRECTV Plus Receiver’s A/V jacks are color coded
(yellow for video, red for right audio and white for left audio). If your TV has only one input for
audio (mono), connect it to the left (white) audio jack on the DIRECTV Plus Receiver.
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