Page 2 - WARNING; CAUTION; SAFETY WARNING
1 WARNING TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARDS, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS PRODUCT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. WARNING: Do not install this equipment in a confined space such as a bookcase or similar unit. NOTE TO CABLE/TV/SATELLITE DISH INSTALLER: This reminder is provided to call the cable TV system/satellite dish i...
Page 3 - DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY
2 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interferencereceived, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Equipment Classificatio...
Page 4 - IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
CAUTION: PLEASE READ AND OBSERVE ALL WARNINGS AND INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS OWNER’S MANUAL AND THOSE MARKED ON THE UNIT. RETAIN THIS BOOKLET FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. This set has been designed and manufactured to assure personal safety. Improper use can result in electric shock orfire hazard. The safeguards...
Page 5 - IMPORTANT INFORMATION; In certain markets, access to local channels requires a DIRECTV; For access to all DIRECTV high-definition program-
4 IMPORTANT INFORMATION Due to copyright restrictions, you may not be able to view some high-definition programs in high-definition format using this product. If HD viewing is prohibited due to copyright restric- tions, you would need to connect other interfaces to view the program. In certain marke...
Page 6 - -1. Using the Front Panel of the DIRECTV; TABLE OF CONTENTS
Safety Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-4Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 7 - Advanced Program GuideTM
6 7. Advanced Program Guide™ 7-1. About the Advanced Program Guide™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .507-2. Layout of the Advanced Program Guide™ Screen . . . . .51-527-3. Moving through the Advanced Program Guide™ . . . . .53-547-4. Selecting a Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Page 8 - -1. A New World of Digital Entertainment; Welcome to the LSS-3200A DIRECTV
7 1-1. A New World of Digital Entertainment Welcome to the LSS-3200A DIRECTV ® HD Receiver, an advanced HDTV/digital satellite receiver that showcases a new generation of digital entertainment. The DIRECTV HD Receiver delivers a variety of programs from DIRECTV and has a built-in HD Receiver that se...
Page 10 - IMPORTANT OVERVIEW; ity video and audio. The DIRECTV
2-1. Sending Signals 9 2. IMPORTANT OVERVIEW Digital broadcasting is a new way of sending programs over the airwaves with superior qual- ity video and audio. The DIRECTV ® HD Receiver enables you to take full advantage of digital broadcasting. To fully enjoy it, it is helpful to understand the ways ...
Page 11 - ture updates every sixtieth of a second.); Standard Comparison Table; Active Lines
10 Signal Format Analog Digital SD/ED HD 2-2. TV Signal Formats The digital TV standards allow several different formats. Broadcasters can choose between four formats: • 480p - The picture is 704 x 480 pixels, sent at 60 complete frames per second (480i is also possible, sent at 60 interlaced frames...
Page 13 - Wide; Letter box
12 2-4. Normal and Wide Format Signals When you view a high-definition picture(16:9) with 480i or 480p format setting, the RATIO but- ton on the remote control changes the wide mode in the cycle of Letterbox → Cropped, → Squeezed. When you view a standard definition picture (4:3) with 720p or 1080i ...
Page 14 - Choose when you want to adjust zooming.; your preference. The three options are
13 2. IMPORTANT OVERVIEW 2-4. Normal and Wide Format Signals WHEN YOU SET THE DISPLAY FORMAT TO HDTV (1080i/720p) Normal Choose when you want to view a picturewith an original 4:3 aspect ratio on your16:9 TV. Black or gray bars will show at theleft and right sides. Wide Choose when you want to evenl...
Page 15 - Dolby Digital Sound with 5.1 Channels; Digital Audio Signals
14 2-5. Audio Signals Dolby Digital Sound with 5.1 Channels sub-woofer rightspeaker left speaker center channel speaker surround sound speaker surroundsound speaker Digital Audio Signals The DIRECTV ® HD Receiver will be the focal center of your home entertainment system comprising a variety of comp...
Page 16 - Analog Audio Signals
15 The analog audio outputs may be used to drive an external Hi-Fi audio system instead of the TV speakers. These stereo outputs are activated by setting the Analog Mode in the Audio menu to Stereo. If you set the Analog Mode to SAP (Second Audio Program), you can hear the program’s dia- log in anot...
Page 18 - EZ Help
17 2. IMPORTANT OVERVIEW 2-6. On-Screen Display EZ Help First, certain features and terminologies used in the on-screen menus require your basic understanding to fully utilize their capabilities. The DIRECTV ® HD Receiver provides a power- ful feature called “EZ Help” that describes highlighted menu...
Page 19 - SETUP AND CONNECTIONS; Remote Control; Access Card
18 3. SETUP AND CONNECTIONS 3-1. Unpacking Make sure you have received all these items listed below with the DIRECTV ® HD Receiver. S VIDEO Jack Audio/Video Jacks OUT TO TV Phone Jacks Y PB Component Jacks DVI-HDTV Jack PR VCR CONTROL Remote Control Cables Batteries AA AA Access Card A CCESS C ARD R...
Page 20 - programming, this phone line is required to be connected.
19 3. SETUP AND CONNECTIONS 3-1. Unpacking DIRECTV ® HD Receiver The DIRECTV HD Receiver is capable of receiving signals from the satellite dish, cable, and/or over-the-airantenna and sending the decoder signals to your TV. Remote Control In addition to the DIRECTV HD Receiver, the remote control ca...
Page 23 - To Antennas; Connection
22 3-3. General Recommendations You can connect the DIRECTV ® HD Receiver in a variety of configurations. The answers to the follow- ing questions will determine the correct setup for you. - What type of antennas do you have? Satellite dish, cable, and/or over-the-air antennas. - What type of connec...
Page 24 - Receiving Signals; Connect the “Antenna” to the “ANT IN” jack on the DIRECTV
23 3. SETUP AND CONNECTIONS 3-4. Connecting to Antennas - Non-Satellite Sources Receiving Signals 1. Connect the “Antenna” to the “ANT IN” jack on the DIRECTV ® HD Receiver using a coaxial RF cable. 2. Connect the cable TV signal to the “CABLE IN” jack on the DIRECTV HD Receiver using a coaxial RF c...
Page 25 - NOTE
24 3-4. Connecting to Antennas - Round Dish (Satellite A) Receiving Signals 1. Connect the “Antenna” to the “ANT IN” jack on the DIRECTV ® HD Receiver using a coaxial RF cable. 2. Connect the cable TV signal to the “CABLE IN” jack on the DIRECTV HD Receiver using a coaxial RF cable. 3. Connect the “...
Page 28 - TV Viewing; Connect the “OUT TO TV” jack on the DIRECTV
27 3. SETUP AND CONNECTIONS 3-5. TV Connection - Analog TV TV Viewing 1. Connect the “OUT TO TV” jack on the DIRECTV ® HD Receiver to the “ANT IN” jack on your TV using a coaxial RF cable. 2. Connect the “AUDIO OUT” and “VIDEO OUT” jacks on the DIRECTV HD Receiver to the “A/V IN” jack on your TV usi...
Page 33 - IR Sensor
32 3-6. VCR Connection - VCR Controller Connect the VCR Controller to allow the Timer and Rec feature to automatically operate your VCR. See “VCR Control Setup” on page 113 for information about setting up the Digital Satellite Receiver to operate with your VCR. 1. Connect the VCR Controller to the ...
Page 34 - Connect the “DIGITAL AUDIO OUT” jack on the DIRECTV; SPDIF IN
33 3. SETUP AND CONNECTIONS 3-7. Audio Connection - Digital Audio System Dolby Digital ® Connection 1. Connect the “DIGITAL AUDIO OUT” jack on the DIRECTV ® HD Receiver to the “SPDIF IN” jack on your Dolby Digital or Pro Logic ® decoder using a digital optical cable. (A digital optical cable is not ...
Page 35 - Hi-Fi System Connection; Connect the Left and Right “AUDIO OUT” jacks from the DIRECTV; When viewing a digital broadcast with Dolby Digital
34 3-7. Audio Connection - Analog Hi-Fi System Hi-Fi System Connection 1. Connect the Left and Right “AUDIO OUT” jacks from the DIRECTV ® HD Receiver to the Left and Right “INPUT” jacks on your Hi-Fi audio system. (1080i/720p/480p) (1080i/720p/480p) RGB OUT DATA PORT DVI-HDTV OUT TYPE CABLE IN ANT I...
Page 36 - -8. Remote Control RF Antenna Connection; The DIRECTV; RF Antenna Connection; Extend the cable and place the antenna in the desired location
35 3. SETUP AND CONNECTIONS 3-8. Remote Control RF Antenna Connection The DIRECTV ® HD Receiver can be used with the supplied remote control RF (radio frequency) antenna and remote control that allow you to control your receiver from your easy chair, anywhere in the room, or even from another room w...
Page 37 - FRONT PANEL AND REMOTE CONTROL; Turns the DIRECTV HD Receiver on or off.; button. The Guide is only available with satellite service.
36 4. FRONT PANEL AND REMOTE CONTROL 4-1. Using the Front Panel of the DIRECTV ® HD Receiver 1 POWER Turns the DIRECTV HD Receiver on or off. 2 Access Card and RESET button Door The Access Card is the means by which DIRECTV controls the distribution of its services. The card must be insertedinto the...
Page 38 - POWER
37 4. FRONT PANEL AND REMOTE CONTROL 4-2. Using the Remote Control POWER Turns the DIRECTV ® HD Receiver on and off. If your remote control is programmed to control other components such as VCR, DVD, etc., Power will turn the component on and off. If you want to control other components from differe...
Page 42 - -4. Remote Control Codes for Other Components; TV Codes
41 4. FRONT PANEL AND REMOTE CONTROL 4-4. Remote Control Codes for Other Components Brands Codes Akai 146 Amark 112 143 Ampro 167 073 Blaupunkt 088 Broksonic 035 Candle 002 003 004 Capehart 058 Citizen 002 003 004 043 101 103 143 Classic 043 Concerto 004 Contec 039 043 050 051 Coronado 143 Craig 043...
Page 43 - VCR Codes
42 4-4. Remote Control Codes for Other Components Aiwa 034 Akai 146 043 046 124 125 142 016 Ampro 072 Audio dynamics 012 023 039 043 Broksonic 035 Canon 028 031 033 Capehart 018 Craig 033 040 135 Curtis Mathes 031 033 041 Daewoo 005 007 010 064 065 108 110 111 112 116 117 119 Daytron 108 DBX 012 023...
Page 47 - Dolby Digital Icon (
46 6-1. Viewing the Channel Banner Input Source Icon (DIRECTV) Indicates from which source the current program signal is being received. The DIRECTV ® HD Receiver can receive a signal from ANT, ANT/Digital, CABLE or DIRECTV. Lock Icon ( ) Indicates that the parental or spending limit lock system is ...
Page 48 - EXIT
47 6. BASIC OPERATION 6-2. Channel Surfing The surf list appears on the TV screen when you press the SURF button on the remote control. It enables you to surf up to 50 favorite channels that were chosen in the Edit Channel section of the Setup menu or directly added in the Favorite guide as describe...
Page 49 - Pressing the; button freezes the current image. Pressing the; FREEZE; button again; FREEZE Mode Screen; The Multi-Freeze mode is only available for
48 6-3. Freeze Screen Pressing the FREEZE button freezes the current image. Pressing the FREEZE button again enlarges the image. The image can then be scanned vertically and horizontally. Pressing the FREEZE button once again returns the image to live video. FREEZE Mode Screen Multi-Freeze Mode Scre...
Page 51 - ADVANCED PROGRAM GUIDETM
50 7-1. About the Advanced Program Guide™ 7. ADVANCED PROGRAM GUIDE™ The DIRECTV Advanced Program Guide™, contains schedule and program information for all DIRECTV ® channels. The Advanced Program Guide also provides local over-the-air channels information including both conventional analog and digi...
Page 52 - -2. Layout of the Advanced Program GuideTM Screen; GUIDE
7. ADVANCED PROGRAM GUIDE™ 7-2. Layout of the Advanced Program Guide™ Screen The on-screen guide maintains nine different channel lists, each of which shows you only those channels and programs that belong to that channel list. The meaning and generation of each channel list is described below Note:...
Page 53 - The guide screen also provides two search menus:; Category; After first installing satellite service, it may take several
52 7-2. Layout of the Advanced Program Guide™ Screen The guide screen also provides two search menus: Category Searches for programs that belong to a given category. The DIRECTV HD Receiver first shows you currently applicable categories and allows you to search for programs in that category (see se...
Page 54 - -3. Moving through the Advanced Program GuideTM; Line Scrolling; Page Scrolling
7. ADVANCED PROGRAM GUIDE™ 7-3. Moving through the Advanced Program Guide™ The Advanced Program Guide™ is operated based on a simple and straightforward “Highlight and Select” process. 1. Use “ DEF G ” on your remote control to navigate the guide screen. 2. Press “ ” to select or execute the highlig...
Page 55 - Direct Jumping
54 7-3. Moving through the Advanced Program Guide™ Direct Jumping You can quickly jump to a page that contains a specific channel by directly entering a channel number using the digit buttons “0~9” on the remote control. Pressing “ G ” following the digit button strokes will move to the channel imme...
Page 56 - INFO
7. ADVANCED PROGRAM GUIDE™ 7-4. Selecting a Program The top region of the guide screen displays the schedule and program information of the cur- rently highlighted program. You can also see other detailed information about the program by pressing the INFO button. When you select the highlighted prog...
Page 58 - additional information box, and press “
7. ADVANCED PROGRAM GUIDE™ 5. If you want to check any other broadcasting schedules for this same program, move the highlight to the “Showings” menu, located on the left side of the additional information box, and press “ ”. 6. To return to the previous guide screen, Move the highlight to the “Back”...
Page 59 - To schedule a future viewing :
58 7-6. Setting a Timer/Record Event for Future Viewing If you want to view a program scheduled in the future, you can put that program on the Timer/Record List so that program will be automatically tuned. A timer event will automatically tune to the selected channel at the specified time. A Record ...
Page 60 - Pay Per View Programs
59 7. ADVANCED PROGRAM GUIDE™ 7-7. Purchasing DIRECTV ® Pay Per View Programs If you subscribe to DIRECTV ® programming, you may preview pay per view movies on channel 200, the DIRECTV promo channel, to determine if you would like to purchase them. To purchase Pay Per View (PPV) programs: 1. From th...
Page 62 - To search programs by MY CATEGORY :
61 7. ADVANCED PROGRAM GUIDE™ 7-8. Searching for Programs by Category When you search for programs by category, you can also use the user-defined “MY CATEGORY” feature. You may specify two user-defined categories. One is the “MY CATEGORY1” and the other is the “MY CATEGORY2”. These categories can al...
Page 70 - About Initial Setup; Setup Wizard; select the No Dish Mode.
69 8-7. Initializing the System About Initial Setup The DIRECTV ® HD Receiver is capable of receiving three types of signals; ANT, CABLE and DIRECTV ® programming (if you are a DIRECTV customer). Initial Setup lets you initialize your system to function properly with your dish antenna. Setup Wizard ...
Page 74 - Step 5. Create Channel list; The next page will create the channel list automatically.
73 8-7. Initializing the System Step 5. Create Channel list The Setup wizard will show the summary screen of the setup sequence. The next page will create the channel list automatically. When the Setup Wizard function is complete, press the “ ” button on the remote control to finish the Initial Setu...
Page 80 - To edit the channel list:; MENU; To create a custom list:; SURF
79 8. CUSTOMIZATION 8-8. Managing Channels Surf List/Ch. Edit The default channel list is made in the EZ Channel Scan menu. Surf List/Ch. Edit allows you to create two other types of channel lists; custom list and surf list. A custom list can be created by toggling each channel on or off with “ ”. O...
Page 94 - Choose when you want to view a picture with no adjustment.; Aspect Ratio Summary; make sure the correct aspect ratio is selected.
93 8-13. Choosing the Aspect Ratio Modes for viewing high-definition content (16:9) WHEN OUTPUT FORMAT IS 720p OR 1080i MODE : (Note: you may choose one of three picture appearance options for your preference) Standard Choose when you want to view a picture with no adjustment. Expand Choose when you...
Page 95 - To set Digital Caption:
94 8-13. Setting Digital Caption Allows you to select a mode for displaying Digital Caption Data. In the Digital Caption Service, Services 1-6 typically represent different Language Services, if available. Service 1 Service 1 is designated as the Primary Caption Service. This service contains the ve...
Page 117 - The see the EZ Help feature:
116 9-1. EZ Help The EZ Help is an on-screen version of this Operating Guide. You can review many features of the DIRECTV ® HD Receiver by navigating through a simple structure. It contains a brief overview of the DIRECTV HD Receiver, the use and programming of the remote control, a func- tional exp...
Page 118 - PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS; Specifications For Model No. LSS-3200A DIRECTV; (selectable Dolby Digital
117 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS Specifications For Model No. LSS-3200A DIRECTV ® HD Receiver Television System NTSC, Analog American Standard (480i) ATSC, Digital TV standard (1080i, 720p, 480p, 480i) DIRECTV Channel Coverage Digital TV 1-69 VHF 2-13 UHF 14-69 CATV 1-125 DIRECTV variable Inputs/Outputs A...
Page 119 - TROUBLESHOOTING; SYMPTOMS; DISPLAY FORMAT
118 LG and DIRECTV are dedicated to providing you with quality support and customer service. If you have questions or diffi-culties that you cannot resolve using the tips in this troubleshooting section, consult your dealer or call DIRECTV at 1-800-DIRECTV regarding problems with DIRECTV Service pro...
Page 120 - PLAY FORMAT
119 TROUBLESHOOTING SYMPTOMS SOLUTIONS The Program Guide shows channelsI don’t receive. Cannot receive high-definition chan-nels. Normal picture but no sound. Picture is distorted. Video image does not fill the TVscreen. Available channels are missing. A previously available channel is nolonger avai...
Page 121 - SIGNAL
120 SYMPTOMS SOLUTIONS Aspect Ratio setting is re-set afterthe channel is changed. The remote control is not responding. The timer does not work. You forget your password. If a white bar is shown at the topposition on the display device Weak Sound Conflicting digital channel numbers. Cannot tune to ...
Page 122 - - Confirm that you have set the Audio; RESET
121 SYMPTOMS SOLUTIONS Closed captions are not displayed.Two sets of overlapping captionsappear.Closed captions are not shownusing my custom styles. Cannot receive audio with 5.1 chan-nels. Incorrect operation when controllingthe HD Receiver from anotherdevice, such as a DVR. Programming which appea...
Page 123 - THIS LIMITED WARRANTY DOES NOT APPLY TO:; For nearest Authorized Service Center, Where to buy,; and Saturday 8 AM - 5 PM CT) and select appropriate; DIRECTV; ZENITH ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
An LG Electronics product, marketed by Zenith, will be repaired or replaced, at LG’s option, if it proves to be defective inmaterial or workmanship, under normal use, during the warranty period (“Warranty Period”) listed below, effective from thedate ("Date of Purchase") of original consumer...
