Mitsubishi Electric SR-HD5 - Manuals

Page v proper grounding of the mast and supporting structure, grounding of the lead-in wire to an antenna discharge unit, size of the grounding conductors, location of antenna discharge unit, connection to grounding electrodes, and requirements for the grounding electrode. Note to CATV System Instal...

Mitsubishi SR-HD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Page vi Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Regulatory Information Federal Communications Commission (FCC)— This equipment complies with both Part 15 and Part 68 of the FCC rules. Part 15 compliance— This equipment has been tested and found to comply wi...

Page vii Table of Contents Important Safety Instructions ............................iii Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Regulatory Information ............................ vi A First Look at the HD System ........................1-1 What You Should Do First .........................1-1 How ...

Mitsubishi SR-SD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Page viii Basic Channel Changing ............................... 5-2 Channel Banner ........................................ 5-2 The Information Banner ........................... 5-3 The OneLine™ Guide ............................... 5-3 TurboTune™ ..........

Table of Contents Page ix Purchases ......................................................7-15 Done ........................................................7-15 Video ........................................................7-16 History .....................................................7-16 Upcomi...

Page 1-1 A First Look at the HD System Congratulations! You’ve selected one of the most advanced digital video and audio components available today. You now have the capacity to receive hundreds of channels of video programming and digital-quality audio. What You Should Do First Your HD system is bo...

Mitsubishi SR-HD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Page 1-2 How Does All This Work? First, here is some information about your HD receiver. Your HD receiver can receive three types of television signals: ● Analog signals in NTSC (National Television Systems Committee—traditional TV sig- nals) format—from te...

A First Look at the HD System Page 1-3 HD System Components There are three main components of the HD system. They are the DIRECTV PLUS™ satellite dish antenna, the HD receiver, and the remote control. The DIRECTV PLUS™ Satellite Dish Antenna The satellite dish antenna is the component that receives...

Mitsubishi SR-HD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Page 1-4 The HD Receiver with DIRECTV PLUS ™ Receiver Built-in The HD receiver is one of the most compact available today. The basic features for setup, installation, and viewing programming can be accessed from the front panel keys. Your access card is loc...

Mitsubishi SR-HD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Page 1-6 Note: The HD receiver will convert all video signals to High Definition (1080iformat) and send these through the Y, P r , and P b connectors. Also the HD receiver will convert all video signals to Standard Definition (480i format) andsend these thr...

A First Look at the HD System Page 1-7 The following chart describes the key functions for easy reference: The remaining keys are HD receiver-specific keys and common device keys, including numbers, channel up and down, etc. The functions of these keys change depending on the device currently select...

Mitsubishi SR-HD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Page 1-8 Installing the Remote Control Batteries Before the remote control can be used, the two supplied batteries need to be installed. First, unsnap the battery cover from the back of the remote control. Install each fresh battery as shown, making sure th...

Mitsubishi SR-HD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Page 2-2 Choosing the Best Connection for Your Entertainment System There are a number of ways to connect the HD receiver, depending on the other audio/video equipment you wish to use. The simplest hookups are described in the following subsections. Before ...

Setting Up Your HD Receiver Page 2-3 HD Receiver and Satellite Dish Antenna with Terrestrial Antenna or Cable Service Follow these steps indicated by the diagram below: 1) Connect the RG-6 Coaxial Cable from the satellite dish antenna to the back of the HD receiver using the connector marked SATELLI...

Mitsubishi SR-HD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Page 2-4 Note: In order for the Advanced Program Guide ™ to receive the correct listing of local channels and local program information from DIRECTV,make sure you select the correct zip code, cable provider (if connecting a cableTV service) and Area (if usi...

Setting Up Your HD Receiver Page 2-5 Note: When the HD receiver is converting all signals to standard 480i signalsthat can be viewed on standard video inputs of TVs, there will be no signals onthe Y, P r , and P b connectors. When the HD receiver is converting all signals to 1080i that can be sent t...

Mitsubishi SR-HD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Page 2-8 HD Receiver and Standard Definition TV Monitor Follow these steps indicated by the diagram following this text. 1) Connect the satellite dish antenna and terrestrial antenna or cable service to the HD receiver following the instructions in “HD Rece...

Setting Up Your HD Receiver Page 2-9 HD Receiver with Standard Definition TV Monitor and VCR Follow these steps indicated by the diagram on page 2-11. 1) Connect the satellite dish antenna and terrestrial antenna or cable service to the HD receiver following the instructions in “HD Receiver and Sate...

Mitsubishi SR-HD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Page 2-12 HD Receiver and Dolby ® Digital Receiver or Decoder Follow these steps indicated by the diagram below: 1) Connect an optical digital cable to the back of the HD receiver using the connector marked DIGITAL AUDIO OUT. Connect the other end of this c...

Setting Up Your HD Receiver Page 2-13 HD Receiver and Standard Stereo System Follow these steps indicated by the diagram below: 1) Connect a set of stereo audio cables (one white left connector and one red right connec- tor) to the back of the HD receiver using the connectors marked AUDIO L, R. Conn...

Mitsubishi SR-HD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Page 2-14 Connecting the VCR Control Cable With the proper connections the HD receiver can control your VCR for unattended recording. Note: The output of the HD receiver must be in SD mode to record using the hookup configurations previouslydescribed in thi...

Setting Up Your HD Receiver Page 2-15 Connecting the RF Remote Control Receiver/Antenna You can place the RF remote control receiver base behind the HD receiver or hidden elsewhere out of view. Plug the RF remote control receiver cable into the RF REMOTE connector on the rear of the HD receiver. Ext...

Mitsubishi SR-HD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Page 2-16 POWER-ON Screen As power is applied to the HD receiver for the first time after being plugged in or after a power failure, the POWER-ON screen, shown on the right, is displayed. The screen will not appear each time you press the Power button. A pa...

Mitsubishi SR-HD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Page 3-2 There are two keys on your remote control that most people use frequently. They are the and the keys. After you have established favorite channel lists, as described in Chapter 7, “HD Receiver’s Menu System,” you can use the key to cycle through th...

Page 4-1 Setting Up the Satellite Dish Antenna and Terrestrial Inputs There is a cluster of DIRECTV satellites in space, and, just as a telescope is pointed at a star, you need to point your satellite dish at the satellites. In this chapter, we will explain how to configure your receiver for your sa...

Mitsubishi SR-HD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Page 4-2 Displaying the INSTALLATION Screen Highlighting the Installation button on the POWER- ON screen (explained on page 2-15) and pressing the key on the remote control will display the INSTALLATION screen shown on the right. If this is not the first ti...

Setting Up the Satellite Dish Antenna and Terrestrial Inputs Page 4-3 Oval Dish 2 Highlight this selection if you connected a DIRECTV PLUS™ oval dish antenna with two LNBs. This setting allows the SR-HD5 receiver to receive signals from Satellite A at 101° and Satellite B at 119°, enabling reception...

Mitsubishi SR-HD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Page 4-4 Pointing the Dish Antenna The HD receiver will calculate the correct pointing coordinates and then display this information on the RESULTS screen shown on the right. Write down this Elevation, Azimuth, and Tilt information. Then highlighting the OK...

Setting Up the Satellite Dish Antenna and Terrestrial Inputs Page 4-5 Local Provider Area Options Area 1 You have connected a standard VHF/UHF antenna for receiving your primary analog and digital terrestrial signals. The ZIP Code entered here will specify what terrestrial program information should...

Mitsubishi SR-HD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Page 4-6 When you have received a strong signal from several transponders on each of the satellites you are setting up, you have completed the setup for digital satellite channels. A numeric value for the signal strength ranges from 0 to 99. While your sign...

Setting Up the Satellite Dish Antenna and Terrestrial Inputs Page 4-7 and buttons to select different transponders. Observe the signal strengths of the different transponders. Adjust the dish antenna to improve the signal strengths. After fine tuning, highlighting the Done button and pressing the ke...

Mitsubishi SR-HD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Page 4-8 After selecting your Local In connection and pressing the key on the remote control, the LOCAL AREA screen will be displayed. Clear Remove all the check marked channel numbers from the local Area screen. Scan Channels This option will automatically...

Mitsubishi SR-HD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Page 4-10 Scan Channels This option will automatically scan through all of the possible channel frequencies and place the active channel numbers into the program guide grid. NTSC (analog) channels will be listed by their normal one or two Channel Number. AT...

Page 5-1 Watching Local Terrestrial and DIRECTV ® Programming Types of Channels This chapter will reveal many different ways to find programs you want to watch. The first thing you should know is how channels in the DIRECTV Advanced Program Guide™ are arranged. Analog (NTSC) Channels without Dish Co...

Mitsubishi SR-HD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Page 5-2 Local Channels from DIRECTV Local channels from DIRECTV, when available and subscribed to, will be listed as traditional channel numbers along with the network logo or call letters. DIRECTV ® Programming DIRECTV programming will be listed with netw...

Watching Local Terrestrial and DIRECTV® Programming Page 5-3 The Information Banner Pressing the key on your remote control or the front panel while the Channel Banner is displayed will add a description of the current program. This is called the Information Banner. Either of these banners will go a...

Mitsubishi SR-HD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Page 5-4 symbol will appear on the screen. You can now enter numbers and letters (letters are located above the number keys) to spell a channel’s call sign. For example, to tune to ESPN, press the key sequence . All special symbols such as the ampersand (&a...

Page 6-1 Advanced Program Guide™ Program Guide The most powerful feature of the HD receiver is the DIRECTV Advanced Program Guide™. You may customize the on-screen guide to list only channels or programs of interest to you. Other advanced features available from the on-screen guides, such as schedul...

Mitsubishi SR-HD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Page 6-2 PROGRAM GUIDE Pop-up Menu Pressing the key on the remote control a second time will display the PROGRAM GUIDE pop-up menu, shown at right. On the left side are the buttons Main Menu, Video, Guide Style, and Guide Sort. On the right side are the but...

Advanced Program Guide™ Page 6-3 The term “Large Cell” means that there are two lines of text associated with each program title. While this provides more space for the program titles and Channel Tags, it also reduces the number of channels for which information can be seen on the screen at one time...

Mitsubishi SR-HD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Page 6-4 PROGRAM GUIDE (Small Cell) The PROGRAM GUIDE (Small Cell) screen shown below displays 1-½ hours of programming information. Up to 12 lines of channel information can be seen on the screen at one time. This number of lines is reduced to 9 if the pro...

Advanced Program Guide™ Page 6-5 LOGO GUIDE This guide style offers the greatest number of channel identifiers displayed simultaneously. It displays up to 40 network logos at one time. This number of logos is reduced to 30 if the program description option is selected. The title of the program curre...

Mitsubishi SR-HD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Page 6-6 Theme Filters When the Theme Filters button on the PROGRAM GUIDE pop-up menu is highlighted and the button is pressed, a Theme Filters pop-up menu, shown on the right, will be displayed listing all of the categories of available programs such as Mo...

Advanced Program Guide™ Page 6-7 Guide Times The Guides pop-up menu provides easy access to future programming information. Simply select one of the listed times. After a few seconds, the selected guide will appear. WATCHWORD™ The WATCHWORD popup is used to specify up to eight different words that c...

Mitsubishi SR-HD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Page 6-8 ● Immediately below the guide title are indicators showing how the guide is further fil-tered. The label to the left specifies the current class filter setting. To the right you will see the current channel list. ● In the upper right corner of your...

Advanced Program Guide™ Page 6-9 Done Highlighting the Done button on the screen and pressing the key on the remote control will cause an exit from the SHOW TIMES screen and a return to the INFORMATION screen. Video Highlighting the Video button on the screen and pressing the key on the remote contr...

Mitsubishi SR-HD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Page 6-10 PreSelecting Programs for Taping You can utilize this feature commonly known as StarSight ® One-Touch Record (OTR). Programs that have been scheduled to be taped will be identified with a videotape icon ( ) before the program title on the on-scree...

Page 7-1 HD Receiver’s Menu System The HD receiver offers much more than fantastic audio and video. The Main Menu is the primary location where you can access system management functions. From the MAIN MENU you can access the on-screen guide, customize system features, read DIRECTV messages, lock an...

Mitsubishi SR-HD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Page 7-2 Main Menu From the MAIN MENU you can access the on-screen guide, customize your system features, check incoming mail, lock and unlock your system, and more. There are two ways to get to the MAIN MENU. First, you can press the keys on the remote con...

HD Receiver’s Menu System Page 7-3 Preferences Highlighting the Preferences button on the SETUP MENU screen and pressing the key on the remote control will display the PREFERENCES screen. By changing the various options on the PREFERENCES screen and its companion, the ADVANCED PREFERENCES screen, yo...

Mitsubishi SR-HD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Page 7-4 Filters The default setting for Filters is “Temporary.” With a setting of “Temporary,” each time you leave the on-screen guide, all filters other than the Channel List will reset “All Categories.” If you change the Filters setting to “Persistent,” ...

HD Receiver’s Menu System Page 7-5 Channel Lock The Channel Lock setting provides a way for you to set your HD receiver to permanently stay on a specified channel. When the setting is anything other than “- - - -” the HD receiver will always power up on that channel and will ignore any attempts to c...

Mitsubishi SR-HD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Page 7-6 Closed Caption The Closed Caption option allows you to set the default mode and caption channel to be viewed on-screen when first tuning to a program. When OFF is selected, captions will not be displayed. If CC1 or CC2 is selected, then the HD rece...

HD Receiver’s Menu System Page 7-7 Stationary Images or Letterbox Images,” for more information on unevenpicture tube aging. Cropped In the cropped mode, the 16:9 image is enlarged to fill the screen vertically and centered horizontally. Some image content is lost at the left and right sides of the ...

Mitsubishi SR-HD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Page 7-8 Limits Highlighting the Limits button on the SETUP screen and pressing the key on the remote control will display the LIMITS screen shown. The LIMITS screen provides settings to help you control the viewing restrictions on satellite programming. Th...

HD Receiver’s Menu System Page 7-9 Rating Help Program ratings indicate the suitability of a program’s content for a given audience. For families with younger children, a lower rating limit may be desirable. Other families may choose to allow viewing of more sophisticated programming. Highlight the ...

Mitsubishi SR-HD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Page 7-10 Max Spending Pay per view access enables you to purchase special, limited-broadcast programs such as sporting events and movies. You can set the maximum purchase price on a per-event basis. To change the displayed limit, highlight the Max Spending...

HD Receiver’s Menu System Page 7-11 Video Highlighting the Video button on the screen and pressing the key on the remote control will return you to the last program you were viewing. AutoSet AutoSet is designed to help in the initial programming of your channel lists. When you select the AutoSet but...

Mitsubishi SR-HD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Page 7-12 TurboTune™ Highlighting the TurboTune button on the SETUP screen and pressing the key on the remote control displays the TURBO TUNE SETUP screen shown at the right. On the left are buttons for Done and Video, which are explained below. Done Highli...

HD Receiver’s Menu System Page 7-13 Code More than one code may be assigned to your brand of VCR. Try each of the codes by using the and keys to step through each code. Alternate between this procedure and testing the code. Test (Record/Stop) The testing function allows you to verify that the specif...

Mitsubishi SR-HD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Page 7-14 When using the PreSelect ™ To Tape feature, the following steps must be completed for the HD receiver to perform unattended recording: ● Attach the VCR control cable as described in Chapter 2. ● Use the VCR SETUP utility as described earlier in th...

HD Receiver’s Menu System Page 7-15 Check Mail The CHECK MAIL feature of the HD receiver enables DIRECTV to notify you about important information, upcoming special events, offers, and other promotional programming. When new messages are received, a “new mail” icon appears at the top of all menu scr...

Mitsubishi SR-HD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Page 7-16 Video Highlighting the Video button on the PURCHASES screen and pressing the key on the remote control will return you to the last program you were viewing. History Highlighting the History button on the PURCHASES screen and pressing the key on th...

HD Receiver’s Menu System Page 7-17 the purchase. If the button is not displayed, then it is likely that a portion of the event has been viewed and the purchase may not be cancelled. Purchase History The Purchase History displays a list of PPV events that will be or have been charged to you. You wil...

Mitsubishi SR-HD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Page 7-18 Disable Highlighting the Disable button on the screen and pressing the key on the remote control will prevent the display of the Incoming call from pop-up screen whenever an incoming telephone call arrives. Call History On the right is displayed t...

HD Receiver’s Menu System Page 7-19 Unlocking Procedure To remove the lock and its restrictions, highlight the Unlock button and press the key. When the UNLOCK SYSTEM pop-up screen appears, you can use the and keys or the remote control number keys to enter the four-digit passcode that you used to l...

Page 8-1 Programming Your Remote Control You can use both the same room IR remote control and the Whole House RF remote control that came with your HD receiver to control other components in your entertainment system as long as they are in the same room as the remote control. Programming the Remote ...

Mitsubishi SR-HD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Page 8-2 Code Entry Look for your device type and brand in the following charts. You will find one or more codes that should operate your device. If there is more than one code, try each of them to find the one that controls your device. Once you are in the...

Programming Your Remote Control Page 8-5 Using the Remote Control Once your device codes are entered, you are ready to start using your universal remote control. The device keys allow you to switch from one device to another. Some keys behave in a special way—they control one device while you are ac...

Mitsubishi SR-HD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Page 8-6 example, if the code number is 021, the light will blink 10 times (for “0”), pause two seconds, blink two times (for “2”), pause two seconds, and then blink one time (for “1”). Controlling Other Components Using the AUX Button Some additional featu...

Appendix A-1 Questions and Answers Questions? Did we forget to tell you something? Many people, over time, have questions about their satellite system. We have compiled the most frequently asked questions and their answers in this appendix. We hope they help! Q I had a satellite signal but now I am ...

Mitsubishi SR-HD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Appendix A-2 Q Why don’t I have an on-screen offer to purchase pay per view programs? A There are four possibilities: 1) Your HD receiver must be connected to a phone line;2) Your HD receiver is connected to a phone line but DIRECTV does not realize that it...

Appendix B-1 Special Information Special Information Concerning Selected High Definition Broadcasts From time to time there may be some high definition (HD) broadcasts, delivered by satellite or cable, that will require HD receivers with special connectors in order to view such broadcasts in HD form...

Mitsubishi SR-HD5 HD DIRECTV Plus Receiver Appendix B-2 ● Stock-market report bars. These include the ticker bar constantly running at the bottom of the TV screen on financial news channels. ● Shopping channel logos & pricing displays. These include bright graphics that are shown constantly or r...