Receiver and Remote Controls
About Your Satellite Receiver
This chapter helps you get to know your remote control, which lets you use all the functions of your receiver. After you read the information here, be sure to practice what you learn so that you can quickly understand what’s presented in later chapters.
What you’ll find in this chapter:
•SATELLITE RECEIVER OVERVIEW
•DUAL AND SINGLE MODES
•REMOTE CONTROL
•SATELLITE RECEIVER FRONT PANEL
•SATELLITE RECEIVER BACK PANEL
•USING THE MENUS
•USING TEXT FIELDS
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Chapter 2
Satellite Receiver Overview
SATELLITE RECEIVER OVERVIEW
This section gives you an overview of your DISH Network satellite TV receiver system.
Satellite Receiver
Use this dual-tuner satellite receiver to watch different programs in two locations:
•Nearby TV (TV1) - Programming from the receiver is delivered to the nearby TV using short audio/video cables.
•Remote TV(s) (TV2) - Programming from the receiver is delivered to the remote TV(s) using existing in-home coaxial cable.
Remote Controls
Two remote controls come with your receiver:
•Remote Control 1 - An Infrared (IR) remote to control programming for the nearby TV (TV1). This remote is labeled with a green number 1, which matches similar markings on the receiver output connections and the menus for the nearby TV.
•Remote Control 2 - An Ultra-High Frequency Pro (UHF Pro) remote to control programming at a remote TV (TV2). This remote is labeled with blue number 2, which matches similar markings on the receiver output connections and the menus for the remote TV. Be sure to set up the remote to control the receiver (see page 72).
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Satellite Receiver
Dual and Single Modes
DUAL AND SINGLE MODES
Your satellite receiver includes two modes of operation: Dual and Single. These modes increase your entertainment options because you’ll be able to choose how you watch and record your favorite programs.
Dual Mode
While in Dual Mode, you can use this dual-tuner satellite receiver to watch different programming in two separate locations:
•Nearby TV - Programming from the receiver is delivered to the TV near the receiver using short audio/video cables and is controlled using Remote Control 1. The Nearby TV is also referred to as “TV1.”
•Remote TV - Programming from the receiver is delivered to a TV located in another room using existing in-home coaxial cable and is controlled using Remote Control 2. The video displayed on the remote TV is always in standard definition (SD). The Remote TV is also referred to as “TV2.”
You can tell your receiver is in Dual Mode because the Mode front panel indicator will light and the menu and other screens will display Dual Mode (as shown below).
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Chapter 2
Dual and Single Modes
Single Mode
Single Mode provides dual-tuner receiver features—like Picture-in-Picture (PIP) and the ability to watch one live program while recording another—to all connected TVs.
Single Mode delivers the same programming to all of the TVs connected to the satellite receiver and allows this programming to be controlled by either remote control. The format of the programming shown on the remote TV(s) is standard definition (SD) and high definition (HD) is shown only on the nearby TV. You can tell you are in Single Mode because the Mode front panel indicator will light and the menus and other screens will display Single Mode (as shown below).
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Satellite Receiver
Dual and Single Modes
Switching Between Dual and Single Mode
Put the satellite receiver in Single or Dual Mode by pressing the front panel MODE button. Keep the following items in mind when switching the satellite receiver between Dual and Single Mode:
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Dual Mode front panel |
Single Mode front panel |
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The Recording front panel |
The TV1 Recording front |
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indicator lights to show |
panel indicator lights when |
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or both tuners. |
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Favorites Lists set up for |
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Locks set up for both outputs |
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TV2 are not lost, they are |
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simply unavailable in Single |
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Note: If someone is using the TV2 outputs in Dual Mode, you will see a popup on the nearby TV warning you that you are about to disrupt the use of the TV2 outputs.
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