Receiver User's Guide Model Number D10
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14  Chapter 2
Chapter 2: Using the Remote Control
Chapter 2  15
Using the Remote Control
 
Remote Control Buttons
ACTIVE  In DIRECTV mode, displays the DIRECTV News & Info menu. Press 
ACTIVE again to exit the menu.
Arrows  Moves the on-screen highlight up, down, left, or right. 
BACK  In the menu system and guides of the DIRECTV
®
 Receiver, the BACK 
button retraces your steps, going back through all of the menu and guide 
screens you've accessed since the last time you entered the menu system or 
guides. This trail is erased when you turn the receiver off.
Blue, green, red, and yellow buttons  In the DIRECTV Receiver's menu 
screens, the green button moves to the tabbed element on the right of the one 
selected, while the red button moves to the tabbed element on the left. In the 
program guides, the green button moves forward in the schedule an hour and 
a half, while the red button moves backward and hour and a half. The yellow 
and blue buttons have no functionality with this DIRECTV Receiver.
CHAN up and CHAN down  Use to scan up and down through the 
channels in the current channel list. In the program guide or menu system, use 
the CHAN buttons to page up and down a screen at a time.
DASH  Enters a dash where applicable.
Digit Buttons (0 - 9)  Tune directly to a specic channel or enter numbers 
using the digit buttons. 
ENTER  Enters a number entry.
EXIT  Removes the on-screen displays and returns you to normal viewing.
GUIDE  In DIRECTV mode, brings up the program guide sort screen. 
INFO  Press once to bring up the on-screen channel banner. Press again 
to remove the banner from the screen. In the program guides, INFO gets 
information about the highlighted program or channel. On music channels, 
press INFO to get information (if available) on the track playing.
LIST  In DIRECTV mode, displays the To Do List (see page 28 for more 
information on the To Do List).
MENU  In DIRECTV mode, displays the Quick Menu. The MENU button 
also removes Quick Menus from the screen. When using the remote control 
to operate other components, the MENU button might also bring up that 
component’s menu system.
Mode switch  Move the switch to change the remote mode—that is, to 
change which component the remote is currently operating (see page 17 for 
more information on modes of operation). To operate your DIRECTV Receiver, 
move the switch all the way to the left.
MUTE  When programmed to control a TV or audio receiver, this button 
reduces that component’s volume to its minimum level. Press again to restore 
the volume.
PREV  Moves you to the previously tuned channel in DIRECTV mode.
PWR  In DIRECTV mode, this button turns the DIRECTV Receiver on and 
off (standby mode). In other modes, this button turns the component you're 
controlling on or off if the remote has been programmed to control that 
component.
Mode 
switch
Transport 
buttons
Red, 
green, 
yellow 
and blue 
buttons
DIRECTV
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