Getting Assistance78 Chapter 8Running the Interactive SetupYou should have completed the interactive setup the first time you plugged in yourTV. However, if you need to access the interactive setup again, you can access itthrough the Assistance menu.1. Press MENU on the remote control to access the main menu.2. Select Assistance from the main menu.3. Select Interactive Setup and follow the on-screen directions.The steps involved in the interactive setup include:• Setting the time and date• Searching for channels• Setting up speakers• Selecting an audio processor• Specifying your satellite dish antenna type and finding coordinates• Viewing the signal meter and running the system testNote that if you do not subscribe to DIRECTV® programming, you can select “Skip thisstep” for specifying satellite dish antenna type and running the system test.Getting Antenna InformationThe Antenna Info menu helps you assess the availability of available TV channels. It isuseful for checking the strength of digital channels, obtaining all channels possible,and adjusting any terrestrial TV antennas.• Press MENU to bring up the main menu, select Assistance, then Antenna Info.The Antenna Info screen reports the status of the signal search and lists channels that arebeing received or have been received from all terrestrial antennas. To switch betweenantennas, highlight a channel and then press ANTENNA on the remote control.When getting antenna information, the screen lists:• the channel number,• the station name, if available,• whether the channel is digital or analog,• which antenna is receiving the signal, and• if a digital channel, the current signal strength.The channel list consists of all channels being received or that have been receivedfrom terrestrial antennas.The interactive setup processallows you to complete all stepsor selectively skip steps.Note that if you highlighta channel in the AntennaInfo menu, you tune tothe channel and, ifdigital, get a real-timeupdate of the signalstrength.