Getting AssistanceRunning the Interactive SetupYou should have completed tile interactive setup tile first time you plugged in y<>urTV. Howev(_l-_ if you need to acc(_ss the interactive s_*tllp again_ you can acLess itthroLIgh the Assistance nlenLI.1. Press MENU on the remote control to access tile inain nl{q]tl,2. Select Assistance from the main menu.3. Select Interactive &,tup and folk)w the on-screen directk)ns.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 reeter 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 Infn 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 "IV antennas.• Press MENU to bring up the main menu. select Assistance, then Antelma h{fi).The Antenna Into 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 inforreation, the screen lists:the channel ntunber,the station name, if awdlable,• whether the channel is digital or analog.• which antenna is receiving the sigi]al, anti• if a digital channel, the current signal strength.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.The channel list consists of all channels being received or that have been receivedfrom terrestrial antennas.78 Chapter 8