The most difficult part of using the PIP (picture In picture) setting on a TV set is making the necessary TV tuner box connections. This connection process gets a bit more complicated when it involves three TV tuner boxes instead of one (such as two DirecTV boxes and a digital converter box). In the end, you should end up with one of the DirecTV boxes connected to the TV through the A/V panel and the other DirecTV box and digital converter box hooked up to the TV through the RF port.
Instructions
Connecting
1. Make sure all devices (television, DirecTV boxes and digital converter box) are turned off before you perform any cable connections.
2. Connect the coaxial cable --- which carries the main DirecTV signal --- coming from the wall into the RF splitter's "In" port.
3. Use one of the independent coaxial cables to connect one of the RF splitter's "Out" ports to the "RF In" port labeled "Satellite In" on the back of DirecTV box No. 1.
4. Take another coaxial cable. Use it to connect the RF splitter's remaining "Out" port to the "Satellite In" port on the back of DirecTV box No. 2.
5. Screw in one end of a third coaxial cable to the "RF Out" port labeled "Out to TV" on the back of DirecTV box No. 1. Screw in the other end of this cable to the "A" port of the A/B switch box.
6. Plug one end of the set of A/V cables into DirecTV box No. 2's "A/V Out" jacks. The A/V jacks are the yellow, white and red jacks labeled "Video Out," "Left" (audio out), and "Right" (audio out) on the back of the box. The plugs on the ends of the A/V cables are color coded to match the A/V jack into which they're supposed to be inserted. Insert the other end of these cables into the TV set's "A/V In" jacks.
7. Connect the TV antenna's coaxial cable, which carries the main over-the-air TV signal, into the digital converter box's "RF In" port (generally labeled "Ant In").
8. Use one of the remaining independent coaxial cables to connect the digital converter box's "RF Out" port to the "B" port of the A/B switch box.
9. Take the last coaxial cable and use it to connect the "To TV" port on the A/B switch box to the "RF In" port on the back of the TV set.
Using PIP
10. Turn on the TV, DirecTV boxes and digital converter box. Make sure the TV is set to Channel 3.
11. Press "PIP" on the TV remote control to activate the picture-in-picture feature. If you're TV remote does not have a "PIP" button, the "PIP" option should be accessible through the main menu options.
12. Set the A/B switch to the "A" setting if you want the PIP feature to show programming from DirecTV box No. 1. Set the A/B switch to the "B" setting if you want the PIP feature to show programming from the digital converter box.
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