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Total Choice®

Over 110 channels of great entertainment including 31 commercial-free Music Choice music channels.

DIRECTV® is a Sports Fan's Dream-Come-True 

Pegasus brings you the best sports action from around the country with Total Choice Sports and a variety of out-of-market professional and college sports subscriptions from DIRECTV, including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS and college football and basketball.

Total Choice® Sports delivers over 25 specialty sports networks, including the Golf Channel, ESPN Classic Sports, Speedvision and Outdoor Life.

You'll receive over 20 regional sports networks from FOX Sports and SPORTSCHANNEL, in addition to all the games available with Total Choice on ESPN, ESPN2, TBS, TNN, TNT, USA and WGN.

Plus you'll receive your in-market local sports programming as long as your receiver is continuously connected to a land-based phone line.

Local Network Programming 

DIRECT TICKET Pay Per View 

DIRECT TICKET is like having a video store in your own home.  It offers you up to 55 movies every night, with the hits starting every half-hour.  And that's not the best part - each movie is only $3.99 when ordered with your remote control.  No more crowded video stores, no late fees and all of your movies come to you in digital picture and sound.

DIRECT TICKET also offers exciting special events, including concerts, wrestling and more.

Access to DIRECT TICKET is available with any DIRECTV programming package.  To order movies or events with your remote control, your receiver must be continuously connected to a land-based phone line.  A $3.00 order assistance fee applies if you order by calling Customer Care.

Additional Receivers:  You Can Watch DIRECTV In More Than One Room In Your Home and Watch a Different Channel than the other Receiver 

To obtain the flexibility of watching different programs on different television sets within your home, you will need to purchase an additional receiver.

These receivers are sold separately and available at Carolina Wiring Service, Inc.  An upgrade to your DIRECTV System may be required.  Call us today at (252) 442-3932 or visit our showroom at 740 Country Club Road, Rocky Mount, NC 27804 to see our selection of complete systems, additional receivers and accessories.

AND, adding on additional receivers doesn't cost an arm and a leg on a monthly basis.  If your DIRECTV System receivers are connected to the same land-based phone line, then Pegasus can mirror your existing programming package for only $4.99 per month for each additional receiver in your home.  It's a small price difference in your monthly programming bill for all of the convenience, flexibility and control you are offered.

Need more than one additional receiver to go with your system??  No problem!!  Our qualified and trained installation team can get you up and going in no time.

Customer Care 

Parts of a DIRECTV System

1. 18" Satellite Dish - consists of a mounting foot, support arm and actual dish.  Bolts and self-locking nuts are included to assemble these parts.

2. LNB - Low Noise Block - this part fits on the end of the support arm; it collects the incoming signals reflected off of the dish and sends it through coaxial cable to the DIRECTV receiver.

3. Receiver - This is the brains of the operation.  The compact black box receives the signal from the LNB and converts the digital data into television pictures and CD-quality sound.

4. Access Card - The receiver will not receive programming without a valid access card.  The access card "descrambles" the programming and authorizes the customer's programming selection.

5. Remote Control - This is always a "universal" remote, which means it can be programmed to operate the TV, VCR, Surround Sound System as well as the DIRECTV System.

6. Owners Manual / Instruction Manual - Every new DIRECTV System comes with an owners manual and an installer guide.  Reading and following these booklets will help in the education process.

1. Coaxial Cable - The recommended type of cable is called RG-6 or RG-6 Quad Shield; you will need several pieces of RG-6 or RG-6 Quad Shield cable to connect your system:
        *  From the LNB to the grounding block
        *  From the grounding block to the wall plate
        *  From the wall plate to the receiver
        *  From the receiver to the television

2. Connectors - to attach the cable, a connector is used called an "F" connector.  This is a threaded connector that allows you to properly fasten the RG-6 cable to the connections.

3. Telephone wire - the DIRECTV System needs to be hooked up to a land-based phone line, to allow you to order pay-per-view movies with your remote control and to allow you to watch in-market regional sports networks and out-of-market sports packages.

4. Dish mounting hardware - where you mount a DIRECTV dish will determine what kind of hardware you may need.  When mounting into wood, you may need lag bolts.  Masonry expansion anchors may be needed for mounting to a brick facing.  Consult your installation manual for best results.

All of the parts needed for installing DIRECTV can be found in a self-installation kit available at Carolina Wiring Service or the parts can be purchased individually at a local hardware or electronics store.

WELCOME to the Satellite Age!!

Your life is already, in some way, affected by satellite technology.  Your pager may be connected to satellite; some of your long distance may be delivered via satellite; most of the TV you watch, even if it's cable or antenna, is delivered by satellites.

Satellites began delivering television signals to local network providers in the 1970's.  Eventually, this technology reached consumers with the "big-dish", commonly called C-Band.  C-Band technology was expensive for the consumer.  The next product to emerge on the consumer market was mid-power, Ku-Band satellites; this is similar to PRIMESTAR® and requires a smaller dish than the original C-Band dishes.

The 1990's brought the introduction of DBS, Direct Broadcast Satellite.  DBS allowed consumers to watch a wide variety of programming at affordable prices through a small 18" dish with a picture quality superior to cable.   DIRECTV and USSB® were the pioneers of the DBS industry.

DIRECTV has chosen to carry the channels it does because of extensive consumer research.  The way the system works is:

• The programmer, let's say The History Channel, uplinks its programming with a satellite.

• DIRECTV downlinks the programming to its operations center in Castle Rock, Colorado.

• DIRECTV then uplinks the programming to DBS-1, its geosynchronous satellite that sits in an Earth orbit 22,300 miles out in space.

• DBS-1 broadcasts the programming toward Earth where it is received by millions of DIRECTV dishes.

• All of this takes just a split second t perform and it's done 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.  (366 days on leap year)

The DIRECTV System - It's not just TV!!

There are currently three manufacturers of DIRECTV equipment - Thomson Consumer Electronics (which markets under the RCA, GE and ProScan names), Sony Electronics and Hughes Network Systems.

The receivers made by these companies vary somewhat in style and in the number of features, but they all perform the same essential functions.   They process hundreds of channels of programming and generate on-screen menus to help viewers set up the system, test the system, navigate their way through programming choices, set locks and limits, order pay-per-view programming through the remote controls and even choose a color scheme for the viewer interface.

Standard Features of DIRECTV (all receiver brands)

• On-screen customizable programming guide - types of guides include:
       *  Grid Guide similar to a TV schedule listed in newspapers
       *  Info Guide shows condensed grid guide and brief description of selected program
       *  Topic Guide allows the viewer to sort by topic, such as "movies" or "sports"
       *  Channel Guide displays in a channel-by-channel format

• One touch information guide on each program selection.

• Icon-based channel guides for quick reference.

• Built-in modem for one-button remote control pay-per-view purchases.

• Universal remote control.

• 32-bit, high speed processor for quick responsive viewer guide.

• Dual LNB outputs for connecting more than one receiver.

• Locks and Limits - easy remote control access to blocking out programs with certain ratings, specific channels or placing a limit on monthly or per event pay-per-view spending.  Lock-out features are specific to the receiver they are programmed on and can be changed with a password.

• Second programming feed connection on back of receiver for connection to antenna or cable.

• Audio and video outputs for connection to home theater / stereo components.