Tips & Tricks

The DIRECTV iPad® App already puts the ultimate entertainment experience at your fingertips. And now you can see and comment on what your friends are watching.

With DIRECTV, you can now track your fantasy football team on NFL.com in real time right on your TV screen.

If you love music and haven’t experienced Pandora, you’re in for a treat. Pandora lets you create your own radio stations that play only the music you like. Just enter an artist, composer, or track, and Pandora creates a virtual radio station that plays that artist, composer, or track and also introduces you to new music based on your entry. You can create as many stations as you want to suit whatever you’re in the mood for.

Our Energy Star-certified receivers have always consumed as little power as possible, and now they consume even less. With the latest updates to our HD DVR, HD, or DVR (model R22) receivers, you no longer have to worry about your receiver remaining on and consuming power if you’ve fallen asleep while watching TV.

Know the score. You can watch only one game at a time, but that doesn’t mean you can’t stay on top of all the scores. DIRECTV’s ScoreGuide™ let’s you do just that.

If you’ve ever used the Search feature to find a movie, actor or favorite team, did you know that you can find recently performed searches with just a few clicks of your remote?

You probably have a shortlist of channels you watch all the time. QuickTune lets you build your very own channel guide with just those channels. Talk about quick access!

With a DIRECTV DVR receiver, you can increase your recording capacity simply by connecting an external hard drive. We show you how.

Get fast access to your most-watched channels by creating a Favorites list. It just takes a few clicks, and once you’re done, you’ll be able to get to your favorite channels in a jiff.

Ever wonder what that blue button on your remote is for? It’s your key to the one-line channel guide. It takes only a fraction of the screen so it doesn’t get in the way of the picture.