How to Connect a Mac to a DirecTV
- 1). Insert the software disc included with the TV tuner adapter into the disc drive on your Mac. Click the "Continue" button in the Installer window that appears and click the "Macintosh HD" entry as the destination for the software and drivers. Click "Install" to copy the viewing software and necessary drivers to your computer.
- 2). Insert the USB end of the TV tuner adapter into one of the open USB ports on your Mac.
- 3). Connect one end of the coaxial cable to the "RF OUT" jack on the rear of your DirecTV receiver. Fasten the other end of the cable to the RF jack on the side of the TV tuner adapter.
- 4). Turn on your receiver and open the software program included with the TV tuner adapter. Click the "TV" option in the menu that appears, then click "Live TV" to begin viewing the feed from your DirecTV service on your display.
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