If you are self-installing a Set-Top Box or DVR, follow the Self-Install User Guide that came with your equipment. If you've misplaced your guide, download a PDF of the Self-Install User Guide (1 MB)

Have you completed all the preliminary steps and now need to activate your equipment?
Follow the online activation steps. Activation takes approximately 30 minutes.

For instructions on how to program your remote control, select your remote from the list below:

• Verizon P265
• Philips RC 1445301 or 1445302
• Motorola DRC800
• Scientific Atlanta AT8550

If don't know the make and model of your remote, see pictures of remote controls to identify the type of remote you have.

Instead of scrolling through the entire channel lineup to find your most-watched channels, you can create a Favorite Channels list and access it using your remote control:

1. Using your remote, select the Menu button. The Main Menu is displayed on your TV screen.
2. Use the Arrow buttons to highlight Settings and press OK or Select.
3. Highlight Favorite Channels and press OK or Select.
4. Highlight Add/Remove Channels and press OK or Select.
5. Highlight a channel you want to include on your Favorite Channels list, press OK or Select. Repeat this step for all channels you want to include on your list.
   
   A heart-shaped icon appears next to each channel that you have selected to be on your list.
   
   To deselect a channel, highlight the channel and press OK or Select. The heart-shaped icon disappears indicating that you've deleted it from your list.

Visit TV Programming, Video on Demand and Pay Per View, Parental Controls, and Interactive TV to learn how to set up and use these FiOS TV features.