Picture in Picture with Direct TV and DVR?

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The Wise and Powerful Pokey sent the following:
> I'm a newbie to Direct TV and I got a Samsung SIR 4040 DVR with the
> system. The DVR has 2 tuners that you can switch back and forth from.
> My Sony TV has Picture In Picture, but I can't find a way to get it
> to work with the DVR. When I bring up PIP it just shows what's on the
> Tuner I'm watching.
> Has anybody been able to use PIP?
>
> Thanks.

PIP is a cable only 'feature'

Your DVR has 2 tuners, but only a single output...

Use the guide and surf the channels while the little window shows what is on
on your currect channel.

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