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The most powerful feature of the DIRECTV PLUS
digital satellite receiver is the on-screen guides.
You may customize the on-screen guide you can see a page of channels or program listings to include
only programs of interest to you. Other advanced features available from the on-screen guides, such as
scheduling and program information, will help plan your viewing. Continue reading to learn the real
power of the digital satellite receiver’s on-screen guides. At any time you can press the
key to
display the current on-screen guide.
The on-screen guides are not accessible from the front panel keys. However, the front panel
key
will access the
INFORMATION
screen described later in this chapter if it is being pressed in
response to a message such as "Press
to order."
This digital satellite receiver offers a variety of on-screen guides. Each guide has its own design to
make finding programs of interest an easy task. These guides include the
PROGRAM GUIDE
(SM.CELL)
,
PROGRAM GUIDE (LG. CELL)
,
TITLE GUIDE,
and
LOGO GUIDE.
The digital
satellite receiver also offers the
WATCHWORD™ GUIDE
.
Each guide can be filtered into smaller channel groupings, as specified in your personalized favorite
Channel Lists
. You can also reduce the displayed listing by specifying a
Theme
of interest, and then
narrow the offerings further by specifying a type within the
Theme
. Additional settings, such as
Guide
Times
and
Classes
, may be specified to determine the guide content. A full description of the filtering
options can be found later in this chapter.
Choosing the Guide Style
To display on-screen guides, press the
key. Press the
key again to display or remove the
guide pop-up menu. The guide menu provides buttons to access the
MAIN MENU
, exit to
Video
, ways to narrow your search, and
Guide Style
.
To choose a guide style, simply highlight the
Guide Style
button and
press
. A pop-up menu offering each of the guide styles will
be displayed. Highlight your selection and press the
key. The
guide will be redrawn to display your selection.
Familiarize yourself with the benefits of each guide style:
PROGRAM GUIDE (SM. CELL)
- This guide style displays
several rows of channels with columns indicating the time period of the programming. Cells occupy
the main portion of the screen with program titles in them. This layout makes it very easy to see what
programming at what time is being offered. The "SM. CELL" portion of the guide style name refers to
the fact that there is only one line of text associated with each program title. While this could cause the
title to be cut short, it also allows for a large number of channels to be displayed simultaneously.
PROGRAM GUIDE (LG. CELL)
- This guide style, like the SM. CELL style, displays several rows
of channels with columns indicating the time period of the programming. Cells occupy the main
portion of the screen with program titles in them. This layout makes it very easy to see what
programming at what time is being offered. The "LG. CELL" portion of the guide style name refers to
THE ON-SCREEN
GUIDES
6
The Guide pop-up menu
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