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USER

GUIDE

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Page 1: ...MSN TV SERVICE Printed in Mexico USER GUIDE 01 RCA UG CVR qxd 4 8 02 12 15 PM Page 1 ...

Page 2: ...rein may be trademarks of their respective owners The example companies organizations products domain names e mail addresses logos people places and events depicted herein are fictitious No association with any real company organization product domain name e mail address logo person place or event is intended or inferred 2002 Microsoft Corporation All rights reserved 900 01065 100 TOCOM 15912070 0...

Page 3: ...5 Search 15 Going directly to a Web site 17 Getting Help 19 E mail Sending mail on the Internet 21 E mail at a glance 23 Reading your e mail 24 Writing an e mail message 25 E mail addresses vs Web addresses 26 Correcting spelling errors 27 Using the Address book 29 Adding an address to the Address book 30 Addressing a message using the Address book 30 Editing your messages cut copy and paste 31 Co...

Page 4: ...g a Web page 44 Editing an existing Web page 45 Printing a Web page or e mail message 46 Discussion groups chat rooms and MSN Messenger 47 Discussion groups chat rooms and Messenger 49 Discussion groups 50 Joining a discussion group 50 Posting a new topic 52 Posting a response 52 Chat rooms 53 Joining an existing chat room 53 Making side comments whispering 54 Creating a new chat room 55 Messenger...

Page 5: ...t options 65 Billing information and payment options 66 Viewing your billing statements online 66 Payment options 66 Adding users to your account 67 Updates Getting the latest features 68 Using an ISP to connect to MSN TV service 69 Index 71 ...

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Page 7: ...20 MINUTES MSN TV SERVICE IN OR LESS Turning on the Receiver Basics The Home Page Using E mail Visiting Web sites Getting Help ...

Page 8: ... ll find everything you need to start exploring the MSN TV service For an overview of the service s features just read the sections of this chapter in order try the suggested steps and check out all the cool things to see ...

Page 9: ...d or you may have access to features that are not documented in this guide While future changes may render sections of this guide out of date you can always get the latest instructions from the on screen help available throughout the MSN TV service See Getting Help on p 19 To start using the Internet Receiver 1 Turn on your television 2 Press the MSN TV button on your Internet Receiver s remote co...

Page 10: ...ard have Arrows you can use either Then you press the OK button on your remote control or the Return key if you are using a wireless keyboard Now let s try it 1 Starting from the Home page use the Arrow buttons on your remote control or keyboard to move the yellow box to the word E mail near the top left corner of the page Placing the yellow box around an item is called selecting it 2 Press the OK...

Page 11: ...Press the Back button on your remote control or keyboard The last page you saw appears in this case your Home page The Home button Getting Home from anywhere Like the Back button you use the Home Clear button to move around The Home Clear button takes you directly to the Home page from any page There is a Home key on the keyboard and a Home Clear button on the remote control The Back and Home butt...

Page 12: ...the Home Clear button on your remote control or the Home key on your keyboard NOTE If you stay on one page for a while you might have to reconnect to the MSN TV service before you can move to another page When this happens this message appears on your screen To continue press OK or Return Then wait while your Internet Receiver reconnects to the MSN TV service 10 THE HOME PAGE ...

Page 13: ...s on all MSN TV service features Go to information centers on a variety of topics Search the Web or go directly to a Web site Join chat groups Collect your favorite Web sites Exchange instant online messages with your friends Search the Web by category Switch to another user View or change account information Change your password add users and change other settings ...

Page 14: ...ce provides an e mail program that lets you exchange messages on the Internet with anyone who has an e mail address Let s take a look at the features of the Mail page 1 If you re not already there go to the Home page If you re not sure how to get to the Home page see page 9 USING MAIL 12 Select E mail then press OK or Return when you want to write an e mail message ...

Page 15: ...ading your mail writing a new message or managing your Address book This is your Mail list the list of e mail messages sent to you Use Write when you want to compose a message Use Clean up to save or get rid of old messages Use Help for a beginner s overview detailed instructions and frequently asked questions about E mail Use Settings to personalize the way your Mail service looks and works Use A...

Page 16: ...remote control or keyboard to see the text hidden off the bottom of the screen 2 When you decide to stop reading select Mail list from the left side of the page then press OK or Return You return to the main E mail page From there you could select another message to read write a new message or use any of the other E mail features For now let s move on There s much more to see 3 Press the Home butt...

Page 17: ...o directly to a Web page if you know its address the www address com style address Search Let s try it We ll start by searching for a Web site 1 If you re not already there go to the Home page 2 Make sure the yellow selection box is on the text box labeled Type search words or a Web address Using your wireless keyboard type the phrase antique auto show then press Return VISITING WEB SITES Type a w...

Page 18: ... your search you ll see a next button on the right hand side of the page Select this button and press Return to see the next page of results Select any site from the list that looks interesting then press Return The Web site you selected appears From there you can use the Back button to return to the search results list and try another site or you can use the Home button to return to the Home page...

Page 19: ...address from the Home page 1 If you re not already there go to the Home page 2 Make sure the yellow selection box is on the text box labeled Type search words or a Web address Using your wireless keyboard type the address of a Web site you wish to visit for this example type www msnbc com to go to the MSNBC Web site then press Return After a short time the Web site you requested appears If you re ...

Page 20: ... keyboard or the on screen keyboard to type this text 5 Press Return or select continue and press OK if you are using the on screen keyboard After a few moments you ll see MSNBC s Web site at the address www msnbc com You can use the go to button on the Options panel to go to any Web address From the MSNBC Web page as from any Web page you can use the Back button on your remote control or keyboard...

Page 21: ...nd most of the other pages in the MSN TV service Help provides comprehensive guides that offer beginner s tours detailed step by step instructions and answers to frequently asked questions Or you can simply start exploring You know how to select an item and press OK or Return You know how to use the Home Clear button and the Back button So you really can t get lost Have fun GETTING HELP Help provi...

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Page 23: ...E MAIL SENDING MAIL ON THE INTERNET E mail at a glance Reading your e mail Writing an e mail message Using the Address book Editing messages cut copy and paste ...

Page 24: ...et equivalent of the post office When you send e mail you write messages check your spelling and send them to anyone who has an e mail address People can send you messages at your e mail address from any place at any time too ...

Page 25: ...GLANCE Write a new message Open your Address book send a message to someone in your Address book or add a new address Customize the way your E mail system works and set up folders where you can store messages Discard or save messages See a basic overview detailed step by step instructions and answers to frequently asked questions about E mail Your message list Provides links to Web sites that let ...

Page 26: ... the Scroll buttons on your remote control or keyboard to move up and down the message Once you ve finished reading the message you have a number of options presented to the left of the message 24 READING YOUR E MAIL Return to the Mail list leaving the message you re reading in your Mail list Go to the next or previous message in your Mail list if you have more than one message See detailed instru...

Page 27: ...ing without sending it You can send an e mail message to anyone whose e mail address you know To send an e mail 1 From your Home page select E mail then press OK or Return 2 Select Write from the left side of the page then press OK or Return A new blank message appears NOTE Although you can use your remote control to type using an on screen keyboard see page 16 it s much easier to type using your ...

Page 28: ...ou don t need to press Return at the end of each line The text will move down automatically When you re finished typing your message select Send lower right corner of the page then press Return You may have to scroll down to see the Send button E mail addresses versus Web addresses When you send e mail you send it to someone s e mail address for example someone microsoft com Web sites have similar...

Page 29: ...row keys to scroll through the list of Suggested Corrections If you see the correct spelling of the word select it from the list then press Return 3 If there are no suggested corrections for a misspelled word or if none of the suggestions is correct type your own correction in the area labeled Possible Misspelling select the Change button right side of the page then press Return You automatically ...

Page 30: ...rn You automatically move to the next possible misspelling 6 If you skip a word and then realize that you have misspelled it select Previous then press Return to go back to the last questionable word 7 When you finish checking for spelling errors a message indicates that the spell check is complete Select Done then press Return You automatically return to your e mail message You can now send the m...

Page 31: ...ess book To open the Address book 1 Select Address from the left side of the Mail list page Your Address book appears USING THE ADDRESS BOOK Write and send a new message to this address Add a new address to the Address book Look up e mail addresses directory assistance for e mail See detailed instructions for using your Address book Return to the Mail list Edit this address ...

Page 32: ... you want to add to your Address book select the name of the sender shown in blue in the From line of a message then press OK or Return The sender s name and address are added to your Address book Addressing a message using the Address book To use the Address book to address a message 1 From the Home page select E mail then press Return 2 Select Write on the left side of the page then press Return...

Page 33: ...1 Using the wireless keyboard select all of the text from the message or Web page by holding the Cmd key while pressing the A key Pressing Cmd A selects all the text on a page 2 To copy the selected text hold the Cmd key while pressing the C key Pressing Cmd C copies the selected text 3 To paste the copied text follow the instructions on page 32 for Pasting cut or copied text To copy one or more w...

Page 34: ...ys to select the text you want to remove 3 To remove the selected text from your message hold the Cmd key while pressing the X key Pressing Cmd X removes the text from your message Pasting cut or copied text Once you ve copied or cut a chunk of text you can paste it anywhere in an e mail message that you re writing To insert text into an e mail message that you re writing 1 Using the Arrow keys on...

Page 35: ...WEB SITES VISITING CREATING The Home page Searching the Web Going directly to a Web site Favorites Shopping on the Web Microsoft Passport Publishing your own Web page Printing ...

Page 36: ... are all made possible by the Internet By using the MSN TV service to visit Web sites you can find out about almost any topic you can think of you can purchase products from sources around the world and you can get up to the minute news weather sports stock quotes or just about any kind of information you need In this chapter we ll look at the Web on the MSN TV service ...

Page 37: ...ail list Collect your favorite Web sites Join a chat room Find basic tours detailed instructions and answers to popular questions Search for a specific Web site or for information on a particular topic Exchange instant online messages with your friends Find information on a variety of topics Shows when a page is being loaded See headlines and hot tips Select them and press OK or Return to see deta...

Page 38: ...the text box labeled Type search words or a Web address Using your wireless keyboard type a word or phrase to search for then press Return After you type a phrase and press Return you see a list of all the sites the Search tool found on the topic you entered This list is called the search results 3 Look through the search results Scroll down if necessary to see the rest of the search results page ...

Page 39: ...e Search button on your keyboard The Search page appears 2 Select a category Hobbies or Sports for example and press Return 3 Complete your search on the page that appears For example you might search for baseball Web sites in the Sports category Search tips Finding what you want on the Web is a matter of learning to search for the right words Here are a few tips Be specific General terms will ret...

Page 40: ... com then press OK or Return Or 1 Press Menu Options on your remote control or Options on your keyboard The Options panel appears 2 Select go to from the Options panel then press OK or Return The Address panel appears 3 Type the address of the Web site you want to visit Notice that the http part of the address is already filled in for you Just type the part of the address that starts with www 4 Se...

Page 41: ...wing including the Web address and when the page was last updated Lets you look for a specific word or phrase on the page you re viewing Save the Web page you re viewing in your Favorites folder see page 40 E mail the address of the Web page you re viewing to someone else Send an instant message to a friend see page 56 Print the page you re viewing works for e mail messages and Web pages see page ...

Page 42: ...ions button on your remote control or keyboard The Options panel appears 3 Select the save button from the Options panel then press OK or Return A panel appears in which you can choose a folder to hold the saved Web site 4 Select a folder then press OK or Return A checkmark appears marking the folder you chose 5 Select Save Page then press OK or Return This Web site is now stored in your Favorites...

Page 43: ...OK or Return 4 Select the Web site then press OK or Return As your collection of favorite Web sites grows you might want to create new folders to organize your collection See the Help available from the Favorites page for detailed instructions on creating and arranging folders Add a new folder for your saved favorites Create your own organizing scheme by creating and naming folders for your favori...

Page 44: ...s secure and offer a guarantee for safe credit card transactions over the Internet Never give personal or financial information to anyone you do not know The MSN TV service provides a reasonably secure environment for Internet shopping or personal banking with Web sites that provide secure transactions But the same level of security may not exist on all Web sites outside the MSN TV service Even th...

Page 45: ...sport When you choose the Passport sign in logo you ll be asked for your name and password Once you ve signed in to one Web site you ll automatically be signed in to other sites that use Passport Note that the sites you visit using your Passport are not part of the MSN TV service Therefore the MSN TV service Statement of Privacy does not apply to these sites Go to www passport com for additional i...

Page 46: ... a few choices from Page Builder s set of options add text and images and publish Creating a Web page To create a Web page you use Page Builder s tools Page Builder explains the process of creating a Web page step by step There are also detailed instructions available from the Help option on the Page Builder page Here s an overview of the steps 1 From the Home page select Page Builder then press O...

Page 47: ... Your Web page is now on the World Wide Web TIP Once you ve published your Web page a page appears that tells you your Web page s address Write down this address so you can give it to people who want to visit your Web page It s a good idea to save your Web page as a Favorite see page 40 so that you can get back to it easily Editing an existing Web page You can use Page Builder to edit any Web page...

Page 48: ...the Web page or e mail message you want to print press Menu Options on your remote control or Options on your keyboard The Options panel appears 2 Select Print then press OK or Return The Print panel appears with the Print button selected 3 To print all of the current Web page or e mail message press OK or Return To print only the image on your TV screen select Print Screen then press OK or Return...

Page 49: ... Joining discussion groups Using chat rooms Exchanging instant messages MSN MESSENGER DISCUSSION GROUPS CHAT ROOMS ...

Page 50: ...ptions for communicating with people on the Internet In addition to e mail which you use to exchange letters over the Internet you can communicate using Discussion groups Chat rooms MSN Messenger In this chapter we ll explore each of these options ...

Page 51: ...if anyone has posted an answer for you Chat rooms are public places on the Internet where groups of people type messages to each other Chat rooms and discussion groups are alike in that they are public forums where people exchange messages about specific topics Unlike discussion groups chat rooms are live That is people who are online at the same time read and respond to each other s messages imme...

Page 52: ...e on screen keyboard to type messages for discussion groups it s much easier to use your wireless keyboard The instructions in this section assume you re using a wireless keyboard Joining a discussion group Before you can read or post messages in a discussion group you have to join the group To join a discussion group 1 From the Home page select Discuss then press Return You may have to choose Mor...

Page 53: ...plete list of discussions then press Return Use the Look for box at the bottom of the page to search for a group on any topic See a complete list of available discussion groups See some of the most popular discussion groups Search for a discussion group on a particular topic Get complete instructions and a few tips on dis cussion group etiquette ...

Page 54: ...er that your message can be read by anyone who visits this discussion group Posting a response To post a response 1 Join a discussion group using the instructions on page 50 2 Select a posting to read then press Return 3 Select Respond from the left side of the page then press Return Notice that the subject line is already filled in for you because you are responding to the current subject 4 Type ...

Page 55: ...ng an existing chat room To join a chat room 1 From the Home page select Chat from the top of the page then press Return The first time you enter Chat you see an introduction to Chat When you complete the introduction you see the Chat page The Chat page lets you choose from some popular rooms or search for a room that interests you 2 Find a chat room you d like to enter then press Return You can l...

Page 56: ...t room if you d like to send a comment to one person without letting anyone else in the room see your comment you can whisper to that person To whisper to someone 1 Starting from inside a chat room select Whisper from the left side of the page then press Return A list of the people in the chat room appears on the left side of the page 2 Select the person you want to whisper to 3 Type your message ...

Page 57: ...anel appears asking you to type a name and topic for your new chat room and to choose a category for the room 4 To choose a category select the Category menu and press Return Type a name for the room you want to create then press the Down Arrow on your keyboard and type a description of your topic 5 If you d like your room to be unlisted so that only people you inform know about it select Make thi...

Page 58: ...ing messenger and pressing Return or simply by pressing Cmd Y on the keyboard The Messenger panel appears 3 To send a message to one of the people on your buddy list see page 57 for more information select a buddy from the list then press Return To send a message to someone who is not on your buddy list select Contact then press Return Then type that person s name and e mail address 4 Type your me...

Page 59: ...hotmail com If the address is for someone you can contact with MSN Messenger an Instant Message Settings page appears 6 Select friend is your buddy select Continue then press Return A page appears telling you that the person has been added to your buddy list 7 Select Continue then press Return Your Address book reappears with the name and address you just entered 8 Select Messenger then press Retu...

Page 60: ...tton on your keyboard The Options panel appears 2 Select messenger then press OK or Return The Messenger panel appears 3 Select the tab labeled Buddy Request and press OK or Return 4 To accept the invitation select Allow then press OK or Return You are added to the person s buddy list and they will be able to tell when you are connected to the MSN TV service Or to decline the invitation select Don...

Page 61: ...ect messenger then press OK or Return The Messenger panel appears 3 Select Settings then press OK or Return The Messenger Settings page appears 4 Select one of the options from the right side of the page then press OK or Return To stop all Messenger activity select Turn MSN Messenger Off then press OK or Return To choose whether you can be contacted by just your buddies or by anyone select Change ...

Page 62: ...ist See page 61 To block someone from sending you instant messages 1 When you receive a message from someone you ll see a notice scroll across the bottom of the screen Press Options on your keyboard 2 Select messenger then press OK or Return A page appears displaying the message being sent to you 3 Select Block from the Messenger panel then press OK or Return A page appears allowing you to block t...

Page 63: ...isting for the person you want to remove select Change then press OK or Return A Change Entry page appears 5 Select Instant message settings then press OK or Return 6 Select friend is your Buddy and press OK or Return to remove the checkmark then select Continue and press OK or Return A page appears telling you that the person you entered has been removed from your buddy list 7 Select Done then pr...

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Page 65: ... Account options Billing information and payment options Adding users to your account Getting feature updates Using an ISP ACCOUNT YOUR MSN TV SERVICE ...

Page 66: ...For your convenience the MSN TV service provides tools for managing your account right from the Home page ...

Page 67: ...k when you are billed how much you owe on your account and so on To view your account details or make changes to your payment method or your account information address phone number etc 1 From the Home page select Account then press OK or Return The Your account page appears 2 The available options are described To go to one of the options select it then press OK or Return ACCOUNT OPTIONS ...

Page 68: ... press OK or Return 2 Select Billing statement then press OK or Return Payment options You have a choice of three payment methods You can pay by using a credit card VISA MasterCard Discover and American Express cards are accepted a debit card also known as a bank card ATM card or check card VISA and MasterCard debit cards are accepted an automatic check payment This option automatically withdraws ...

Page 69: ...Friendly technology child protection features designed to make the Web a safer place for children To add a new user to your account 1 From the Home page select Switch User from the options near the top of the page then press OK or Return If this is the first time you have selected Switch User a page appears telling you about adding users to your account Select Add Users Now then press OK or Return...

Page 70: ...software update To get the latest features 1 Select Update Now or Go Ahead when you see one of these notices then press OK or Return NOTE As your MSN TV service is updated you may see pages that have changed or you may have access to features that are not documented in this guide While future improvements may render sections of this guide out of date you can always get the latest instructions from...

Page 71: ... the ISP s number instead of the MSN TV service number each time you connect You get the same MSN TV service experience the only differences are The Internet Receiver dials a different local phone number You are billed for both the MSN TV service and the ISP service If you use an ISP you receive two bills each month one from your ISP and one from us which is discounted to compensate for the fact t...

Page 72: ...PPP and PAP Offer a fixed cost service Offer technical support for connecting Support the V 90 modem standard When setting up an account with an ISP get the following information The name of the ISP The user name to use with your ISP this may be different from your MSN TV service user name Your ISP password this may be different from your MSN TV service password A local dial up access phone number...

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Page 74: ...playing 12 editing cut copy paste 31 32 features 12 14 23 printing 46 reading 14 24 writing 25 26 Favorites adding to 40 visiting 41 Help 19 Home Clear button 9 Home page displaying 7 features 11 35 using 10 instant messages 56 Internet Service Provider see ISP Internet Receiver turning on 7 reconnecting to MSN TV service 10 ISP using to connect to MSN TV service 69 70 joining a chat room 53 joini...

Page 75: ...y invitations on Messenger 58 searching 15 16 36 37 Select and OK 8 shopping on the Web 42 shortcuts to MSN TV service features 39 spell checking e mail 27 28 updates 68 Wallet 43 Web sites accessing directly 39 creating 44 45 editing 45 searching 15 16 36 37 Favorites 40 41 printing 46 publishing 44 45 shopping 42 whispering in chat rooms 54 writing e mail 25 ...

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