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R e c o r d i n g P r o g r a m s : T h e B a s i c s
Program Information Screen
In the Program Guide, highlighting a program title (that is not currently playing) and
pressing SELECT displays some information about the program. You can also choose
“Season Pass & other options” to get to the Program Information screen. The Program
Information screen includes a brief description of the selected program. It also shows the
program’s start time, channel, duration, ratings, advisories, and other attributes. For more
details on a given program, press INFO at a Program Information screen. The Program
Details screen appears.
If you have given a program a Thumb rating, Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down icons appear at
the top of the Program Information screen. You can change the rating here by pressing
THUMBS UP or THUMBS DOWN.
Ratings and Advisories
. The Program Information screen shows ratings and advisories
for the selected program. For a description of movie and television ratings, and of
television advisories, see “Parental Controls” on page 90. A movie may also have
advisories, regardless of whether it has a rating. The following movie advisory codes may
appear in parentheses after the description:
Other attributes
. Other attributes may appear in parentheses after the description of a
program. These may include genre information or technical notes such as CC (for closed
captioning), letterbox (which means the program is broadcast in letterbox, a wide-screen
format) and Dolby Digital.
AC: Adult Content
SC: Sexual Content
N: Nudity
AL: Adult Language
MV: Mild Violence
BN: Brief Nudity
GL: Graphic Language
GV: Graphic Violence
RP: Rape
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