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Page 1: ...THE FUTURE NOW SHOWING Union Information System Digital TV ...

Page 2: ... Guide Copyright 2005 2013 MS Communications IPG screen images Copy right 2010 Minerva Networks Inc Used with permission All rights reserved Portions Copyright Advanced Digital Broadcasting ADB Amino Communications Ltd Entone Inc and Universal Electronics Inc Used with permission All rights reserved All other images copyright and or trademark of their respective owner s Dolby and the double D symb...

Page 3: ...The Infobar 8 Go To The Infobar 8 Using the Infobar 9 4 Menubar 10 Introducing the Menubar 10 Go To the Menubar 10 Understanding the Menubar 10 5 Guide 12 Guide Layout 12 Introducing Guide 13 Go To Guide 13 Getting Around Guide 13 Favorites List in Guide 13 HDTV Programming 13 6 Guide Alerts Recording 14 Introducing Guide Recording 14 Setting a Reminder Autotune or Recording 14 Editing a Recording...

Page 4: ...g Recordings 27 Recorded Programs Locking or Unlocking a Recording 27 Recorded Programs Deleting a Recording 28 Recorded Programs Stopping a Program Currently Recording 28 To Record 28 To Record Sort Future Recordings 29 To Record Canceling a Future Scheduled Recording 29 Schedule Priority 29 Schedule Priority Changing Schedule Priority 29 Schedule Event 30 Schedule Event Editing a Scheduled Event...

Page 5: ...ders 41 Go To Reminders 41 Cancel a Reminder or Autotune 41 Introducing Messages 42 Go To Messages 42 Reading a Message 42 Introducing Caller ID 43 Go To Caller ID 43 Deleting a Caller ID Entry 43 12 Controls 44 Introducing Controls 44 Turning Controls On 44 Turning Controls Off 44 Turning Controls On Again 45 13 Settings 46 Introducing Settings 46 Go To Settings 46 Activating Parental Control 46 ...

Page 6: ...rites List 56 Delete a Favorites List 56 16 Search 57 Introducing Search 57 Go To Search 57 Search For A Program 57 Set Top Box 59 ADB 3721 WN Set Top Box 59 ADB 3800 Set Top Box 60 ADB 5721 WNX Set Top Box 61 ADB 5810 Set Top Box 62 Movie Ratings 63 MPAA Motion Picture Association of America Ratings System 63 TV Ratings 64 TV Parental Guidelines Ratings System 64 Program Ratings 64 Content Rating...

Page 7: ...re use VOL Adjust volume MUTE Toggle audio on or off Number Pad Enter a channel number or PIN System Buttons For future use POWER Turn a selected device on or off Playback Controls Control playback of DVD DVR or VoD RECORD Begin DVR recording INFO Display the Infobar OK Enter a choice you have made EXIT Close any screen and return to TV PG Jump Guide 1 page up or down CH Change the channel VOD Dis...

Page 8: ...e CH button will change channels up or down one at a time The Number Pad can be used to directly enter a channel number GUIDE will display Guide so you can find a program you like If the program is on now you tune to the channel showing it If not you can set a scheduled event to remind you when it does come on If your set top box supports recording you can schedule a recording for the program For ...

Page 9: ... your equipment To perform an automatic code search follow these steps Automatic Search Automatic Search should only be undertaken if none of the brand codes work or your brand name is not listed To use the Automatic Search option follow these steps 1 Switch on your device Then press appropriate mode key for example if you want to set up a TV 2 Press and hold RCU SETUP until the mode key blinks tw...

Page 10: ...Red Bold Type when a graphic cannot be shown Color codes Icons Program listings may display icons based on settings for a particular program Program Attributes New Episode not a re run Program in High Definition Autotune Reminder Record Series Record Series Record Episode Skipped Closed Captioned Dolby Digital Audio Favorite Alert Symbol Lock Program Live TV Whole Home DVR Record and Series Record...

Page 11: ... features are the same This User s Guide uses the NuBlu skin and your on screen program guide for your Union Information Systems Digital TV Service displays a different skin Default4 1 as shown below You can change the Union Digital TV Default4 1 skin to match the NuBlu in the guide Default4 1 Union Information Systems Digital TV Service Guide Menu English NuBlu as shown in this User s Guide Guide...

Page 12: ...en push OK on your remote to select the NuBlu Step 3 Scroll down to Submit and press OK A message will appear saying that your settings were successfully updated Press OK Another message will state that a resource change has been detected which requires a reboot Press OK Your television system will go through the transition Your TV screen will be black with an active daisy wheel indicating changes...

Page 13: ...ols or that the Emergency Alert System is active Program Name Program Start Time End Time Rating Program Summary Additional Program Information Indicates the type of program movie sports etc Closed Captioning Dolby Digital audio and year of original release Current Favorites List Director Stars Coming Up The detailed Infobar will list the director and stars of a program along with the name of the ...

Page 14: ... To The Infobar There are three ways to make the basic Infobar appear Press INFO on your remote control Press the Up or Down Arrow Keys on your remote control The basic Infobar will also appear any time you change channels Once the Infobar is active press INFO again to display the detailed Infobar It adds information on directors actors and the name of the next program ...

Page 15: ... rather watch on another channel press OK to tune to that channel Step 2b See What s On Later Press the Right Arrow Key to scroll ahead to upcoming programs for the channel listed on the Infobar Press OK while viewing info on a future program to bring up these options Press the Left Arrow Key to scroll back to the current channel listing To exit the Infobar completely press Exit on your remote Not...

Page 16: ...e For information on Guide please see section 5 Guide To record or edit a recording please see section 6 Guide Record PPV jumps directly to the Pay Per View channels in the program guide For information on PPV please see section 9 Pay Per View DVR allows you to watch existing recordings access a list of scheduled recordings and edit and sort both You can also create a recording Schedule Event and ...

Page 17: ... blocked channels determining how things appear on the screen such as TV caller ID and creating editing and deleting user accounts For information on Settings see section 13 Settings Sign Out allows you to sign out of the current user account This only appears if you are using the Enable Login option under Settings Preferences have multiple user accounts and have signed in with a user name and pas...

Page 18: ...uide Highlight Indicates what program listing is currently in focus Program Listings Shows channel number channel abbreviation and program listings for each channel Program listings may include icons to indicate a setting or feature for a particular program Listing Date Time Shows the date and time divided into 30 minute increments for the programs currently shown in Guide 5 Guide Guide Layout ...

Page 19: ...rent highlighted show on the Guide in the upper left corner of your TV screen To view the program full screen press OK again Continuing to press the Guide key on your remote will switch the Favorite list to All Subscribed HD and any Favorites lists that you create This causes Guide to only display the channels included on each list Cycling to All will display all available programming Press EXIT t...

Page 20: ...e channel number time type of timer Recording Reminder or Autotune and frequency of the event See 7 Recording and 8 DVR for more details on Schedule Event Setting a Reminder Autotune or Recording Step 1 Pick a Program Find the future program you want Highlight its listing and press OK A pop up menu will appear Note The pop up may appear different depending if your STB is DVR enabled or what type o...

Page 21: ... will appear on your screen telling you that you have a Reminder Press INFO to display the Reminder Highlight the button showing the program name and press OK to watch the program Highlight Cancel and press OK to ignore the Reminder Step 4b Your Autotune Just before the program begins a message will display giving you the option to tune in or cancel 6 Guide Alerts Recording ...

Page 22: ...when the recording begins or ends This ensures nothing is missed in case the broadcaster s time doesn t precisely match up with yours Step 1 Pick an Upcoming Recording Locate the program to be recorded Highlight its listing and press OK Step 2 Edit Recording From the options shown for this program highlight Edit Recording and press OK Step 3 Select Start End Times Arrow Up or Down to choose Start ...

Page 23: ...de of a favorite program Step 1 Pick a Program Find any episode of the series you want to record Highlight the program listing and press OK Step 2 Set the Recording Highlight Record Series and press OK Step 3 Return To Guide Once you have set the series recording you will be returned to Guide The program listing now shows an icon next to the program s name Series Recording set Every upcoming episo...

Page 24: ...ck a Series Recording Locate any program in the series to be recorded Highlight its listing and press OK Step 2 Edit Series Recording From the options shown for this program highlight Edit Series Recording and press OK Step 3 Adjust Series Recording Options Arrow Up or Down to choose an option and press OK Once you see arrows above and below the options setting box Arrow Up or Down to adjust that ...

Page 25: ...thing other than all the system will delete the oldest recorded episode of the series once the limit is reached Once you have adjusted the series settings highlight OK and press OK to save your changes Skipping an Episode Once you have created a series recording you can manually skip any episode Step 1 Pick the Episode Locate the episode in the series you want to skip Highlight its listing and pre...

Page 26: ...ep 2 Cancel the Event Depending on the type of event you are canceling your options will be or Highlight the option you want and press OK Step 3 Return to Guide After you press OK you will return to the Guide Additional Information on Canceling Events A list of your Reminders and Autotunes is located in 11 My Library Reminders and can be canceled from there To cancel scheduled recordings see 8 DVR...

Page 27: ...he program is currently on recording will begin immediately The program will be recorded until it is scheduled to finish To manually stop the recording before it is finished press STOP If the program comes on in the future your system will record the program for you automatically General Guidelines About Recordings Your TV can even be turned off and recording will take place You can record one pro...

Page 28: ... of the program The PLT bar appears whenever you pause rewind or fast forward live TV The center area indicates the amount of TV saved The I bar shows where you are within that range The far left box indicates the current playback function The far right box indicates the current time DVR Playback Controller Any time you press one of the Playback Control Buttons while watching a previously recorded...

Page 29: ...ed Event option from the pop up menu The Schedule Event screen is populated from the channel you were watching and will change when you select a future program in the Guide Option 2 Press MENU on your remote control navigate to DVR then scroll down to Schedule Event and press OK Configuring the Schedule Event Screen The information the date program name channel time and frequency of recording is l...

Page 30: ... the Schedule Event screen and press OK on your remote You will be returned to DVR menu and press Exit to return to the Guide See 8 DVR Schedule Event for details on editing the Schedule Event screen Record By Search Navigate to the Menubar by pressing the Menu button highlighting the Search icon and press OK See 16 Search for complete details on Search Once the Search topic is found navigate to t...

Page 31: ...ograms you have already recorded Go here to watch sort lock or delete these recorded programs VIEW RECORDINGS To Record lists all Recording events you have scheduled and allows you to sort or cancel any future recording events VIEW FUTURE RECORDINGS Schedule Priority allows you to give priority for one series recording over another in the event of a scheduling conflict Schedule Event allows you to...

Page 32: ... recording you want to watch and press OK Step 2 Play the Recording Highlight Play Recording and press OK Step 3 Watch the Recording You will exit to your recording as it begins playing The Infobar will appear for a few seconds with a green icon to the right to indicate you are playing a recording While watching your recording you can use any of the Playback Control Buttons on your remote just as ...

Page 33: ... to shift the highlight to the left Highlight the category you want to use to sort and press OK For example if you highlight Date and press OK your recordings will be sorted by the date recorded with oldest at the top and newest at the bottom You can reverse the sort order for any category by pressing OK again on that category Using the above example pressing OK again on Date would put your newest...

Page 34: ...2 Delete the Recording Highlight Delete Recording and press OK Step 3 Confirm Delete Highlight Yes and press OK to confirm or No if you change your mind Step 4 Recording Deleted Once you confirm the deletion the entry for that recording is removed from the list Note Once a recording has been deleted there is no way to get it back Recorded Programs Stopping a Program Currently Recording Step 1 Pick...

Page 35: ... event the entry for that recording event is removed from the list Schedule Priority When you create series recordings for different programs that may be scheduled for the same time Schedule Priority allows you to pre determine which program you want to be recorded instead of another To go to Schedule Priority highlight Schedule Priority and press OK Schedule Priority Changing Schedule Priority Sc...

Page 36: ...emote to end the edit When all screens are completed press OK on the screen to enter your information Record History Record History is a log of all events related to your recordings such as recording started recording completed or recording canceled Scroll down the DVR listings and highlight Record History and press OK Record History Reviewing Record History Press the Up and Down Arrow Keys on the...

Page 37: ...cording and 7 Recording for more details about recording You cannot control Pause Live TV from a non DVR set top box Non DVR Set Top Box Recordings List The Whole Home DVR icon will only appear on a set top box when the recording is not physically present That is a set top box that does not have the digital recording capability built into it To view the list of Whole Home DVR recordings go to the ...

Page 38: ...rding highlighted or Delete this Recording Click OK on the highlighted Keep this Recording You will then be returned to the DVR screen and the video will now be available in other rooms Step 2 Go to the bedroom s TV turn it on bring up the Menubar and scroll to DVR The first heading under DVR is Recorded Programs Arrow over to the recording you had been watching and push OK A screen will appear gi...

Page 39: ... lines big crowds expensive concessions and seats in the nose bleed section Go To Pay Per View Using the Arrow Keys on your remote scroll the menubar to PPV then press OK The PPV list will appear on the Guide menu Buying Pay Per View Step 1 Pick the Program Highlight the Pay Per View program you want to buy in Guide and press OK Step 2 Buy PPV Highlight Buy PPV and press OK ...

Page 40: ...are PPV and press OK For more information on Share PPV see section 13 Settings Finally highlight the Buy button and press OK Step 4 Watch Your Pay Per View You can now watch your Pay Per View program If you purchased your Pay Per View program in advance you can schedule an Autotune or Reminder so that you don t miss it For more information on setting Reminders and Autotunes see Setting a Reminder ...

Page 41: ...d just like a videotape or DVD Rental prices are comparable to prices at your local video store and some programs may even be free Go To Rentals Press MENU highlight Rentals and press OK Browsing Rentals VoD Rentals are grouped into categories and sub categories for convenience Step 1 Pick a Category The bottom left of your screen lists the main Rental categories Highlight a main category and pres...

Page 42: ...K Step 3 Confirm Your Rental The confirmation screen appears If you want other users to be able to watch this VoD Rental highlight the Share Rental check box and press OK Now highlight the text box next to Enter PIN and use the Number Pad to enter your PIN then highlight Rent and press OK to confirm your VoD Rental 10 Rentals ...

Page 43: ...ogram If you have already watched part of the program and want to pick up where you left off highlight Play From Last and press OK Controlling Rental Playback While watching a VoD Rental you can use the Playback Control Buttons on your remote to pause rewind fast forward or stop playback Press PAUSE to halt playback at the current point Press REWIND or FAST FORWARD to reverse or advance playback f...

Page 44: ...rded program the DVR playback controller is displayed The box to the left indicates the playback function in use The bar in the middle gives a visual representation of where you are in the recording The filled in portion of the progress bar indicates how much of the recording has been played 10 Rentals ...

Page 45: ...m here you can cancel a Reminder or Autotune Messages allows you to view any messages about your service Messages may inform you of promotional offers upcoming Video on Demand events service upgrades or billing alerts Caller ID offers access to a log of all calls you have received through Caller ID You can review Caller ID entries and delete individual entries Go To My Library Press MENU on your r...

Page 46: ...e already watched part of the program and want to pick up where you left off highlight Play From Last and press OK Introducing PPV Events PPV Events allows you to view a previously purchased program Go To PPV Arrow down to your topic and press OK All purchased Pay Per View programs are listed to the right Highlight the event you want to watch and press OK for information and viewing options 11 My ...

Page 47: ...t Reminders and press OK A list of your Reminders and Autotunes appears to the right Cancel a Reminder or Autotune Step 1 Pick the Program Highlight the Reminder or Autotune you want to cancel and press OK Step 2 Cancel the Autotune or Reminder Highlight Cancel Autotune or Cancel Reminder depending on the type of event you are canceling and press OK 11 My Library ...

Page 48: ...our screen Press INFO on your remote to display the message or press EXIT to ignore the alert and view the message later Go To Messages Highlight Messages and press OK A list of all available messages appears to the right Reading a Message Highlight the message listing you want to read The full message will be displayed in the Info Area in the upper right hand corner of your screen 11 My Library ...

Page 49: ...mation Whenever you receive a call an alert will appear in the upper corner of your screen This alert will be removed after a few seconds Go To Caller ID Highlight Caller ID and press OK A list of received calls appears to the right Highlighting a Caller ID log entry will display the name and number of the caller and the date and time of the call Deleting a Caller ID Entry Highlight the Caller ID ...

Page 50: ...ate program When the controls are off adults can watch their programs without repeatedly entering a password When the controls are on even titles of programs that exceed your parental control settings will not be shown Once the controls are turned off all program titles will be shown Turning Controls On Press MENU and highlight the Controls icon The Menu lets you know if the controls are on or off...

Page 51: ...rt on the screen just before parental controls are restored This Parental Control Unlock Timeout is located in Settings see 13 Settings In Settings click on Users then Parental Control then select the option Unlock Timeout then select the amount of time This ensures your parental controls will remain in effect in case you watch an adult program and forget to turn the controls back on Turning Contr...

Page 52: ...references and Users Both are used for setting up parental controls Activating Parental Control Arrow to Parental Control under Main Preferences and press OK to check the box Arrow to Submit and press OK You will be returned to live TV Navigate back to Settings and enter your account password Selecting Parental Control Settings Arrow Down to Users and press OK Arrow Right and highlight Parental Co...

Page 53: ...Settings Once you have finished your selections Arrow Down to Submit and press OK Now Parental Control will be available to turn off and on See 12 Controls for details Working With Additional Preferences Share Rentals Share Rentals makes purchased programs available for any user enabled or only available to the user who makes the purchase disabled To turn on or off highlight the check box and pres...

Page 54: ...l channels available You can then block or unblock any channel Blocked channels WILL NOT APPEAR in channel lineup This can be a Parental Control feature or a stand alone To block channels highlight the Channel Blocking Edit button and press OK If no changes have been made on the Preferences screen you will go directly to the list of all available channels If any changes have been made to the main ...

Page 55: ...any seconds or minutes before the program begins Theme Refer to chapter 2 How To Use This Book Changing Your On Screen Guide Hardware Settings For service provider use only Working With Settings Users User accounts allows you to have separate parental controls purchase limits and themes for different family members Users Settings allows you to add a user account edit an existing user account chang...

Page 56: ...OK Highlight New Login to enter the name for the new account and press OK An on screen keyboard appears Use the Arrow Keys to highlight a letter or number and press OK to add it to the login name Once you have entered the desired name highlight Done and press OK to return to the Create New User screen ...

Page 57: ...o the amount of programs that can be purchased per month for the new account Use the Number Pad on your remote to enter a whole dollar amount e g 200 to limit the account to 200 00 Highlight the Enable Caller ID check box and press OK to enable or disable Caller ID alerts to appear on the screen for this user account Highlight Enter PIN to enter the master account s PIN as a further way of verifyi...

Page 58: ...nlock Timeout or Block Unrated setting Once you have entered the settings for the new account highlight Submit and press OK Editing a User Account To edit a user account highlight the user account and press OK then highlight the Edit button and press OK Note The master account is the first account listed and is shown in yellow rather than white Using the Number Pad on your remote enter the current...

Page 59: ... the Number Pad on your remote to exactly re enter the password Highlight PIN and enter the account s existing PIN Highlight New PIN and enter a new PIN for this account Highlight Confirm PIN to re enter the new PIN Highlight the Enable PIN check box and press OK to enable or disable the need to use a PIN Once you have made all changes to this account highlight Submit and press OK ...

Page 60: ...ton on the remote Scroll the menubar to the Sign Out icon and click OK You will then be signed out of your account and the Sign In screen will appear Highlight the Name entry box and press OK Use the Up Down Arrows Keys to select the name for the desired account Then highlight the Password entry box and enter the password used for the desired account highlight Sign In and press OK When a new user ...

Page 61: ...st Option 1 Favorites From the Menubar Follow the steps above in Go To Favorites then highlight Choose and press OK Then highlight the Favorites list you want and press OK Option 2 Favorites From Guide While in Guide you can cycle through your Favorites lists by pressing GUIDE repeatedly Each press will activate the next Favorites list Cycling to All will display all available programming The name...

Page 62: ...e Channels Arrow Up and Down and select the channels to add or remove from your Favorites list and press OK A channel included in the Favorites list shows a heart icon to the right of the channel info To save your Favorites list Arrow Right and highlight Update and press OK To cancel your Favorites list without saving it highlight the Cancel button at the bottom right of your screen and press OK D...

Page 63: ...on the Search text box when the Search screen appears Press OK and a keyboard will appear to the right of the screen Highlight each letter in the name of the program you want to find and press OK on each Each time you press OK you will see that letter added to the text box If you enter a wrong letter highlight Del and press OK to go back one space If you need to start over highlight Clear All and ...

Page 64: ...h Guide and press OK to have the system start searching for all programs that match your search criteria Step 3 Pick A Result You can now highlight any program listing and press OK to Watch or record a program if it s on now Set a Reminder Autotune or Recording for a program if it comes on later You cannot set a Reminder Autotune or Recording for purchased programs 16 Search ...

Page 65: ... box to your TV or VCR to provide high definition quality video and stereo audio 5 HCNA Coax Port Connects the set top box to a HCNA wall socket using coax wiring 6 RF Modulated Output to TV Connects the set top box to your TV using a standard coax cable provides audio and video 7 Ethernet Connects the set top box to the video service using a CAT5 Ethernet cable 8 S PDIF Connects the set top box t...

Page 66: ...DTV HDMI High Definition Media Interface Connects the set top box to your HDTV using an HDMI cable provides audio and video 6 Ethernet Connects the set top box to the video service using a CAT5 Ethernet cable 7 HDTV Pr Pb Y Component Video Connects the set top box to your TV to provide very high quality video provides video only 8 SDTV S Video Connects the set top box to your TV to provide high qu...

Page 67: ... TV or VCR to provide high definition quality video and stereo audio 5 HCNA Coax Port Connects the set top box to a HCNA wall socket using coax wiring 6 RF Modulated Output to TV Connects the set top box to your TV using a standard coax cable provides audio and video 7 Ethernet Connects the set top box to the video service using a CAT5 Ethernet cable 8 S PDIF Connects the set top box to a home the...

Page 68: ...ing a standard coax cable provides audio and video 7 S Video Connects the set top box to your TV to provide high quality video provides video only 8 TV Video Connects the set top box to your TV to provide good quality video 9 TV Audio R L Audio Left Right Connects the set top box to your TV to provide good quality stereo audio 10 S PDIF Connects the set top box to a home theater system to provide ...

Page 69: ...e violence nudity sensuality language or other contents but does not quite fit within the restricted R category Any drug use content will initially require at least a PG 13 rating R Restricted An R rated film may include hard language or tough violence or nudity within sensual scenes or drug abuse or other elements or a combination of some of the above so that parents are counseled to take this ad...

Page 70: ...am contains some material that many parents would find unsuitable for children under 14 years of age TV MA TV Mature Audience Only This program is specifically designed to be viewed by adults and therefore may be unsuitable for children under 17 Content Ratings Content Ratings are shown just below the program rating FV Fantasy Violence only applied to TV Y7 For those programs where fantasy violenc...

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