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Using
the
Program
Guides
Using the GUIDE Button
Each press of the GUIDE hutton on the remote control takes you to an ahernate
type o[ TV
or D1RECTV® prognunming
guide: l)etail Guide, SurfGuide '_ (I)IRECTV only), or Grid
Guide.
By default, the Detail Guide appears
when you press GUIDE on the remote control. You
can change the default guide from the Detail Guide to the Grid Guide or the Sur_Juide
feature (DIRECTV only) using the following steps:
1.
Select Preferences from the main menu.
2.
Select Default Guide.
3.
Use the arrows and OK to choose the guide you want to appear first when you press
GUIDE. If SurfGuide is selected as the default guide, Grid Guide will appear when you
access the TV program
guide since the SurfGuide feature' isn't available as a TV
program guide.
The Detail
Guide
The Detail Guide shows five channels
in a time-and-channel
format, with program
information
for the highlighted
program (if available) at the top of the guide.
The SurfGuide
TM
(DIRECTV
only)
The SurfGuide
feature displays seven DIRECTV c_channels
in a half hour time-and channel
format, if you subscribe
to DIRECTV ® programming.
The full name of the program
and its
rating are listed at the bottom of the screen. Press the right arrow button to extend the
Surl_uide
to show two hours of programming
The Grid Guide
The Grid Guide shows seven channels
in a time-and channel format, with the full title of
the highlighted
program at the top of the guide.
The Other
Guides
Icon
The ()the*" Gttides icon :It the bottom of the TV and DIRECTV _ programming
guides lets
you SOlt the guides by diftltrent variables, such as by channels,
data, channel
lists, and
channel groups. You can access these guMes by highlighting
then selecting the Other
Gttides icon tit the bottom of the Detail Guide and Grid Guide.
Channel
Guide
I)isplays
a channels
DIRECTV"
Ill"TV programming
schedule
in a
channel
by channel
l_)rlnat.
You
inay also dircttly
enter
channel
i'Jtm]helS
and
press
OK to go to another
channel's
listing.
The TV Detail Guide
The SurfGuide feature
The TV Grid Guide
Other
Guides
icon
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