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WELCOME!
About this User Guide
This Guide is mainly written with your remote control in mind, when you control your set-top box
(see inside the front cover). However, there may come a time when you want to use other means
of control, such as a mouse and/or a keyboard. You can find out about these in later sections of the
Guide.
Although your set-top box is also capable of displaying Electronic Program Guides (EPGs) and digital
television programmes on your TV screen, this User Guide describes how you can use your set-top
box to 'surf the Web'. For details of EPGs, digital TV programmes and other services, please refer to
the information issued by your service provider.
The Internet comes to your TV!
Your set-top box brings the best of the Internet, as well as other services, direct to your living
room! This Guide is mainly concerned with the way in which your set-top box allows you to see
(and sometimes hear) what is available to you on the World Wide Web (WWW). This is just one
part of what the Internet has to offer.
Your set-top box contains a Web browser, which displays Web sites on your TV screen. Web sites are
made up of one or more Web pages of information.
There is no need for a computer or modem; your set-top box is like a computer, designed not only
for digital TV reception, but also for getting onto the Internet. It has a high-speed network
connection through which you gain access to World Wide Web pages. You choose the pages to
view.
Web pages can consist of many types of information, such as text, photographs, still and moving
images, forms and control buttons etc. You will learn how to explore Web pages in more detail,
later in this Guide.
You should remember that there are no 'editors' of Web site information (like there are with
books), so the information may not always be accurate; it may be badly written or presented, or it
may contain spelling and other errors. Web sites can also be updated at any time. There are also no
censors, so there are Web sites containing material which is not suitable for children.
Never used the Internet before?
If you are new to the Internet, don't worry. This Guide contains all the basic techniques you need
to find your way around the World Wide Web. You will soon become familiar with the concepts
and terminology of the Internet, by reading the information on the following pages.
What you will be able to do
People use the Internet in a number of ways. By pressing a few keys on your remote control, you
can display millions of World Wide Web pages and 'surf the Web' to search for information on any
topic imaginable. You can also:
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save a list of your favourite Web pages so that you can revisit them quickly;
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view a list (History) of recently visited Web pages;
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play sounds (audio) associated with certain Web pages;
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choose, for example, how Web pages are displayed on your TV screen, or whether
or not background music is played while you surf the Web.
Depending on the facilities offered by your service provider, you may also be able to:
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take advantage of home shopping, banking, and ticket-booking services etc.;
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use electronic mail (e-mail) to keep in touch with people around the world;
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take part in discussions and chat groups via the Internet.
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