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USING
THE GUIDE
BUTTON
Each press of the GUIDE button
on the remote control takes you to an
alternate
type of TV or DIRECTV® programming
guide: Detail Guide,
SurfGuide
TM
(DIRECTV 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 SurfGuide 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® 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 SurfGuide 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 Other Guides icon at the bottom
of the TV and DIRECTV®
programming
guides lets you sort the guides by different
variables, such
as by channels, data, channel lists, and channel groups. You can access
these guides by highlighting
then selecting the Other Guides icon at the
bottom
of the Detail Guide and Grid Guide.
•
Channel
Guide
Displays a channel's DIRECTV ®or TV programming
schedule in a channel-by-channel
format.
You may also directly
enter
channel numbers 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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