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CHAPTER 3
Watching TV
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CHAPTER 3
Watching TV
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Tuning to a channel with the Guide
To tune to a program or channel listed in the Guide:
1
Highlight the program or channel you want to watch.
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Press the SELECT button. The Guide disappears, and the channel you selected fills the screen.
Searching for programs
You can search the entire list of programs stored in your DIRECTV Receiver’s program
guide to find exactly the program you wish to see. There are four ways to search the
Guide:
By Credits: Lets you find programs that match the actor, director, role, award, or year
you type using an on-screen keyboard.
By Title: Lets you find programs that match the program title you type using an
on-screen keyboard.
By Text: Lets you find programs for which either the credits or the title match the
search term you type using an on-screen keyboard.
By Category: Lets you find programs that match the program categories and subcategories
you select from an on-screen list.
These search techniques are described in the sections that follow.
Searching by Credits, Title, or Text
To find programs that star a certain actor, share a director, have a particular character,
have won a specific award, or were created in a certain year, search By Credits.
To search for a program whose title you know, search by title. Searching by text looks
at both credits and titles to find programs that match your search terms.
1
While viewing the Guide, press the ACTIVE button on your
remote control. A search list appears, allowing you to choose
a type of search.
2
Highlight By Credits, By Title, or By Text, then press the
SELECT button. The search screen you selected appears.
If you chose to search By Credits, the screen allows you to
select a type of credit to search by. Highlight one of the five
Credit types (Actor, Director, Role, Award,or Year), and
press the SELECT button.
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Highlight the first letter in the word you wish to search for, then press the SELECT button.
To erase a letter, highlight the on-screen left arrow and press the SELECT button.
To clear the entire entry, highlight the on-screen Clear button and press the SELECT button.
4
Continue to select letters from the on-screen keyboard until you have completed your search
term. As you enter letters, an on-screen list shows you matches for the text you have entered
so far.
5
To execute the search you can either highlight the on-screen Search button and press the
SELECT button, or you can highlight an item from the on-screen list and press the SELECT
button. A list of programs related to your search terms appears.
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To see a list of show times for one of the search results, highlight that program,
then press the SELECT button.
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To see information about one of the search results, highlight that program, then press the
INFO button.
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