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CHAPTER 5
User profiles
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CHAPTER 5
User profiles
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Setting a pay per view spending limit
To limit the dollar amount that can be spent for each pay per view program, use the
Spending Limit option in the FAMILY profile menu. Spending Limit sets in the Family profile
apply any time the system is locked, regardless of which user profile is active. Here’s how
to set a spending limit:
1
Press the MENU button on your remote control.
2
Highlight the PROFILES menu item, then press the SELECT button. The PROFILES menu appears.
The Family profile is highlighted.
3
Press the SELECT button to display the Family profile menu. The Family profile menu appears.
4
Highlight the Spending Limit menu item, then press the SELECT button. The Spending Limit
screen appears.
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Use the 0 - 9 buttons on your remote control to enter the
maximum price allowed for a pay per view program.
For example, to block programs that cost over twenty dollars
each, you would press 0, 2, 0. As you press the number
buttons the highlight moves to the next digit.
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When you have entered the spending limit, highlight the
on-screen Done button, then press the SELECT button.
Your spending limit will now be in effect when the system is locked.
(See Locking and unlocking your DIRECTV
®
System later in this chapter.)
Setting the screen color and translucency
For each of the profiles, you can set the screen color and translucency level used to
display Menu and Guide screens. Screen colors can be set for the Family profile and
the four User profiles. You can also choose from four levels of translucency: Translucency
can be set for the Family profile and the four User profiles. To set these screen display
options use the Screen Color and Translucency menu items in the menu for the profile
you wish to change.
Setting the current user profile
To set the current user profile (making that profile’s channel list, screen color and screen
translucency settings active) follow these steps:
1
Press the MENU button on your remote control.
2
Highlight the PROFILES menu item, then press the SELECT button. The PROFILES menu appears.
3
Highlight the Set User menu item, then press the SELECT button. The user profile list appears.
4
Highlight the profile you wish to make active, then press the SELECT button. When you select a
user profile, the list disappears, and the profile you selected becomes the current user profile.
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To exit the Menu, press the EXIT button on your remote control.
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