DirecTV GCEB0A Satellite TV System User Manual


 
Using program guides 27
Using program guides 4
This chapter describes:
The different program guide styles (this page).
Common program guide and menu features (see page 29).
How to use the OneLine
Guide (see page 30).
How to set-up and use the TurboTune
Guide (see page 31).
Selecting a program
guide style
Personalize the program guide to show program listings that interest you.
You determine how your choices appear onscreen by your guide selection.
Available guide styles are:
Grid with Picture-in-Guide or description
Logo with Picture-in-Guide or description
Grid guide
Easy to see what programs are available at a particular time.
Shows up to 72 hours of current and upcoming programming.
Picture-in-Guide displays the current program in the upper right corner.
You can browse five channels of current and future programming at a time.
Active ad highlights provide one-click access to products and services.
Cells with arrows indicate the
program started at an earlier time
or continues later than can be
shown in the selected time period.
Programs appear in a row with the channel on which they are broadcast.
Browse up or down one channel at a time with the joystick when the
highlight is in the grid.
Use the remote control CHANNEL(CH) button to scroll through a full page
of guide entries at a time.
Move the highlight to the right to show future programming.
If a program title cannot entirely
fit in the space provided, an
ellipsis () indicates that a
portion of the title is not shown.
The guide time expands to two hours when active ad highlights are not
available. You can also turn the Picture-in-Guide feature off as shown in the
figure on page 28.
PROGRAM GUIDE
All Channels
Thu, Feb 7 6:00PM
The Weather Channel
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Advertising
Highlight
Advertising
Highlight
Weather
Channel...
6 PM 6:30
DIRECTV INTERACTIVE
Center
Local Channel Ordering Information
The Weather Channel
DIRECTV Pay Per View Previews
7 PM
INTERACTIVE
Center
None 6:00PM - 7:00PM Weather
Local and national forecast, weekly
planner and weekend outlook;
severe weather focus at 10 minutes
to the hour. Series, Interactive.
An image of the currently
airing program highlighted
in the menu selection
appears here
Picture-in-Guide
DIRECTV FREEVIEW DIRECTV
FREEVI...
Today
ALL DAY
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