Chapter 4 Basic Operation
Chapter 4 Basic Operation
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Channel Banner
The channel banner appears whenever you tune to a channel or press INFO on the remote control. If you press
INFO when the banner is on the screen, additional information appears (when available).
To choose an icon, press the arrow buttons on the remote to highlight the icon and press OK to select it.
Note: the appearance of some icons changes to indicate the item’s status or availability.
“Family” is one of 5 profiles
Program title, start and end
time, rating, current audio
language, and audio mode
availability
Current antenna (TV mode only)
Current date and time
Channel number of
the main picture
Channel logo,
when available
Indicates incoming signal
aspect ratio and the
screen format applied to
that signal
Takes you to the Main menu
Toggles between TV mode
and DIRECTV mode
Locks and unlocks
the system or the
video
Cycles through
the audio
language choices
Searches titles of all DIRECTV
®
programming
guides for specific information
Sorts titles of the current DIRECTV
programming guide for specific information
Mail from DIRECTV