Using program guides 27
Using program guides 5
This chapter describes:
• The different program guide styles (see page 27).
• 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 Channel Mark 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.
If a program title cannot entirely
fit in the space provided, an
ellipsis (…) indicates that a
portion of the title is not shown.
• Browse up or down one channel at a time with the navigation buttons 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 later time periods.
Grid guide with Picture-in-Guide active
PROGRAM GUIDE
All Channels
Thu, Feb 17 6:00PM
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Highlight
Advertising
Highlight
6 PM 6:30
DIRECTV INTERACTIVE
Center
Local Channel Ordering Information
DIRECTV FREEVIEW
DIRECTV Movies and Sports this week
DIRECTV Pay Per View Previews
7 PM
INTERACTIVE
Center
DIRECTV
FREEVI...
An image of the currently
airing program highlighted
in the menu selection
appears here
Picture-in-Guide
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of every hour find out whats hot on HBO,
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THIS WEEK. Followed by the teams & games
to watch on DIRECTV SPORTS...
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