Sony SAT-A65A, SAT-B65A manual Filtering the program guide, Category Filter

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Filtering the program guide

Press the remote control GUIDE button while in a guide. A pop-up menu provides filtering tools and ways to access other guide styles. By combining each of these filter options, you can quickly narrow down channels to those that match your viewing interests.

Using Theme Filters From the MAIN MENU, select the Guide Options tab. The CATEGORY FILTER menu appears, listing all available program category groups.

CATEGORY FILTER

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Theme

 

 

Times

Select a Category to filter Guide

 

Fav List

All

 

Fav Setup

 

Movies

 

Options

 

Sports

 

Ch. Mark

 

Interests

 

Exit

 

Lifestyles

 

Return

 

 

 

 

News

 

 

Themes

 

 

Show Types

 

After choosing a category (other than All), the drop-down menu is replaced by the Types pop-up menu. This menu allows you to further refine a chosen theme. In addition to All, you can select popular categories that can be quickly selected using the remote control GUIDE button.

For example, if you chose Lifestyles for the category, you can now choose a subcategory such as Beauty, Collectible, Cooking, Exercise/Fitness, and others as shown in the figure below.

CATEGORY FILTER

CATEGORYWed,FILTERFeb7

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Theme

 

Theme

 

Times

 

Times

House/Garden

 

Select a Category to filter Guide

Fav List

All

Fav List

All

Fav Setup

Fav Setup

Movies

Beauty

Options

Options

Sports

Collectibles

Ch. Mark

Set Turbo

Interests

Cooking

Exit

Watch

Exercise/Fitness

Lifestyles

Return

Main

Fashion/Style

 

News

 

 

 

Health/Medicine

 

Themes

 

 

 

Home Repair

 

 

 

 

Show Types

 

House/Garden

After selecting one of these subcategories, the guide will be further filtered to show only those channels offering programs of the selected category and type.

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