DirecTV HBH-SA, SD-HBH manual Using the menus

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Using the menus

This chapter describes:

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How to find the menus you need to perform common tasks (this page).

How to purchase pay per view events (see page 24).

Using the Program Director (see page 28).

How to set and modify preferences (see page 25).

The table below lists the MAIN MENU tabs, their submenus, and what they do.

Main Menu tab

Screens (see page)

 

If you want to:

 

 

 

 

Program Guide

Program Guide

View, and modify the program guide.

 

 

 

 

Guide Options

Theme (page 35)

Filter the program guide.

 

Times (page 36)

Change the period of time shown in the program guide

 

Favorites List (page 33)

Select a specific channel list (Fav. A, Fav. B, Fav. C, Family, and

 

Favorites Setup (page 33)

 

New Channels) to be an active program guide.

 

Set Options (page 25)

Create/Edit a channel list (Fav. A, Fav. B, Fav. C, Family, and New

 

Set Turbo (page 20)

 

Channels) that contains selected channels.

 

 

Guide Options:

 

 

 

– Guide style (grid or Logo)

 

 

 

– Picture in guide, zoom (on or off)

 

 

 

Multi-Color guide (on or off)

 

 

 

– Channel Sort (numeric or alpha)

 

 

 

– Filters, (temporary or persistent)

 

 

 

– Reset options to the default selections

 

 

Set and edit TurboTune channels

 

 

 

 

Audio & Video

Audio Adjustment (page 25)

Set Default Audio language and Alternate Audio language

 

Video Adjustment (page 26)

Set left/right audio balance

 

 

Select 4:3 or 16:9 screen ratio

 

 

Center menus on your monitor (up/down and right/left)

 

 

Color scheme, color balance, and on-screen display translucency

 

 

 

 

Caller ID*

Caller ID (page 31)

See the names and telephone numbers of recent callers

 

 

 

 

Program Director

Schedule (page 28)

Automatically tune to programs for viewing or taping

 

 

 

 

WatchWizard

Setup (page 27)

Search for programming using specific words and other criteria

 

Results (page 27)

Display search results

 

 

 

 

Interactive

DIRECTV INTERACTIVE(page 21)

Access interactive programming features

 

 

 

 

Purchases

Upcoming & Past Purchases

View a list of scheduled pay per view event

 

(page 24)

Display recently purchased pay per view events

 

 

 

 

Lock & Limits

Lock (page 37)

Lock and unlock the system

 

Fav Setup (page 33)

Set viewing times and maximum viewing hours

 

Rating (page 37)

Set maximum program rating allowed for viewing

 

Limits (page 38)

Create a program listing containing only selected channels

 

 

Filter programming content in the program guide

 

 

 

 

View Mail

Mail (page 31)

Read messages from DIRECTV

 

 

 

 

System Setup

Install (page 2)

Determine proper antenna azimuth and elevation setting

 

Signal (page 5)

Test signal reception

 

VCR (page 8)

Setup VCR for unattended recording

 

Prefs (page 30)

Prepare a new access card

 

New Card

Display upgrade status and history

 

Upgrade

Adjusting user-selectable system settings

 

Features

Display current receiver feature

 

 

 

 

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