DirecTV HAH-SA manual Using the menus

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 29).

•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)	•	Create/select/edit up to five channel lists (Fav. A, Fav. B, Fav. C,
	Favorites Setup (page 33)		Family, and New Channels)
	Set Options (page 25)	•	Create a program listing that contains selected channels
	Set Turbo (page 21)	•	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 32)	•	See the names and telephone numbers of recent callers
Program Director	Schedule (page 29)	•	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 22)	•	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 38)	•	Set maximum program rating allowed for viewing
	Limits (page 39)	•	Create a program listing containing only selected channels
		•	Filter programming content in the program guide
View Mail	Mail (page 32)	•	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 31)	•	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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