Chapter 3: Decoder Features
Using the Web Browser
The web browser is where you do all your internet browsing. Not only can you surf all your favorite websites, but you can also view and save your bookmarks, view your browsing history, and search for new websites.
Browser Banner
The browser banner gives you information, such as how to bring up the browser tool bar or take it away, and also the loading status of the current page.
Browser Banner | Browser Toolbar |
The web browser showing the browser banner and toolbar.
Browser Toolbar
The browser toolbar is where you enter website addresses and find the tools to navigate the websites.
Address – Where you enter your website address.
Back – Goes back to the previous page.
Refresh/Stop – Refreshes the current page if it stopped loading too soon and also stops the page from loading if in progress.
Home – Takes you to the home web page.
Close icon – Closes the current window (if other windows are open).
Shuffle icon – Swaps open windows.
Resize text icon – Resizes the text of the page (up to 3 sizes).
Magnify icon – Magnifies the page (up to 3 levels).
More – Takes you to the More Features menu, where you can view and save bookmarks and view your website history.
To TV – Exits the browser and takes you back to TV viewing.
Entering a Website Address
You can enter a website directly using the browser toolbar.
1.Press the WEB button to put the decoder in web mode.
2.Press the TOOLS button (the browser toolbar appears).
3.Press KEYBD while the website address box is highlighted (the
4.Use the arrow buttons on the remote control to highlight the first letter you want to enter. Keep in mind there are shortcut keys on the bottom of the keyboard (.gov, .org, .com. www). When the key is highlighted, press OK¥SELECT on the remote to select it.
5.Continue entering all the letters until the website address is complete. Then press KEYBD (the website loads).
Note: If you make a mistake while entering the address, use DELETE and the arrow buttons on the keyboard to correct it.
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