5 CHAPTER 5 User profiles
Locking and unlocking your DIRECTV® System
If you have set ratings limits, spending limits, or channel lists for your DIRECTV® System, you need to lock the system to make those settings take effect. To later change those settings, you will need to unlock the system to access the controls for those settings. Locking the system involves entering a
To lock or unlock the system, follow these steps:
1 Press the MENU button on your remote control.
2 Highlight the PROFILES menu item, then press the SELECT button. The PROFILES menu appears.
3 Highlight the Lock System or Unlock System menu item, then press the SELECT button.
When the system is unlocked, the Lock | When the system is locked, the Unlock |
System menu item is displayed. Selecting | System menu item is displayed. Selecting |
Lock System displays a screen where you | Unlock System displays a screen where |
can lock the system. | you can unlock the system. |
4 Highlight the first digit in the password.
Use the 0 - 9 buttons, up or down arrow button on your remote control to enter a
5 password. Then highlight the
6 To clear the Menu from your screen, press the EXIT button on your remote control.
6 CHAPTER 6
Settings, preferences, and upgrades
Chapter 6: Settings, preferences, and upgrades
This chapter tells you how to use the DIRECTV menu system to control the way your DIRECTV® Receiver operates. Its contents include:
Reading your mail
Setting system preferences
Reviewing and controlling caller ID
Setting the Local Time options
Installing a new Access Card
Viewing important information and a list of features supported by your DIRECTV® Receiver
Viewing information on automatic system upgrades
Testing the DIRECTV® Receiver
Reading your mail
The MAILBOX menu item allows you to read the mail sent to you by DIRECTV or your service provider. Here’s how:
1 Press the MENU button on your remote control.
Highlight the MAILBOX menu item, then press the SELECT
2 button. The MAILBOX screen appears, displaying all of the mail you have received (both read and unread).
To read one of the pieces of mail, highlight that piece of
3 mail in your mailbox, then press the SELECT button. The selected mail message appears.
To delete the mail message (permanently removing it from
4 your MAILBOX), highlight the
To leave the message in your MAILBOX and return to the
5 MAILBOX screen, highlight the
6 To clear the Menu from your screen, press the EXIT button on your remote control.
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