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Chapter 3 The Basics in 5 Short Tours
Tour 2: DIRECTV ADVANCED PROGRAM
GUIDE™
While you’re watching live TV, the DIRECTV ADVANCED PROGRAM GUIDE™lets
you see what’s on, change channels, schedulerecordings, and more. To see it, press the
GUIDE button on your remote control.
Changing Channels
The guide shows a list of channelson the left and different times across the top. One
program is highlighted—it’sa different color than the others. Its description appears at the
top of the grid.Press the UP or DOWN arrows to move to a different channel, then press
SELECT. Pressing SELECT on a program that is currently showing changes the channel
to display that program and hides the guide.
Scheduling a Recording
Press the GUIDE button to bring back the Program Guide. It’s easy to record a program
using theguide. Simply highlight the program you want and press the RECORD button. A
transparent screen appears, fromw hichyou select “Record this Showing.”If the program
is currently playing, the recorder changes channels and begins recording; otherwise, the
recording is scheduled for the future. When you’re recording,the red light on the front of
the recorder illuminates.
Making a List of Favorite Channels
You can create a list of your favorite channelsand then set the guide to show only
channels that are on the list. This is a quick way to seep rograms coming up onth e
channels that are most important to you.
If you find that the Program Guide
or the CHAN UP/DOWN buttons
are not showing channels you want to
see, filtering or a custom channel list is
probably turned on. Check the Guide
Options (from the Program Guide, press
INFO).