Program guide and menu features

Selecting a guide style

1.Press the remote control MENU button.

2.Use the S joystick to highlight and SELECT the Guide Options menu tab.

3.From the Options menu tab, highlight your selection and press SELECT.

4.Highlight and SELECT the WatchTV tab to return to the program you were viewing.

The on-screen guides and menus provide a logical and convenient way to access system features and settings. Every guide and menu contain these elements:

The guide or menu title

The day of the week, date, and time appear in the upper right corner

Menu pane selection tabs

Menu

Menu Title

 

Tabs

VIEW MAIL

 

Program Guide

 

Guide Options

 

Audio & Video

 

Caller ID

 

Program Director

 

WatchWord

 

Interactive

 

Purchases

Active

Lock & Limits

Tab

View Mail

 

System Setup

 

Watch TV

Menu Pane

Date

Time

 

 

Fri, Jun 15

5:24 AM

 

Read Message

 

 

Erase

Message 1 of 3

Page 2

Second page of message text...

Common menu features

Use the S joystick to move the highlight from tabs into menu panes.

Any sub-filters appear under the guide title. The label left of the bullet shows the current class filter. The channel list appears right of the bullet.

Below the date and time, small icons indicating the status of the system or details about the currently highlighted program title may appear. These icons also appear in the Channel Banner as shown in the figure below.

Family

Fri, May 8

10:54 AM

4:00 PM

$

 

MAIL

 

 

CC

NEW

340 to 5:00 PM

Rated: NR (Not Rated)

 

TNN: Automobiles

 

 

Icon

$

 

 

CC

NEW

 

CAN’T

ALT.

DATA

 

 

MAIL

 

TAPE AUDIO SVCS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meaning

Pay

Interactive

Dolby Digital Closed

Unread Limits

Limits

Taping

Other

Data

per

programming audio

caption

mail enforced

over-

not

audio

available

 

view

available

available

available

 

ride

allowed

available

 

Channel Banner Icons

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