HUGHES-BRAND DIRECTV SYSTEM OWNER’S MANUAL

The Information Banner

Pressing the key a second time while the Channel Banner is displayed will replace the information with any available description of the current program. This is called the Information

Banner. Either of these banners will go away after a few seconds, or you can press the key or key to clear it on demand.

The OneLine™ Guide

Sometimes you’d just like to know if there’s something better on another channel, but you don’t want to miss what you’re currently watching. That’s where the OneLine

Guide comes in. Simply press or and begin browsing. You can see the channel call sign and number, the titles, start and end times for the currently airing programs and for what’s on next. Continue pressing or until you see something you like; then press

to tune to the channel.

You may also use direct entry of a channel number to advance the OneLine Guide to that channel. The other filter keys, including , , and , as well as the key will also function to control the content of the OneLine Guide.

If you press the

key while the OneLine Guide is displayed, it

The OneLine™ Guide

will go away.

 

 

The LogoBelt™

The LogoBelt serves the same purpose as the OneLine Guide. The LogoBelt can be displayed by pressing either the or key. A strip of network logos and service

marks will appear across the screen along with the title of the program currently airing on the highlighted logo. Continue to press the or key to shift new logos onto the screen. When you find

another program or channel of interest, press to tune to that channel.

You may also use direct entry of a channel number to advance the

LogoBelt to that channel. The key will also function to control the content of the LogoBelt.

Just as with any other banner you can press

to clear it from

the screen.

The Logo Banner

TurboTune™

The TurboTune feature provides access to nine of your preferred channels right over video. The

TurboTune panel is displayed by pressing the key while watching video and there are no messages prompting you to press for some other purpose. The TurboTune panel displays nine channel tags. These channels can be specified via the TurboTune button on the SETUP MENU. The header area of the TurboTune panel displays the title of the program currently airing on the highlighted channel tag. You can choose one of the nine by moving

the highlight over the desired channel and pressing . A shortcut to moving the highlight is pressing the associated number

The TurboTune panel

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DirecTV HIRD-B1 manual Information Banner, OneLine Guide, LogoBelt, TurboTune