THE ON-SCREEN GUIDES 6
The most powerful feature of your digital satellite receiver is the On 
key to display the current
This digital satellite receiver offers a variety of
Each guide can be filtered into smaller channel groupings, which you have specified in each of the Favorite Channel Lists. You can also reduce the displayed listing by specifying a category of interest, and even further narrow the offerings by specifying a type within the category. There are additional settings that you may specify to determine the guide content such as “Guide Times” and “Classes.” A full description of the filtering options can be found later in this chapter.
Choosing the Guide Style
Once any of the guides are displayed by pressing the 
key, the 
key takes on a new purpose. It is now used to display or remove the guide
To choose a guide style, simply highlight the Guide Style button and
press 
. A
be displayed. Highlight your selection and press the 
key. The guide will be redrawn to accommodate your selection.
A variation that is available for each of the guide styles is whether or not descriptions for highlighted program titles are automatically retrieved and displayed. The descriptions usually provide information such as actors’ names, a brief synopsis, and additional rating information. Sometimes the description may be just a
message describing what type of program is highlighted, such as “Current News.”
This option is chosen via the Descriptions button on the guide
Remember that you can always access program descriptions by pressing the 
key, whether or not the Descriptions button is selected.
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