DIRECTV SYSTEM FROM HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS - OWNER’S MANUAL
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
If you’d like to know what’s on another channel without switching from your current channel, use the OneLine Guide. Simply press 
or 
and begin browsing. You can
see the channel call sign and number, titles, and program start and
end times. When you see something you like; then press 
to tune to the channel.
You may also directly enter a channel number to advance the OneLine Guide to that channel. The other filter keys, including 
, 
, and 
, as well as the 
key will also control the content of the OneLine Guide.
Pressing the 
key will cancel the OneLine Guide.
The OneLine Guide
TurboTune™
The TurboTune feature provides access to nine of your preferred channels on top of the current video.
The TurboTune panel is displayed by pressing the 
key while watching video as long as 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 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 to press the remote control numbers that corresponds with the
The TurboTune panel
AlphaTune™
AlphaTune enables you to tune to a channel by spelling a channel’s call sign rather than by number. To
enter the AlphaTune mode, you must first press the 
key located on the lower right on the
keypad. The 
symbol appears on the screen. You can now enter the numbers and letters (located above each of the number keys) to spell the desired channel call sign. For example, to tune to
ESPN, press 
. All special symbols (i.e., &, /, +, !, etc.) are located on the 
key. As soon as the receiver can determine which channel you are seeking, it will tune to it automatically. No additional keys need to be entered. If the channel call sign is fewer than four letters, you may need to
press 
to indicate that you are finished. If more than one channel shares the same set of key (i.e.,
“CNN” and “COM”, both using
), the next matching occurrence is used. If that was not the
channel you wanted, just press 
to find the next occurrence of that key sequence. It is important that you enter the channel call sign exactly. With experience, you will become more familiar with the channel name abbreviations that are used.
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