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T h e B a s i c s i n 5 S h o r t T o u r s

Your personal TV preferences are just that: personal. DIRECTV

privacy policies are included in your first monthly statement, and are available online at DIRECTV.com.

Only programs airing on channels in the Channels You Receive list

can be recorded as TiVo Suggestions.

Tour 4: Find New Programs

Your DIRECTV® HD DVR makes it easy for you to find what you want to watch—by responding to your interests and collecting the best the networks have to offer.

TiVo Suggestions

TiVo Suggestions is a personalized list of shows selected to match your preferences. How is this magic possible? Any time you watch programs, live or pre-recorded, or browse programs with the Program Guide, you can rate them. If you like a program, press the

green THUMBS UP™ ™ button on your remote control. If you dislike it, press the red

THUMBS DOWN™ ™. You can give a program up to three Thumbs, up or down.

Over time, the more shows you rate with your Thumb buttons, the better TiVo Suggestions will be at finding programs you like. The suggestions are listed under TiVo Suggestions in order of how closely they match your preferences.

Try it! Press GUIDE to bring up the DIRECTV Advanced Program Guide™. Highlight a few programs and rate them by pressing the THUMBS UP or THUMBS DOWN button. Then go to DIRECTV Central, then Pick Programs to Record, then TiVo Suggestions. Suggested programs based on your Thumb ratings appear in TiVo Suggestions. (If you don’t see programs yet, come back later—it may take a few hours the first time.) You can press SELECT on a suggestion, then set up a recording.

Auto-Recording TiVo Suggestions. As an added bonus, when the HD DVR has available space, it may automatically record TiVo Suggestions. (You can turn this feature off if you prefer; see page 101 for details.) You will find recorded TiVo Suggestions at the bottom of the Now Playing List, below programs you requested, marked with a TiVo icon ( ).

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