Choosing Menu Settings

This

 

preference

Lets you

Favorite

Specify channels as

Channels

favorites; you can

 

tune to them with the

 

FAV button

Skipped

Specify channels

Channels

that you want to skip

 

while tuning with the

 

CH (+/-) button

Timer

Review and cancel

Review

pending timers and

 

PPV purchases

Purchase

Review and cancel

Review

PPV purchases

Parental

Change the number

Control:

for the PIN you use

Change

for Parental Control

PIN

and purchasing

Parental

Specify whether

Control:

you want to require

Purchasing

household members

 

to enter the PIN to

 

purchase programs

Parental

Specify whether you

Control:

want to turn Parental

Locking

Control locking on/off

 

or off temporarily.

 

 

This

 

preference

Lets you

Parental

Specify the program

Control:

ratings you want to

Lock

lock when Parental

Ratings

Control is on

Parental

Specify the channels

Control:

you want to lock

Lock

when Parental Control

channels

is on

Parental

Specify a time period

Control:

to lock when Parental

Lock time

Control is on

Audio

Specify the receiver’s

 

audio modes such

 

as a language,

 

the volume level,

 

sound options and

 

compression levels

Clock

Specify whether the

Options

receiver LED displays

 

the time, the current

 

channel, or channel

 

numbers while you

 

are tuning

AC Outlet

Specify the power

Use

settings for the

 

receiver’s AC outlet

 

 

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DCT2000, DCT2500 specifications

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