Satellite Receiver Features
The Guide Toolbar
The Detail and Grid Guides have a special toolbar you can access by pressing FETCH in those guides. This toolbar offers several ways of organizing and searching through program guide information so that you can find the programs you want more quickly and easily, even if you don’t know their names.
Viewing Suggestions
Displays the Suggestion Guide, which shows viewing suggestions for the active user profile based on the kinds of satellite programs that profile has watched in the past.
You can view and change your suggestions, or change the settings for the Viewing Suggestions feature from the Viewing Suggestions control panel. See The Suggestion Guide on page 20 for more information.
Category Search
Displays the Category Guide, which lets you search the guide for programs matching a particular category or subsequent subcategory. See The Category Guide on the previous page for more information.
Channel Sort
Sort the
Channel Display
In the Grid Guide, you can choose to display each channel by its channel number or its call letters. When the Grid Guide is displaying call letters, the
In the Detail Guide, both the channel numbers and the call letters are always displayed. The
Channel Display button switches which one is shown first.
AlphaSort™
Lists all the program titles stored in the current guide in alphabetical order. Select the AlphaSort icon to search for specific program titles that are in the stored program guide information in alphabetical order. Use the arrow buttons on the remote control to highlight a character, then press SELECT. See The AlphaSort™ Guide on the previous page for more information.
Scout™
Lets you assign “Scouts” to search the guide for specific program information, such as actors’ names or program descriptions. See The Scout™ Guide on the previous page for more information.
TIP: Accessing the Guide Toolbar
To get to the guide toolbar, press the FETCH button while you’re in the guide. Then, use the left and right arrow buttons to highlight the desired icon and press SELECT to select it.
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