RCA DTC210 user manual Reading your mail, Purchases, Setting system preferences

Using the Menu System

Reading your mail

The MAILBOX menu lets you to read the mail sent to you by DIRECTV or your service provider.

1.Press the MENU button on your remote control.

2.Highlight MAILBOX and press SELECT. The Mailbox screen appears, displaying all of the mail you have received (both read and unread).

3.To read one of the pieces of mail, highlight that piece of mail in your mailbox and press SELECT. The selected mail message appears.

4.To delete the mail message (permanently removing it from your mailbox), highlight Delete and press SELECT.

5.To leave the message in your mailbox and return to the Mailbox screen, highlight Back and press SELECT (the mail message disappears, and the Mailbox screen appears).

6.To clear the menu from your screen, press EXIT on your remote control.

Purchases

Note: The Purchases menu is described in detail starting on page 48.

Selecting PURCHASES from the main menu lets you review your future and past purchases. See Chapter 4 for more information.

Setting system preferences

The System Setup menu in your DIRECTV® HD Receiver’s menu system allows you to control many of the functions of the HD Receiver. The first set of items you can control are system preferences. Specifically, these preferences you can set include:

•The language for the on-screen menu system.

•The screen format to use for widescreen program broadcasts.

•The color of bars in letter box and pillar box screen formats.

•The closed caption settings.

•The default screen color for menu and guide screens.

•The default translucency for menu and guide screens.

•The audio settings (language, and PCM or Dolby Digital for digital audio broadcasts).

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