USING THE PROGRAM GUIDES
THE OTHER GUIDES ICON
Besides the Detail Guide, Grid Guide, and SurfGuide™, there are more guide formats. The Other Guides icon at the bottom of the program guides lets you sort the guides by different variables, such as by channels, data, channel lists, and channel groups.
• SurfGuide (available with DIRECTV only) Displays seven DIRECTV channels in a half- | Other Guides icon |
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name of the program and its rating are listed at the bottom of the screen. Press the |
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right arrow button to extend the SurfGuide to show two hours of programming. |
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•Channel Guide Displays a channel’s DIRECTV® or TV programming schedule in a
Channel Guide lets you see what programs are on a specific channel.
•Guide Data Shows you the future guides that are available and lets you select one to view in either the DIRECTV® or TV programming guide.
Guide Data shows you future guides.
•Channel Lists Displays a list of profiles. You can choose a profile from this list and the guide will display only the DIRECTV or TV channels which have been included in that profile’s channel list. Another way of accessing a profile’s channel list is by pressing WHO on the remote and scrolling through profiles. For more information about including channels in a profile list, see the section “Using Profiles” in this book.
•Channel Groups Lets you sort only the DIRECTV® programming guide to include only channels that fall into the selected category. For example, you could sort the DIRECTV guide by Pay Per View movies that are available at a future time.
•Attractions… Displays a list of DIRECTV channels that show coming attractions and special events information.
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