SYSTEM OPTIONS AND PREFERENCES
CHOOSING AN OUTPUT CHANNEL
You can choose which channel to view your HD receiver, either channel 3 or 4. If you select channel 4 and then select “Now” from the
USING THE PREFERENCES MENU
The Preferences menu allows you to change some aspects of your HD receiver to fit your personal preference. The following sections outline what you can do in this menu.
COLOR SCHEME
You can change the color that appears in the menu and guides. To change the color, select Preferences from the main menu and select Color Scheme.
Use the up and down arrows and OK button to select the menu color scheme you prefer.
TRANSLUCENCY
You can adjust the level of translucency that the menu screens and program guides possess. Adjust the slider up for more translucency (the video behind the menu and guides will be more visible) or down for less translucency (less video will be shown behind the menu or guides).
DEFAULT GUIDE
By default, the Detail Guide appears when you press GUIDE on the remote control, no matter if you access the DIRECTV® programming guide or the TV program guide. You can change the default guide from the Detail Guide to the Grid Guide or SurfGuide (DIRECTV only). For more information about the three types of guides, see the section, “Using the Program Guides.”
1.Select Preferences from the main menu, then select Default Guide.
2.Use the arrows and OK to choose which guide you want to appear first when you press the GUIDE button on the remote control.
Note
If you choose SurfGuide as the default, the Grid Guide will appear when you access the TV program guide, since the SurfGuide isn’t available as a TV program guide.
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