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Chapter 6: Settings, preferences, upgrades, and extras
This chapter tells you how to use the DIRECTV menu system to control the way your DIRECTV® Receiver operates. Its contents include:
•Reading your mail
•Setting system preferences
•Reviewing and controlling caller ID
•Setting the Local Time options
•Installing a new Access Card
•Viewing important information and a list of features supported by your DIRECTV Receiver
•Viewing information on automatic system upgrades
•Viewing fun system extras
Reading your mail
The MAILBOX menu item allows you to read the mail sent to you by DIRECTV or your service provider. Here’s how:
1Press the MENU button on your remote control. The Main menu appears.
2Use the arrow buttons on your remote control to highlight the MAILBOX menu item, then press the button on your remote control.
The MAILBOX screen appears, displaying all of the mail you have received (both read and unread).
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