The selected mail message appears.
4To delete the mail message
(permanently removing it from your
MAILBOX), highlight the on-screen
Delete button and press the OK
button on your remote control.
5To leave the message in your
MAILBOX and return to the
MAILBOX screen, highlight the
on-screen Back button and press
the OK button on your remote control.
Chapter 7: Settings, preferences, upgrades, and extras
The mail message disappears, and the MAILBOX screen appears.
6To clear the Menu from your screen, press the EXIT button on your
remote control.
Setting system preferences
The Setup menu in your DIRECTV®High-Definition Receiver’s Menu system allows
you to control many of the functions of the DIRECTV 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.
•A pair of audio settings (language, and PCM or Dolby Digital for digital
audio broadcasts).

Setting the language for on-screen Menus and Guides

To choose a language for the Menu and Guide screens, follow these steps:
1Press the MENU button on your remote control.
2Highlight the Setup menu item, then press the OK button.
3Highlight the Preferences menu item, then press the OK button.
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