Sony SAT-A65A, SAT-B65A manual Filtering the program guide, Category Filter

Filtering the program guide

Press the remote control GUIDE button while in a guide. A pop-up menu provides filtering tools and ways to access other guide styles. By combining each of these filter options, you can quickly narrow down channels to those that match your viewing interests.

Using Theme Filters From the MAIN MENU, select the Guide Options tab. The CATEGORY FILTER menu appears, listing all available program category groups.

CATEGORY FILTER	Wed, Feb 7	3:15 PM
Theme
Times	Select a Category to filter Guide
Fav List	All
Fav Setup
	Movies
Options
	Sports
Ch. Mark
	Interests
Exit
	Lifestyles
Return
	News
	Themes
	Show Types

After choosing a category (other than All), the drop-down menu is replaced by the Types pop-up menu. This menu allows you to further refine a chosen theme. In addition to All, you can select popular categories that can be quickly selected using the remote control GUIDE button.

For example, if you chose Lifestyles for the category, you can now choose a subcategory such as Beauty, Collectible, Cooking, Exercise/Fitness, and others as shown in the figure below.

CATEGORY FILTER	CATEGORYWed,FILTERFeb7		3:15 PM
Theme		Theme
Times		Times	House/Garden
	Select a Category to filter Guide
Fav List	All	Fav List	All
Fav Setup		Fav Setup
	Movies		Beauty
Options		Options
	Sports		Collectibles
Ch. Mark		Set Turbo
	Interests		Cooking
Exit		Watch
			Exercise/Fitness
	Lifestyles
Return		Main
			Fashion/Style
	News
			Health/Medicine
	Themes
			Home Repair
	Show Types		House/Garden

After selecting one of these subcategories, the guide will be further filtered to show only those channels offering programs of the selected category and type.

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