7. ADVANCED PROGRAM GUIDE
7-1. About the Advanced Program Guide
The Advanced Program Guide, DIRECTV newly deployed electronic program guide system, con- tains schedule and program information for all DIRECTV channels. The APG also provides local
Helping you to find a program easily and conveniently, the APG allows you to view schedule and descriptive program information for the channels. The receiver offers five different channel lists: ALL, CUSTOM, SURF, MOVIES and SPORTS. You may edit the CUSTOM and SURF channel lists to customize and design your favorite channels, respectively. In addition, You can easily find specific programs by using the CATEGORY search of KEYWORD search functions. An explana- tion of each channel list is described in Section
You can bring up the APG in two ways and exit from it in three ways.
To bring up the APG:
-Press the Guide button on your remote control.
-Press the Menu button on the remote control and select the DIRECTV menu. Several options will appear. Choose the Guide option
To exit the APG:
-Press the Exit button to return to the last channel you were tuned to.
-Press the Guide button on the remote control twice when a program or channel is highlighted. The first press moves the highlight to the Guide menu at the far left. Pressing the button a sec- ond time makes the APG disappear.
-When any currently broadcasted program is highlighted, pressing “ ” on the thumbstick will make the guide screen disappear and tune to that channel.
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