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Using the menus – DirecTV HAH-SA User Manual

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Using the menus

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Using the menus

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This chapter describes:

• How to find the menus you need to perform common tasks (this page).
• How to purchase pay per view events (see page 24).
• Using the Program Director (see page 28).
• How to set and modify preferences (see page 25).

The table below lists the

MAIN MENU

tabs, their submenus, and what they do.

Main Menu tab

Screens (see page)

If you want to:

Program Guide

Program Guide

• View, and modify the program guide.

Guide Options

Theme

(page 35)

Times

(page 36)

Favorites List

(page 33)

Favorites Setup

(page 33)

Set Options

(page 25)

Set Turbo

(page 20)

• Filter the program guide.
• Change the period of time shown in the program guide
• Select a specific channel list (Fav. A, Fav. B, Fav. C, Family, and

New Channels) to be an active program guide.

• Create/Edit a channel list (Fav. A, Fav. B, Fav. C, Family, and New

Channels) that contains selected channels.

• Guide Options:

– Guide style (grid or Logo)
– Picture in guide, zoom (on or off)
– Multi-Color guide (on or off)
– Channel Sort (numeric or alpha)
– Filters, (temporary or persistent)
– Reset options to the default selections

• Set and edit TurboTune channels

Audio & Video

Audio Adjustment

(page 25)

Video Adjustment

(page 26)

• Set Default Audio language and Alternate Audio language
• Set left/right audio balance
• Select 4:3 or 16:9 screen ratio
• Center menus on your monitor (up/down and right/left)
• Color scheme, color balance, and on-screen display translucency

Caller ID*

Caller ID

(page 31)

• See the names and telephone numbers of recent callers

Program Director

Schedule

(page 28)

• Automatically tune to programs for viewing or taping

WatchWizard

Setup

(page 27)

Results

(page 27)

• Search for programming using specific words and other criteria
• Display search results

Interactive

DIRECTV INTERACTIVE

(page 21)

• Access interactive programming features

Purchases

Upcoming & Past Purchases
(page 24)

• View a list of scheduled pay per view event
• Display recently purchased pay per view events

Lock & Limits

Lock

(page 37)

Fav Setup

(page 33)

Rating

(page 37)

Limits

(page 38)

• Lock and unlock the system
• Set viewing times and maximum viewing hours
• Set maximum program rating allowed for viewing

• Create a program listing containing only selected channels

• Filter programming content in the program guide

View Mail

Mail

(page 31)

• Read messages from DIRECTV

System Setup

Install

(page 2)

Signal

(page 5)

VCR

(page 8)

Prefs

(page 30)

New Card
Upgrade
Features

• Determine proper antenna azimuth and elevation setting

• Test signal reception

• Setup VCR for unattended recording
• Prepare a new access card
• Display upgrade status and history
• Adjusting user-selectable system settings
• Display current receiver feature