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Filtering the program guide – DirecTV HAH-SA User Manual

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Setting favorites and filters

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press

SELECT

. A checkmark (

9

) appears in the box if the channel has been

selected or the checkmark disappears to indicate the channel is not selected.

Finding new channels

Occasionally, new channels are added to the available programming selections.
The number of channels that have been added since you created your channel
list appear in the New Channels window on the

FAVORITE LIST SETUP

pane.

These channels appear in their own guide when you select New Channels in the

FAVORITE LIST

menu pane.

Filtering the program
guide

Press the remote control

GUIDE

button while a program guide is onscreen or

select the

GUIDE OPTIONS

tab from the MAIN MENU to display the

CATEGORY FILTER

menu. The 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

The

CATEGORY FILTER

menu allows you to filter the guide by program

category groups.

After choosing a category (other than All), the menu is replaced by the
Subcategory menu panel. 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 select the Movies category, you can then refine your
selection using a subcategory such as Action/Adventure, Animation,
Biography, Comedy,
and others as shown in the figure on page 36.

CATEGORY FILTER

Fav List

Theme
Times

Main Menu

Wed, Sep 18 4:20PM

Fav Setup
Options
Set Turbo
Watch TV

Select a Category to filter Guide

All

Movies

Sports

Interests

News

Lifestyles

The material is a movie, either

theatrical or made-for-TV.

Themes