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About the channel banner, Basic tv operation – DirecTV HDTV User Manual

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BASIC TV OPERATION

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ABOUT THE CHANNEL BANNER

The channel banner appears whenever you tune to a channel or press INFO on the
remote control. Use the arrow buttons and OK to choose an item in the channel
banner.

On-screen icons represent frequently-used features. Some icons also change
appearance to show the item’s status.

Below is a description of the icons you’ll find on the channel banner.

“Family” is one of five
selectable profiles

Program title, start and end time, rating, language, and audio mode

Current antenna

Current date and time

Channel number

Channel logo, when available

PIP channel number

Takes you to the Main menu

Cycles through the audio language choices

Displays mail from program providers

Locks the system or unlocks the video

Toggles between TV mode and DIRECTV mode

Please note that when
you’re in TV mode, the
channel banner will
look differently than
when you’re in
DIRECTV mode (if you
subscribe to DIRECTV).