Chapter 4: watching tv, Information icons, The program detail screen – Samsung DIRECTV SIR-TS160 User Manual

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Chapter 4: Watching TV

Information icons

In addition to the basic channel and program information contained in the Channel
Banners (program title, channel name, rating, etc.), there are a set of information icons.
These icons tell you more about the program you are watching and about the status of
your DIRECTV

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High-Definition Receiver. Here are descriptions of each icon:

The Program Detail Screen

If you want to see more information than is presented in either the Channel Banner or
the Full Channel Banner, you can press the INFO button twice to display the Program
Detail Screen.
The Program Detail Screen displays all of the information provided in the Channel
Banner and Full Channel Banner, plus complete details about the program and a list of
actions you can take related to the program.

Multi-language
This icon appears when additional audio tracks are available. Press the
yellow AUDIO button to choose an alternate audio track.

Locked
This icon appears when the system is locked.

Unlocked
This icon appears when the system is temporarily unlocked.

Mail
This icon appears when there are unread mail messages from DIRECTV in
your system mailbox.

Music channel
This icon appears when the channel is a music-only channel.

Pay per view program
This icon appears when the program is a pay per view program.

Closed caption
This icon appears when closed captioning is available for a program.

Dolby

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Digital

This icon indicates that the current program is being broadcast using a
Dolby Digital audio track. Because all high-definition broadcasts use Dolby
Digital audio, the icon does not appear for HDTV broadcasts.

Letterbox
This icon indicates that the current program is being broadcast using the
letterbox widescreen video format.

High definition
This icon indicates that the current program is a High Definition
broadcast (HDTV).

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