Sony SAT-A1 - Manual (Page 33)

Chapter 4: Using the System Features 33
Selecting Program Guides and Lists By Category
In addition to using the Master Guide, you can use the SELECT GUIDE
and SELECT LIST options in the Main Menu to select subsets of the
Master Guide. These subsets are sorted by program categories, such as
Movies, Sports, News, and so on. You can also choose from two
program guide formats: Guide and List.
Y The Guide format lists stations in ascending numerical order (such
as the Master Guide).
Y The List format lists programs in alphabetical order by program
title, as shown below.
How SELECT GUIDE and
SELECT LIST Change the
Main Menu The selections you make using SELECT GUIDE and SELECT LIST
affect the program categories displayed in the Main Menu. The
category you select using SELECT GUIDE changes button 4 of the
Main Menu. The category you select using SELECT LIST changes
button 6 of the Main Menu.
This feature allows you to recall the last program guide or list that you
selected.
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The buttons that appear for each
program indicate start times.
To select a program, highlight the start
time button and then press the
joystick.
For example, in this sample Movie
List, “Four Weddings and a Funeral,”
with a start time of 9:00PM, is
highlighted.
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Dennis the Menace
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Like Water for Chocolate
The Natural
Philadelphia
8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 WED
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Hugh Grant, Andie McDowell. A confirmed bachelor meets the
woman of his dreams at a friend’s wedding and, for the first
time, contemplates the idea of marriage for himself. (CC, S) (A,S,
MOVIES LIST WED OCT 5 8:45 PM
MASTER
GUIDE
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Example: If you select the Sports
Guide using SELECT GUIDE,
button 4 of the Main Menu
automatically changes to SPORTS
GUIDE.
Similarly, button 6 of the Main
Menu automatically updates to the
last selection you made using
SELECT LIST.
SELECT
GUIDE
1
SPORTS
GUIDE
4
OTHER
GUIDES
7
EXIT 5
CUSTOM
GUIDE
8
SELECT
LIST
3
NEWS
LIST
6
SYSTEM MENU
9
MAIN MENU