Advanced program guide, 2. layout of the advanced program guide, Screen – Sony SAT-HD200 User Manual
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7. ADVANCED PROGRAM GUIDE
7-2. Layout of the Advanced Program Guide
Screen
The on-screen guide maintains five different channel lists, each of which shows you only those
channels and programs that belong to that channel list. The meaning and generation of each
channel list is described below
All
Custom
Favorite
Movies
Sports
The guide screen also provides two search menus:
Category
Keyword
When accessing an on-screen guide, you will always return to the guide menu, one of
the five channel lists or one of the two search menus, that you have previously viewed.
Shows program listings for all channels that you are eligible to access. They
include DIRECTV
®
channels that your dish antenna can receive, and over-the-
air channels that you have selected to add into the channel list during the ini-
tial setup procedure.
Shows the program listings that belong to the CUSTOM channel list. You can
customize the CUSTOM channel list by hiding channels from the All channel
list that you do not wish to view.
Shows program listings only for those channels on the FAVORITE channel list.
You can generate a FAVORITE channel list, which is a short list of channels
you tune to most frequently, by setting a favorite icon to the channels from
the menu sequence MENU
➝ SETUP ➝ Favorite/Ch. Edit.
Lists only movie programs from channels in the All channel list that have
acceptable ratings. The DIRECTV
®
High-Definition Receiver generates the
list automatically based on the category information of each program
identified in the APG.
Shows only sports programs. The DIRECTV HD Receiver generates the
list automatically based on the category information of each program
identified in the APG.
Searches for programs that belong to a given category. The DIRECTV HD
Receiver first shows you currently applicable categories and allows you
to search for programs in that category.
Searches for programs that have or are related to a specific keyword.
You can choose a keyword for program titles or credit titles (for example,
actor/actress, director, writer, awards, etc.).
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