Using the guide button, Using the program guides, 36 using the guide button – RCA HD Receiver User Manual

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Using the Program Guides

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Using the GUIDE Button

Each press of the GUIDE button on the remote control takes you to an alternate type of TV
or DIRECTV

®

programming guide: Detail Guide, SurfGuide

(DIRECTV only), or Grid Guide.

By default, the Detail Guide appears when you press GUIDE on the remote control. You can
change the default guide from the Detail Guide to the Grid Guide or SurfGuide:

1.

Select Preferences from the main menu.

2.

Select Default Guide.

3.

Use the arrows and OK to choose which guide you want to appear first when you press
GUIDE. If SurfGuide is chosen as the default, the Grid Guide will appear when you
access the TV program guide, since the Sur fGuide isn’t available as a TV program
guide.

The Detail Guide

The Detail Guide shows five channels in a time-and-channel format, with program
information for the highlighted program (if available) at the top of the guide.

The SurfGuide

(DIRECTV only)

The SurfGuide displays seven DIRECTV channels in a half-hour time-and-channel format, if
you subscribe to DIRECTV

®

programming. The full name of the program and its rating are

listed at the bottom of the screen. Press the right arrow button to extend the SurfGuide to
show the next two hours.

The Grid Guide

The Grid Guide shows seven channels in a time-and-channel format, with the full title of
the highlighted program at the top of the guide.

The TV Detail Guide

The DIRECTV SurfGuide

The TV Grid Guide

You can highlight any
program then tune to
that channel or get more
information by pressing
the OK or INFO buttons.

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