2. layout of the advanced program guide™ screen – Sony SAT-HD300 User Manual

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7-2. Layout of the Advanced Program Guide™ Screen

The on-screen guide maintains ten 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

Note: When viewing the Program Guide, press the GUIDE button on the remote control to view the items

below in the Guide menu (see section 7-1).

ALL

The ALL category shows program listings for all channels to which you may subscribe. The guide shows

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channels that your dish antenna can receive, and over-the-air channels that you have selected

to add into the channel list during the initial setup procedure. Program details for non-satellite channels

may not be available depending on the satellite service provider.

CUSTOM

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 (see section 8-8).

FAVORITE (

)

Shows program listings only for those channels in 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 (see section 8-8).

CATEGORY (MOVIES/SPORTS/SPECIALS/SERIES/NEWS)
Lists only Movies/Sports/Specials/Series/News programs from channels in the All channel list. The
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HD Receiver generates the list automatically based on the category information for pro-

grams appearing within the next few hours in the Advanced Program Guide™.

MY CATEGORY 1/ MY CATEGORY 2
Shows only user-defined programs. You can edit MY CATEGORY 1, MY CATEGORY 2 list from the
menu sequence GUIDE ➝ MY CATEGORY ➝ EDIT (see section 7-8).

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