Introduction; Welcome - Sony SAT-W60 User Manual

CONTENTS -
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YOUR ACCOUNT
Account options
Billing information and payment options
Adding users to your account
Updates - getting the latest features
Using an ISP to connect to the WebTV Service
INDEX
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INTRODUCTION

WELCOME

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Your Sony ® -DIRECTV
television service that includes digital satellite TV programming from DIRECTV
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and Internet services from WebTV Networks, Inc. The UltimateTV
you control over what you watch, when you watch it, and how you watch your
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favorite programming. You can record TV shows and movies onto your receiver,
then watch them at any time. Thanks to the receiver's dual-tuner design, you can
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watch one show while recording another, record two shows at once, or watch
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two shows at once using Picture-In-Picture.
In addition to letting you record shows, your Sony
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UltimateTV
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show and want to get a snack or answer the phone, you can press your remote
control's
movie or want to see a great sports play a second time, press the
watch it again. Or use the
you're watching.
The service's interactive TV capabilities combine TV and the Internet, allowing you
to play along with certain game shows, register your opinion in a poll, or go to
Web sites that are associated with TV programs.
If you subscribe to the UltimateTV Service, your receiver allows you to use many
other capabilities of the Internet as well. For example, you can surf the World Wide
Web, send and receive e-mail, or join a live chat at any time.
This guide describes all these features, and more. You'll learn how to
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Find programs
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Create a custom guide
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Search for a show
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Display a reminder
• the show you're currently watching or a show that's on later
Record
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Watch two shows at once
• with some of your favorite shows
Interact
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Watch TV while using the Internet
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Write e-mail, chat online, surf the Web,
™ Receiver with UltimateTV ® Service provides an enhanced
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Service lets you control how you watch live TV. If you're watching a
button and return to your show later. If you miss a line of dialog in a
button to replay the last few minutes of the show
in an extensive on-screen Advanced Program Guide
that lists just your favorite channels
by title, category, actor, or other subject
when your favorite shows are about to begin
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Picture-In-Picture
and use other Internet features
® Service gives
-DIRECTV ™ Receiver with
button to
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