Moving Around The Guide; Filtering The Guide; Category - Hitachi DSS SYSTEM Owner's Manual

WATCHING DSS PROGRAMS ON THE HITACHI RECEIVER
PREFERENCES screen. See Chapter 8, "Preferences On Your Hitachi Receiver" for
information on changing the appearance of the PROGRAM GUIDE.
The icons that were described earlier in this chapter that appear on the Channel Banner can also
appear on the PROGRAM GUIDE just below the current date an time. Program related icons,
such as closed captioning, reflect information pertaining the cu_endy highlighted program.
A time line sparmmg the width of the guide indicates the show times of the programs being
displayed. The list of blocks running down the left-hand side are the "channel tags." Above the
guide is a menu bar, which is a series of buttons used to filter the guide into a more manageable,
personalized guide---except for the button on the left, which takes you to the MAIN MENU. In
addition to the current date and time, the top-most portion of the screen displays the tide, class,
and channel list for the guide. We will discuss each of these tides shortly.
Moving Around the Guide
To move around the guide, use the A, V, 4, and 11 keys. You can continue to press the V key
to scroll more program offerings onto the screen. This is also true when moving up---but with
one small difference. After pressing the A key on the top line of programs, the highlight jumps to
the last used button on the menu bar. You can continue pressing the A key while on the menu
bar to scroll the guide.
To speed up the process of reviewing the guide, you can use
fi0
and _0 to page through the
guide entries six channels at a time.
You can press _ on a currently airing program to tune to it. If the program is not airing
until later, pressing dk'q-al-:V_ will take you to the INFORMATION screen. The
INFORMATION screen is described later in this chapter in the section called "Getting
Program Information"
When the highlight is in the grid, you can use the _ and ]) keys to move left and right. If you
move the highlight onto the channel tags, they will change to logos. The logos may make it easier.
to find a specific channel. Move the highlight to the right to move the grid area to reveal later
time periods. Sometimes, after scrolling a few hours into the future, there may be a brief delay
while more information is received from the satellite.
Filtering the Guide
Sometimes, searching through hundreds of programs looking for those that are of interest to you
can be just a bit overwhelming. The Hitachi digital satellite receiver is prepared to help you hunt.
The buttons in the menu bar are your tools.
Category
Let's begin with the Categorybutton. When this button is highlighted and _ is pressed, a
drop-down menu appears. This drop-down menu offers all of the available catew_pings of
programs. YOU can choose any one of these that is of interest. Once you press _ on your
selection, the drop-down menu goes away and the guide is modified to show only those channels
airing programs within the next few hours that match your selection.
Popular categories can be quickly selected from your remote control. Slide the mode switch
located on the tight-hand side of the remote control to "DSS." You will see three keys for
filtering the guide to _, _, and ([[_D. Pressing one of these keys a second time
will restore the guide to be "All" categories.
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