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General On-Screen Guide Features
While there are different ways the guides can appear, there are some things they have in common.
The guide name will always appear in the upper left corner. It may be something simple like
"PROGRAM GUIDE." If you have filtered the guide, it could be more descriptive such as
"COMEDY MOVIES GUIDE." (See the "Filtering the Guides" subsection later in this chapter.)
Immediately below the guide title are indicators showing how the guide is further fil-
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tered. The label to the left specifies the current class filter setting. To the right you will
see the current channel list.
In the upper right corner of your screen the current day, date, and time are displayed.
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Just below the time you may see small icons indicating the status of the system or details
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about the currently highlighted program title. They are the same icons that appear in the
Channel Banner.
The primary body of the guide screen displays channels or program titles. You can press
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on a currently airing program to tune to it. Pressing
SELECT
INFORMATION screen described later in this chapter.
If a program title cannot entirely fit in the space provided, ellipses (...) indicate that a
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portion of the title is missing.
Using the PrePick™ Feature from the Advanced Program
Guide™
Preselecting Programs for Taping
You can utilize this feature commonly known as StarSight
Record (OTR). Programs that have been scheduled to be taped will be
identified with a videotape icon (
on-screen guide. If you do not want to have the PrePicked program
recorded, press the
SELECT
viewing.
When using the To Tape feature the following steps must be completed for the
DST-3000 receiver to perform unattended recording:
Note: Only the OUT TO TV or Audio/Video outputs (480i format) of the DST-
3000 receiver can be recorded with a standard VHS VCR. You cannot watch
the Y, P
DST-3000 receiver will only output 1080i format or standard 480i format, but
not both simultaneously. You must manually switch the DST-3000 to SD (480i
format) output mode before recording starts.
Attach the VCR Control cable. (See Chapter 2, "Setting Up Your Satellite Receiver.")
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Use the VCR SETUP screen. (See Chapter 7, "DST-3000 Receiver's Menu System.")
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Switch the DST-3000 to SD (480i) output mode.
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Set your VCR to match the output of the DST-3000 receiver. This could be either RF
G
(channel 3 or 4) or A/V (audio left and right with video or S-video).
Insert a recordable videotape of sufficient length in the VCR.
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Leave the VCR turned ON.
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) before the program title on the
key again to change the setting to be automatically tuned to for
, or P
outputs (1080i format) video while recording, because the
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will take you to the
INFO
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