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To see information about a program in the guide, press INFO. The Program Details screen appears and gives you several options. Then, you can select: • View Channel to tune to that channel • Channel Guide to see a program lineup for that channel • Buy Program to purchase the program • Other Times to see what other times the program is available. The program title is automatically entered and sorted in the AlphaSort control panel. The options available to you may vary according to the type of program you select. The Other Program Guides Besides the Detail Guide, Grid Guide, and SurfGuide, there are a few more guides: the Channel Guide, the Logo Guide and the Attractions Guide. You can access these guides by selecting the Other Guides button at the bottom of the Detail Guide and Grid Guide. Other Guides button Program Guides Program Guides The Channel Guide Displays a channel’s programming schedule in a channel-bychannel format. The Logo Guide Displays channel logos for the current user’s profile. The Attractions Guide Displays a list of channels that show coming attractions and special events information. Exiting A Program Guide There are three ways to exit a guide: • Point to a channel and press MENU•SELECT. • Point to Exit and press MENU•SELECT. • Press CLEAR or GO BACK on the remote. You can point to any program and tune to that channel or get more information. Just press the MENU•SELECT or INFO buttons. Program Guides Program Guides Sorting the Guides Sorting the guide is a way of organizing the guide to show only the types of programs that interest you. There are several on- screen buttons that sort the guide in different ways. The Sorting buttons appear at the bottom of the Grid Guide and Detail Guide. Topics The Topics button sorts the guide according to the current user’s preferences. Select the Topics button to sort the guide. The Topics button changes to the Topics Themes button. Press the Topics Themes button to edit the current user’s themes Topics button preferences. These preferences are saved in each user’s profile. Topics Themes button Checkmark the themes that interest you. Select the categories, and checkmark the themes you would like to appear when you select the Topics button in the guides. Programming that fits the description of checkmarked themes will appear in the guide when you sort by the Topics button. Program Guides Program Guides Movies Select the Movies button to list movies only. After selecting Movies, the Movies button changes to a Movies Themes button. Select the Movies Themes button to sort the guide to list specific types of movies, such as comedies or musicals. Movies button Movies Themes button Select a Movies Themes that interests you. Sports Select the Sports button to list sporting events only. After selecting Sports, the Sports button changes to a Sports Themes button. Select the Sports Themes button to sort the guide to list specific types of sports, such as basketball or soccer. Sports button Sports Themes button Select a Sports Theme that interests you. All The All button resets the guide to show all available topics, channels and listings for the current Profile. All button Program Guides Program Guides AlphaSort AlphaSort lists in alphabetical order all the program titles in the current guide. Select the AlphaSort button to search for specific program titles that are in the current program guide. Use the arrow button to highlight a character, then press MENU•SELECT. For example, to search for the program, Auto Racing, the first letter you should enter is “A”. (Words like “The”, “A” and “An” appear at the end of a title.) All titles that begin with “A” appear in the AlphaSort list. Next, enter the letter “U”. All titles beginning with “AU” appear in the list. AlphaSort button AlphaSort searches for specific titles in the guide. Continue entering the specific title’s letters until it appears in the AlphaSort list. If you enter the wrong letter, select either Backspace or Clear All. Use the arrow buttons to highlight the title you are looking for. Press the MENU•SELECT button to select it, or the INFO button to see more information. Only titles that are in the current program guide can be found by AlphaSort. Program Guides Program Guides Scout The Scout button lets you assign “Scouts” to search the guide for very specific program information, such as actor’s names or program descriptions. Select the Scout button to view the available scouts. Point to an available Scout, and select it. Select the Enter Text button to set up the information the Scout will look for in the program guide. Use the on-screen keyboard to enter the desired search parameters. For example, if you are interested in National Basketball Association events, enter a common term you might see in program information, like “NBA”. Scout button Select Enter Text to set up a Scout. If “NBA” appears within a program title or program description, the program will be included in the Scout Results program li...