Aptiv Digital Passport Echo Viewer's Manual

P asspor t E cho 3.0

—P asspor t E cho V ie w er ’ s G uide, R ev 01, D ual T uner v ersion

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Chapter 1.

About Passport Echo .................1

A bout the Remote Control .............................................

1

Chapter 2.

Getting Started ...........................5

T ur ning On the Set-top Bo x ...........................................

5

Selecting a Channel ......................................................

6

Specifying and Selecting F a v or ite Channels .................

6

Making the Current Channel a Favorite ........................

6

Adding or Deleting Favorite Channels ...........................

6

A uto F a v or ites ................................................................

8

Adjusting or Muting the Audio Volume ..........................

9

Using the Channel Banner and Inf o Banner ..................

9

Channel Banner ............................................................

9

Info Banner ..................................................................

10

Displaying and Browsing QuickInfo .............................

10

Displaying QuickTips ................................................... 11

Passport Echo Icons ................................................... 12

Chapter 3. Using the Program Guide ........15

About the Program Guide ............................................ 15

Navigating the Program Guide by Title ........................ 16

Exiting the Program Guide .......................................... 16

Listing Upcoming Episodes or Showings .................... 16

Displaying Information About Upcoming Programs ..... 17

Time View Sort Options ............................................... 17

Navigating the Program Guide by Theme ................... 18

Theme View Sort Options ............................................ 18

Searching the Program Guide by Title ........................ 19

Searching the Program Guide by Keyword ................. 20

Creating a Keyword Series Recording Request .......... 21

Viewing Additional Information About a Program ........ 23

Chapter 4. Quick Settings & QuickMenu ..25

About Quick Settings ................................................... 25

P assport Ec ho V ie wer’ s Guide

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Navigating the Quick Settings Menu ......................................................... 25

Exiting the Quick Settings Menu................................................................ 26

About the QuickMenu ................................................................................ 26

Navigating the QuickMenu ........................................................................ 26

Exiting the QuickMenu............................................................................... 26

Chapter 5. Specifying General Settings ......................... 27

General Settings Menu .............................................................................. 27

Displaying the General Settings Menu ...................................................... 30

Exiting the General Settings Menu ............................................................ 30

Chapter 6. Using Parental Control .................................. 31

Setting Up Parental Control ....................................................................... 31

Locking and Unlocking Channels .............................................................. 32

Locking Ratings ......................................................................................... 33

Locking Content ......................................................................................... 34

Locking and Unlocking Time Periods ......................................................... 35

Canceling Locked Time Periods ................................................................ 36

Hiding Adult Titles ...................................................................................... 36

Turning On Parental Control ...................................................................... 37

Turning On Parental Control from the Quick Settings Menu...................... 38

Turning Off Parental Control ...................................................................... 39

Turning Off Parental Control Until You Power Off the Set-top Box............. 39

Turning Off Parental Control Until You Manually Turn It Back On .............. 40

Changing Your Parental Control PIN ......................................................... 41

Chapter 7. Purchasing Pay Per View (PPV) Programs... 43

About PPV ................................................................................................. 43

Enabling, Disabling, or Changing the Purchase PIN ................................. 43

Purchasing PPV Programs ........................................................................ 44

Purchase PPV Programs from the Program Guide ................................... 45

Purchase PPV Programs from a PPV Channel......................................... 45

Resolving Conflicts and Locks................................................................... 46

Reviewing or Canceling PPV Purchases Using General Settings ............. 46

Chapter 8. Using the Digital Video Recorder (DVR)....... 49

Understanding Your Digital Video Recorder (DVR) .................................... 50

Swapping Between Foreground and Background Tuners.......................... 50

Info Banner ................................................................................................ 51

Notch Skip ................................................................................................. 52 ii Passport Echo Viewer’s Guide

30-Second Skip Ahead Feature ................................................................ 52

Slow Motion Playback ................................................................................ 52

Frame-by-Frame Advance and Rewind ..................................................... 52

Delayed Video (LOD Buffer) ...................................................................... 53

Recording a Program ................................................................................ 53

Recording a Program While Watching the Program .................................. 53

Stopping a Recording ................................................................................ 54

Recording a Current or Future Program from the Program Guide ............ 55

Manual Recording ..................................................................................... 55

Recording a Series .................................................................................... 56

Canceling a Recording from the Program Guide ....................................... 56

Using the Recording Options Dialog ......................................................... 57

Additional Recording Options Dialog......................................................... 57

Resolving Conflicts .................................................................................... 58

Playing Back Recorded Programs ............................................................. 58

Using the Saved Shows Panel .................................................................. 59

Saved Shows Options Menu ..................................................................... 60

Displaying Information About a Saved Show............................................. 60

Using the Storage Priority Panel ............................................................... 60

Erasing a Saved Program.......................................................................... 61

Sorting and Grouping Titles ....................................................................... 61

Playing All or All New Programs in a Folder .............................................. 62

Deleting a Folder or All Viewed Programs in a Folder ............................... 62

Checking Hard Disk Space Usage ............................................................ 63

Clearing Space on the Hard Disk .............................................................. 63

Using the Scheduled Recordings Panel .................................................... 64

Scheduled Recording Options Dialog ....................................................... 64

Using the Series Manager Panel ............................................................... 65

Series Manager Options Dialog ................................................................ 65

Using the Series Recording Priority Display.............................................. 66

Series Recording Options Dialog .............................................................. 67

Series Repeat Options Dialog ................................................................... 67

Canceling a Series Recording ................................................................... 68

Cropping .................................................................................................... 68

Automatic Cropping ................................................................................... 68

Manual Cropping ....................................................................................... 69

Chapter 9. Applications.................................................... 71

Playing PassTime Games ......................................................................... 72

Passport Weather ...................................................................................... 72

Passport Echo Viewer’s Guide

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Setting Up Your Passport Echo Remote Control ....................................... 73

Chapter 10. Purchasing Premium Services using iSubscribe ... 75

Purchasing Services from a Single or Multiple Offer iSubscribe Screen ... 76

Purchasing Services from the All iSubscribe Offers Channel ................... 77

Chapter 11. About Video Mosaic Channels .................... 81

Displaying a Video Mosaic Channel .......................................................... 82

Using the Standalone Channel Button List................................................ 82

Navigating the Standalone Channel Button List ........................................ 82

Launching a Channel from the Standalone Channel Button List............... 83

Viewing a Blocked Channel in Video Mosaic ............................................. 83

About Interactive Video Advertisements .................................................... 83

Audio Behavior in Video Mosaic ................................................................ 83

Using Advanced Mode .............................................................................. 83

Using the Record Key in Video Mosaic Channels ..................................... 84

Chapter 12. Video on Demand!........................................ 85

Entering and Exiting VOD and SVOD Channels ....................................... 85

Restricting VOD Purchases ....................................................................... 85

About VOD Library Channels .................................................................... 85

VOD and SVOD Icons ............................................................................... 89

About the On Demand Channel Banner .................................................... 89

About the On Demand QuickInfo™ Banner .............................................. 89

About VOD Feature Channels ................................................................... 90

About SVOD Library Channels .................................................................. 90

Supercategory Library Channels ............................................................... 91

About the On Demand Venue Library Channel ......................................... 91

Chapter 13. Reviewing Your Bill with Bill View ............... 93

Index ................................................................................. 95 iv Passport Echo Viewer’s Guide

About Passport Echo

Passport Echo is a system that offers you an easy, interactive way to watch and record TV.

The Passport Echo Digital Video Recorder (DVR) enables you to enjoy the features described in the following chapters and to tailor your Passport Echo system to suit your preferences.

About the Remote Control

To use the remote control with your TV or other equipment, you may need to first program the remote control using the procedures explained in your remote control documentation.

The table that begins on page 2 offers a detailed description of the remote control keys.

Passport Echo Viewer’s Guide 1

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Key Function

Turns on the currentlyselected device.

Selects the TV as the device that the remote will control.

Selects an auxiliary device as the device that the remote will control.

Selects the set-top box as the device that the remote will control.

Displays or hides the

Program Guide.

If the QuickMenu feature is supported, one press displays the QuickMenu; a second press displays

General Settings. Otherwise displays the Quick Settings.

Displays or hides additional information in the Channel

Banner, Program Guide, or

General Settings menu.

Not illustrated

Displays the Pay Per View channel with the lowest channel number.

Displays or hides the Quick

Settings menu; hides the


In the Program Guide grid, scrolls the grid down. In menus and elsewhere, it moves the highlight to the next lower item.

In the Program Guide grid, scrolls the grid up. In menus and elsewhere, it moves the highlight to the next higher item.

Key Function

In the Program Guide grid, scrolls the grid from right to left. In menus and elsewhere, it moves the highlight to the right.

In Fast Forward mode, skips forward to the next

15-minute increment tick mark in the progress bar. If playback is paused, advances frame-by-frame.

In the Program Guide grid, scrolls the grid from left to right. In menus and elsewhere, it moves the highlight to the left.

In Reverse mode on a recorded program, skips back to the previous

15-minute increment tick mark in the progress bar. If playback is paused, rewinds frame-by-frame.

Selects the highlighted item.

Silences (or resumes) the audio.

The LIST (or DVR LIST on some remotes) displays the

Saved Shows panel. If you are in the Saved Shows,

Scheduled Recordings, or

Series Manager panels, pressing this key hides the display.

Adjusts the volume. Press

VOL (+) to increase the volume level. Press VOL (-) to decrease the volume level.

Changes the channel. Press

CH (+) to channel up. Press

CH (-) to channel down.

Key Function

Exits the current display or dialog box (Channel

Banner, Program Guide,

Quick Settings menu,

QuickMenu, or General

Settings menus). Pressing the EXIT key while a channel application

(PassTime Games,

Passport Weather, Remote

Wizard) is displayed will display full-screen video of the program currently playing in the video inset window.

Scrolls one page in the

Program Guide (4 lines) or jumps to the next category in the General Settings menu. Press ‘+’ to page up.

Press ‘-’ to page down.

Performs the action indicated in the Program

Guide or menus.

Returns to the previous broadcast channel. If you are watching a pre-recorded program, pressing this button will display the last watched channel on the foreground tuner.

Selects the next favorite channel, or displays information about the next favorite channel, in the

Program Guide. Pressing twice marks the channel as a Favorite.

Rewinds video. If playback is paused, initiates reverse slow-motion. In the Program

Guide, in Time view mode, jumps back one day.


Key Function

Plays video.

If the 30-second skip headend configuration is turned off, pressing the PLAY key twice in quick succession initiates slow-motion playback.

If the 30-second skip headend configuration setting is turned on, pressing the

PLAY key twice in quick succession skips ahead 30 seconds and resumes playback.

In the Program Guide, in

Time view mode, jumps ahead one day (for the convenience of users with remotes that lack Rewind and Fast Forward buttons.)

Fast forwards video. If playback is paused, initiates slow-motion (forward). In the Program Guide, in Time view mode, jumps ahead one day.

Pauses video.

Stops video or stops recording.

Records current program to hard drive or schedules the recording of a program.

Swaps between the foreground and background tuners.

Displays the currently-airing program on the mostrecently displayed channel.


Getting Started

This chapter explains how to get started with basic Passport

Echo procedures, such as turning the TV and set-top box on and off, changing channels, and controlling the volume.

This chapter also discusses the Channel Banner and Info

Banner, and identifies the graphic icons used in the Program

Guide and elsewhere in Passport Echo.

Note: Unless otherwise noted, most procedures in this document assume that the remote control is set to operate the set-top box (in other words, that you have already pressed the CBL key on the remote control).

Turning On the Set-top Box

• Press the CBL key, then the POWER key.

—or—

• Press the power button on the set-top box.

If the set-top box does not turn on, check to make sure that its

AC power cable i s plugged into a working electrical socket.

Also, check to make sure that the remote control does not need new batteries.

Note: To use the remote control to turn on your TV, you must press the TV key on the remote, then press the POWER key. You might need to program the remote to control your television. Please consult the user guide for your remote control for instructions.


Selecting a Channel

You can select channels by pressing the following keys on the remote:

• Number keys: Enable you to key in specific channel numbers.

• CH key: Press CH (+) or (-) to navigate channels.

• FAV key: Displays the next highest favorite channel. In the Program

Guide, highlights the next highest favorite channel listing.

• LAST key: Displays the last channel you watched.

• SELECT key:

• In the Program Guide, selects a highlighted program.

• In QuickInfo, selects the program for which information is displayed.

Making the Current

Channel a Favorite

You can specify the channel you are currently watching as a favorite by pressing the FAV key twice.

You can also use the Quick Settings

Menu to specify favorite channels:

1 Press the SETTINGS key.

Passport Echo displays the Quick

Settings menu.

Specifying and

Selecting Favorite

Channels

Passport Echo enables you to specify your favorite channels.

You can then cycle through them by pressing the FAV key to select the next highest favorite channel.

You can specify your favorite channels in the Quick Settings or General

Settings menus. You can also mark the current channel as a Favorite by pressing the FAV key twice.

Note: It may be possible to access

General Settings via the

QuickMenu if your cable services company has configured Passport Echo in such a way.

2 Press the up or down arrow to highlight the Make This Channel A

Favorite option.

3 Press SELECT or the left arrow to make the channel a favorite.

A dot appears in the Yes column, marking the selected channel as a favorite.

4 To exit the Quick Settings menu, press the C key.

Adding or Deleting

Favorite Channels

1 Press the SETTINGS key, then press the A key.

Note: If your set-top box supports the

QuickMenu feature, you could alternatively press the MENU key twice.


Passport Echo displays the


2 Press the up or down arrow to highlight the My Preferences category. If the category is not expanded, press SELECT to expand the My Preferences category.

The right side of the screen displays a summary of the current

My Preferences settings.

3 If necessary, press the down arrow to highlight the Favorite

Channels preference.

If favorite channels have already been specified, the current count of favorite channels (e.g., 5

Channels) and the channel numbers themselves (e.g., 2, 4, 5,

8, 11) are listed on the right side of the display. Otherwise, the preference displays NO

ENTRIES.

4 Press the right arrow or the

SELECT key to move to the

Channels column.

5 Press the up or down arrow or the number key(s) to highlight a channel that you want to make a favorite.

6 Press the SELECT key.

• A star icon is displayed to the right of the channel in the

Channels column, indicating that it is now a favorite.

• The channel number is added to the CURRENT FAVORITES list.

7 To specify another channel as a favorite, repeat steps 5 and 6.

8 To remove a channel from the favorites list, highlight it in the

Channels column and press

SELECT.

9 To clear all channels from the favorites list, highlight the Clear All option at the top of the Channels column and press SELECT.

10 When you are finished, press the left arrow.

Passport Echo returns to the

Preferences list.

11 To exit the General Settings menu, press the EXIT key.


Auto Favorites

Passport Echo features an Auto

Favorites function that remembers the channels you watch most and automatically adds them to the

Favorites list.

Auto Favorite channels are indicated in the Program Guide by the following icon:

4 Press the A key to disable the

Auto Favorites function.

The right side of the screen displays Auto Favorites: OFF.

(Pressing the A key re-enables

Auto Favorites.)

Auto Favorites may be turned on by default. However, you can turn this feature on or off as you desire.

Note: If you turn off Auto Favorites,

Passport Echo no longer tracks or retains viewing behavior information.

To turn Auto Favorites off or on:


Note: If your set-top box supports the

QuickMenu feature, you could alternatively press the MENU key twice.



2 Press the up or down arrow to highlight the My Preferences category. If the category is not expanded, press SELECT to expand the My Preferences category.

The right side of the screen displays a summary of the current

My Preferences settings.

3 If necessary, press the down arrow to highlight the Favorite

Channels preference.


Adjusting or Muting the Audio Volume

You must program the remote to control the audio volume of the set-top box. For more information, refer to your remote control’s setup instructions.

To adjust the audio volume:

• To increase the volume, press

VOL (+).

• To decrease the volume, press

VOL (-).

For the best audio quality, press the

CBL key on the remote control, then press the VOL (+) key to raise the volume to near its maximum level.

Then press the TV key on the remote control, and adjust the volume as desired.

To mute the audio:

• To temporarily silence the audio, press the MUTE key.

• To restore the audio to its previous volume level, press the MUTE key again.

Using the Channel

Banner and Info

Banner

The Channel Banner and Info Banner provide quick access to information about a program’s title, start time and end time, and more, including:

• The channel logo, number, and call letters

• The program title, start time, and end time

• The current time of day

• Program Guide icons, where appropriate (for example, a star icon to indicate a favorite channel)

• Message Alert

• Ratings icon

• Content advisory information

The Info Banner appears similar to the

Channel Banner, but contains additional information about the Digital

Video Recorder (DVR).

Channel Banner

The Channel Banner appears for a few seconds when you change channels

(unless the Info Banner is already displayed). The figure below shows a

Channel Banner.


To exit the Channel Banner:

Press the EXIT key, or wait until the

Channel Banner disappears automatically.

Info Banner

The Info Banner appears when you press the INFO key on your remote.

When you press a DVR function key such as Fast Forward or Rewind, or when you switch from delayed video to live video (or make a similar change), a smaller version of the banner is displayed.

To display the Info Banner:

Press the INFO key on the remote.

To exit the Info Banner:

Press the EXIT key, or wait until the

Info Banner disappears automatically.

Displaying and

Browsing QuickInfo

You can use QuickInfo to get information about programs, including the program title, rating, content advisories, description, start time, end time, locked icon (if the program is locked by channel, time, rating or content).

QuickInfo also indicates the current time; the channel logo, number and call letters; and whether the program is broadcast on a Favorite or Skipped channel.

In QuickInfo, you can also watch the current program in a scaled video window (see figure) while you browse information about programs on other channels that are being broadcast currently or that will be broadcast in the future.


To display QuickInfo:

1 Press the INFO key.

Passport Echo displays the Info

Banner.

2 Press the INFO key again.

Passport Echo displays QuickInfo.

3 To display the next page of a program’s description (if available), press the PAGE +/- key.

4 To browse other program titles and times, use the arrows to display information for:

• One channel higher than the current channel

• One channel lower than the current channel

• The program that preceded the program shown in

QuickInfo (for up to two hours of past programming).

• The program that follows the program shown in

QuickInfo (for up to 24 hours of future programming).

5 To select a channel displayed in

QuickInfo, press the SELECT key.

6 To record a program displayed in

QuickInfo, press the REC key.

7 To exit browse mode, press the C key.

QuickInfo displays the current program information.

8 To hide QuickInfo, press the INFO key (or the EXIT key).

QuickInfo disappears.

Note: If you do not press the INFO or

EXIT key to hide QuickInfo, it will automatically disappear after several seconds.

Displaying QuickTips

QuickTips can display helpful hints while you browse or search the

Program Guide for shows, set up future show recordings, etc.

If you turn on the QuickTips preference

(under My Preferences in the General

Settings), QuickTips will display once per day when you enter the Program

Guide or DVR List screens.

You can also select View Now to display the QuickTips panel immediately, then press the left or right arrow to turn through the pages of QuickTips information.


Passport Echo Icons

Passport Echo can display icons in the Program Guide, Saved Shows panel, and elsewhere. The following table describes each Passport Echo icon.

A program locked by channel, rating, content or time period when Parental Control is currently enabled.

A program locked by channel, rating, content, or time period when Parental Control is currently disabled.

A Favorite channel.

A Skipped channel.

An Auto Favorite channel.

A program that features stereo sound.

A program that features closed caption information

(subtitles for hearing-impaired viewers).

A program that features a secondary audio track, typically in a different language.

A purchased program.

Recording in progress.

Program is currently playing.

A program that is scheduled to be recorded.

A series that is scheduled to be recorded.

Recurring manual recording.

Single instance manual recording.

Programs that will not be erased for at least three days.

A program that will be erased very soon (within one day).

A program that will be erased soon (within three days).

Programs you have specified to be saved until you manually delete them.

The No Record icon is displayed if a program scheduled to be recorded:

• cannot be recorded due to conflicts with other recording requests, or

• is canceled by the user.

Indicates that the program is broadcast in High Definition

(HD) format.

The Reminder Timer icon is displayed in the Program

Guide if you selected Remind me about this show in the timer dialog.

The Series Header icon (or

Keyword Header icon) is displayed in the Program Guide.

It is like a “folder” that contains individual instances of a series, or individual shows that match a keyword.

The Magnifying Glass icon is displayed when you search for keywords in the Program

Guide. It is also used in list menus to tag recordings based on keyword series recordings.

The Message Notification icon is displayed in the Channel

Banner to indicate that a message from your cable company has been received.

The Customized Line-Up grid icon is displayed next to the

Time or Theme sort menu option at the bottom of the

Program Guide.


Some pop-up menus feature a tab indicating that additional options are available.

The Cropping icons indicate that a program has been manually or automatically cropped.

(For more information, see

“Cropping” on page 68.)

The telephone icon appears in the Caller ID Banner when your household receives a telephone call if this feature is supported by your cable services company. (For more information, see “Caller ID” on page 28.)



Using the Program Guide

This chapter explains how to use the Program Guide to access the programs you want to view or record.

About the Program Guide

The Program Guide offers an overview of what is playing on each channel at a specific time.

The Program Guide enables you to select programs to watch, record, or purchase. The following figure illustrates various elements of the Program Guide.

Information on the program highlighted in the Program

Guide below

Video and channel information for the currently selected program

Time Grid

Highlighted program

You can display the Program Guide information in various sorts by time or theme, or search the guide by title or keyword, by pressing the A, B, or C key on your remote control. By default, the information is displayed by time. Several custom display options are also available. (Each of these options is discussed in the following sections.)

• A. Time

• B. Theme

• C. Search (by Title or Keyword)


Navigating the Program

Guide by Title

1 Press the GUIDE key.

The Program Guide displays the time-and-channel grid. The current program is highlighted in the grid.

Exiting the Program

Guide

1 To exit the Program Guide, you can press the GUIDE or EXIT key on the remote.

Note: Alternatively, the Program

Guide will disappear automatically if you press no key for a short period of time.

2 Press the arrows to highlight a program, then press the SELECT key to select the program.

• If you select a current program,

Passport Echo displays the channel showing the program you selected.

• If you select a future program, the Program Guide displays the menu below, which indicates that the program will air in the future. Press the up or down arrow to select an option, then press the SELECT key.

Listing Upcoming

Episodes or Showings

The Program Guide enables you to display a list of upcoming episodes of a series, or upcoming showings of a nonserial program (such as a movie).

It displays the information in the

Program Guide Search results panel, just as if you had run a Search by Title.

1 Highlight the desired program in the Program Guide.

2 Press the REC key.

Passport Echo displays a Record

Options dialog.

• If you select a PPV channel, you must purchase the program to be able to view it.


3 Press the arrows to highlight List

upcoming episodes (or shows) , then press the SELECT key.

Passport Echo displays the list of all instances of upcoming episodes or showings that are currently available in the Program

Guide data.

Time View Sort Options

You can sort the Time view of the

Program Guide in several ways.

Press the A key twice to display the

Time view Options pop-up menu.

Displaying Information

About Upcoming

Programs

You can display programming information in the Program Guide for up to one week ahead.

• Press the FAST FORWARD key to skip forward one day.

• Press the REWIND key to skip back one day.

• Press a number key (for example,

“3” for three days), then press the right arrow within two seconds.

(Press the same number key, then press the left arrow to return to the information for the present day.)

• Sort 1,2,3 sorts the listings by channel number.

• Sort A,B,C sorts the listings by channel call letters.

• List All displays all channels.

• List Favorites displays only your specified Favorite channels.

• List HDTV displays listings for only HDTV programs.

• Custom...

displays several custom sorting options, including:

• List Music Channels

• List On Demand Channels

• List Pay Per View Channels

• Hide Skipped Channels

• Hide Locked Channels

• Hide On Demand Channels

• Hide Pay Per View Channels

Note: These options are configured by your cable company. Some options may not be available.


The Customized line-up icon indicates that a custom sort option is currently displayed:

Navigating the Program

Guide by Theme

You can display the Program Guide with content arranged by theme.

The left column of the grid shows theme categories and icons. Themes include movies, sports, lifestyle, news, family, series, and more.

1 Press the GUIDE key.


Program Guide.

2 Press the B key.

The Program Guide displays a list of themes.

The Program Guide lists all available programs for the highlighted theme in the right window (up to a maximum of

1,000 programs).

4 To access the list of programs, press the right arrow to move the highlight to the right window.

5 To scroll through the list, press the up or down arrow.

Current programs are marked by a dot to the left of the program title.

Note: For faster scrolling, press the

Page +/- keys.

6 To again display the theme list, press the left arrow.

7 To exit, press the EXIT key.

Theme View Sort

Options

You can sort the Theme view of the

Program Guide in several ways.

Press the B key twice to display the

Theme view Options pop-up menu.

3 Press the up or down arrow to scroll through the list of themes.

To quickly jump from one theme category to another, press the B key.


• Sort Airtimes sorts the listings by viewing time.

• Sort Titles sorts the listings alphabetically by title.

• List All displays all channels.

• List Favorites displays only your specified Favorite channels.

• List HDTV displays listings for only HDTV programs.

• Custom...

displays several custom sort options, which may include, for example:

• List All Channels

• List Family Channels

• List Family Programs

• Hide Skipped Channels

• Hide Locked Channels

• Hide Non-Captioned Programs

• Hide Saved Shows

• Hide Locked Programs

Note: These options are configured by your cable company. Some options may not be available.

The Customized line-up icon indicates that a custom sort option is currently displayed:

Searching the Program

Guide by Title

You can search the Program Guide by title. The following procedure describes how to search through seven days of

Program Guide information.

1 Press the GUIDE key to display the Program Guide.

2 Press the C (Search) key.

The Search button displays a popup list featuring two search options: Titles and Keywords .

3 Press the up arrow to highlight the

Titles option (if necessary), then press the SELECT key.

4 Press the arrows to highlight the first l etter of the program title you seek, then press SELECT.

The letter you selected appears on the Title line.

Only letters that are viable options for the second letter in the desired title remain selectable. The other letters fade to gray.


5 Repeat for subsequent letters until the desired program title is displayed in the right window.

• To clear all letters from the Title line or to start a new search, press the arrows to highlight

NEW , then press the SELECT key.

• To back up one space, use the arrows to highlight BACK , then press SELECT.

Note: If there are several episodes of a program (e.g., a series), the

Series Header icon is displayed to the left of the item. To display all the individual episodes of the program (expand the list), highlight the Series Heading and press SELECT or the right arrow. To hide (or collapse) the list, press the left arrow.

Note: To return to the Title search, press the left arrow.

8 Press the SELECT or REC key to display the highlighted program’s channel, or to set up a recording.


6 To access the list of programs, press the right arrow repeatedly to move the highlight to the right window.

Passport Echo highlights the first program in the list.


Searching the Program

Guide by Keyword

You can search the Program Guide by keyword.

Keywords can refer to subject matter or names of actors or directors. You can search the program title and description for information that matches the keyword you enter.

1 Press the GUIDE key to display the Program Guide.

2 Press the C (Search) key.

The Search button displays a popup list of two search options: Titles and Keywords .


3 Press the down arrow to highlight the Keywords option, then press the SELECT key.

4 Press the arrows to highlight the first letter of your keyword, then press the SELECT key.

5 Repeat for subsequent letters until the desired information (e.g., name of actor) is displayed in the right window (i.e., the program list window).

6 To access the list of programs, press the right arrow repeatedly to move the highlight to the right window.

Passport Echo highlights the first item in the list.


8 When you have highlighted the desired program in the program list, press the SELECT key.

If the program is currently playing,

Passport Echo displays the channel. If it is a future program,

Passport Echo offers options.


Creating a Keyword

Series Recording

Request

If you would like Passport Echo to locate and record all programs related to a particular topic of interest, you can create a keyword series recording request.

Keywords can refer to a particular subject matter, or to the names of actors or directors, etc.

For example, if you are interested in the guitar, you could create a keyword series recording request for “guitar.”

Passport Echo will then continuously scan the Program Guide data to locate programs for which the description or title includes the word “guitar.”

Passport Echo will then automatically record each qualifying program.

The keywords you specify may happen to refer to an extremely large number of programs. In this case, it is possible that your keyword series requests will cause Passport Echo to record an extremely large number of programs, which may quickly consume the available space on the hard disk and make it impossible to record other programs. Create your keyword series recording requests with caution, and check frequently to make sure that your keyword series recording requests have not used up too much hard disk space.

To check the estimated amount of hard disk space that is currently available for new recordings, you can display the

Saved Shows Information panel. To do so, press the DVR LIST key, then press the A key. Highlight View Disk Info , then press the SELECT key.


Note: If a keyword search yields more than 50 matches,

Passport Echo will not allow you to schedule a series recording.

You can create a keyword series recording request whether or not a search of the Program Guide yields any matching programs.

Creating a keyword series recording request:

1 Follow Steps 1 through 5 from the procedure described in

“Searching the Program Guide by

Keyword” on page 20. Key in the word or name for which you want to create a keyword series recording request.

Passport Echo displays a list of keyword headers and icons.

( Note: Keyword headers always appear in capital letters.

)

Each keyword header contains the keyword you entered, but it may also contain additional words or variations of the word you entered. A sub-list of programs is contained within each keyword header (folder).

2 Press the right arrow repeatedly to move the highlight to the right window. Press the up or down arrow to move the highlight to the desired keyword header.

Passport Echo highlights the keyword header.

Note: You can press SELECT to view the program titles contained in the keyword header to make sure you want to record them all. Press the left arrow to collapse the keyword header list.


Passport Echo displays a dialog that asks whether you want to record all shows associated with the keyword, or only movies.

Note: If you select Record all matching movies , Passport Echo will not record regular (non-movie) television programs.


4 Press the up or down arrow to highlight Record all matching shows or Record all matching movies , then press the SELECT key.

Passport Echo displays the Series

Options dialog.

5 Use the Series Options dialog to specify your preferences about which Episodes to Record,

Channels, Air Times, etc.

Press the A key to confirm your selections.

Viewing Additional

Information About a

Program

You can use the Program Guide to display additional information about a program.

The following display shows an example of additional program information.

The Series Manager will display the keyword series title with a magnifying glass next to it.

1 In the Program Guide, press the arrows to highlight the program for which you want more information.


Passport Echo displays an extended program description.

3 To again display the Program

Guide, press the C key (or the

INFO key).

You can also create a keyword series request even if your search of the Program Guide does not generate any matches. If matching programs come along in the future, Passport Echo will record them automatically.



Quick Settings &

QuickMenu

This chapter describes how to specify Quick Settings and how to use the QuickMenu.

(Note: Not all set-top boxes support the QuickMenu feature.)

About Quick Settings

The Quick Settings menu enables you to do the following:

• Display closed captions

• Activate Parental Control

• Make a channel a favorite

• Record the current channel

• Play secondary audio (SAP)

• Activate the sleep timer

Navigating the Quick Settings Menu


Passport Echo displays the Quick Settings menu.

(Note: On set-top boxes that do not support QuickMenu, you can also display Quick Settings by pressing the MENU key.)


2 Press the up or down arrow to highlight an option.

3 To change the setting for an option from Yes to No or vice versa, press the SELECT key. (Or use the right or left arrow to set a

Yes or No option.)

In some cases, additional steps may be required. Refer to the following sections for specific information.

Exiting the Quick Settings

Menu

To exit the Quick Settings menu, do one of the following:

• Press the C key

• Press the SETTINGS key (again)

• Press the EXIT key

• Select a channel

• On set-top boxes that do not support QuickMenu, you can also exit Quick Settings by pressing the MENU key.

About the QuickMenu

The QuickMenu enables you to do the following things (actual options will vary depending on your cable provider):

• Access Preferences

• View the Program Guide and associated features

• View a list of Pay Per View (PPV) channels

• View a list of Premium Channels

• Access DVR features

Navigating the

QuickMenu

1 Press the MENU key.


QuickMenu.

Note: On set-top boxes that do not support QuickMenu, pressing the MENU key displays the

Quick Settings menu.

2 Press the left or right arrow to choose a category.

3 Press the up or down arrow to highlight an option.

4 To change the setting for an option or access the associated screen, press the SELECT key.

In some cases, additional steps may be required.

Exiting the QuickMenu

To exit the QuickMenu, do one of the following:

• Press the EXIT key

• Select a channel

• To return to live TV, select Back to

TV from the QuickMenu.


Specifying General

Settings

The General Settings menu enables you to customize Passport

Echo preferences.

General Settings Menu

The General Settings menu enables you to access the features described in the following pages.

Note: Your primary set-top box might not support all features listed in these pages.

To display the General Settings menu, press the SETTINGS key, then press the A key.

Note: If your set-top box supports the QuickMenu feature, you could alternatively press the MENU key twice.


My Preferences

• Favorite Channels: Specify channels as favorites. Jump to them by pressing the FAV key.

• Skipped Channels : Specify channels you want to skip when you change channels using the

CH (+) and CH (-) keys.

• Power-On Channel: Specify the channel that the cable set-top box will display when you turn on the set-top box.

• Banner Duration: Specify how long the Channel Banner will display when you change channels.

• QuickTips: Displays helpful hints while you browse or search the

Program Guide for shows, set up future show recordings, etc.

Caller ID

• Caller ID Status: Enable or disable display of the Caller ID banner.

• Caller ID Banner Duration:

Specify the display duration of the

Caller ID banner.

• Caller History: Review a detailed log history of telephone calls your household has received.

Messages

• Message Notice: Specify whether or not you want a notice displayed in the Channel Banner when you receive a message.

Parental Control

• Locking Status: Enable or disable Parental Control.

• Change PIN: Create or change the Parental Control PIN.

• Locked Channels: Specify the channels you want to lock when

Parental Control is activated.

• Locked Ratings: Specify the program ratings to lock when


• Locked Content: Specify the content advisory program categories to lock when Parental

Control is activated.

• Locked Time: Specify the time periods you want to lock when


• Hide Adult Titles: Hides (does not display) adult-oriented program titles and descriptions in the Program Guide, Channel

Banner, QuickInfo, General

Settings, PPV channels and other menus.

Timers

• Sleep Timer: Activate the sleep timer so that the cable set-top box automatically turns off after a specified number of minutes.

• Power-On Timer: Set a channel, day(s), and time for the cable settop box to turn on automatically.

• Power-Off Timer: Set the day(s) and time for the cable set-top box to turn off automatically.

• Reminder Timer: Set a timer to remind you when a program is going to air.


Purchasing

• Locking Status: This feature enables or disables the requirement to enter a PIN to purchase PPV programs.

• Change PIN: Create or change the Purchase PIN.

• PPV Purchases: Review or cancel PPV purchases.

Language

• Audio: Turn secondary audio programming (SAP) on or off.

• Closed Captioning: Enable or disable closed captions. Select detailed parameters for Analog and Digital Services, and text and background options.

• Display: Switch between English and a supported secondary language (e.g., Spanish or

French) for the display text.

• Subtitles: Select the language for subtitles: English, Spanish,

French, Portuguese, or None.

Audio/Video

• Video Output Format: Specify output format parameters to optimize viewing.

• Audio Settings: Specify settings for Volume Level, Analog Output,

Digital Output, and Dynamic

Range.

Accessories

• AC Outlet Use: Specify the behavior of the set-top box’s AC outlet.

• RF Output: Specify channel 3 or

4 to output RF from the set-top box.

• Set-top Clock: Specify the display and illumination options for the set-top box LED display.


Displaying the General

Settings Menu


(If QuickMenu is available, you could alternatively press the

MENU key twice.)



Exiting the General

Settings Menu

Press the EXIT or SETTINGS or

MENU key.

The General Settings menu disappears and the program on the current channel is displayed.

Note: Pressing the LIST, GUIDE or

CH keys also exits from the

General Settings menu, with various results.

2 Press the up or down arrow to highlight a preference category

(e.g., My Preferences).

If the category is not expanded, press SELECT to expand the category.

3 Press the down arrow, if necessary, to highlight the desired preference (e.g., Favorite

Channels).

4 Press the right arrow or SELECT to move to the next column to adjust the preference settings.

Note: Helpful information for the selected preference is displayed in the upper-left corner. Press the INFO key to display additional pages of help information, if available.

5 To return to the Preferences column, press the left arrow.


Using Parental Control

Parental Control enables you to restrict the viewing of certain channels, ratings, content advisory levels, and time periods. For example, you may wish to prevent your children from watching certain channels or programs intended for mature audiences, or to restrict TV watching at certain times, such as late in the evening.

You can also hide the titles and descriptions of adult-oriented programs so they do not appear in the Program Guide or other places in Passport Echo.

Setting Up Parental Control

To set up Parental Control, specify the channels, ratings, content advisories, and time periods you want to lock, and whether you want to hide adult-oriented program titles. (If you have not yet created a PIN, but still try to turn on Parental Control, Passport

Echo will prompt you to create a PIN.)

Once you have specified the locking settings, you can then turn on Parental Control to lock all the channels, ratings, content advisory levels, and time periods you specified. To watch locked programs and channels, you then must enter a PIN.

When you select a locked program, a display similar to the following is shown:

Press the SELECT key, then enter your four-digit Parental

Control PIN to turn off Parental Control.

Note: If the channel is locked, you can disable Parental Control for the current channel only, or for all channels and recordings.


You can use General Settings to turn

Parental Control off until you turn it on manually, or to automatically re-lock when you turn the set-top box off and back on. See “Turning Off Parental

Control” on page 39.

Note: An open lock icon indicates that a channel is locked, but

Parental Control is currently turned off.

Locking and Unlocking

Channels

To lock or unlock a channel, use the

Locked Channels preference in the





2 Press the up or down arrow to highlight the Parental Control category. If the category is not expanded, press SELECT to expand the Parental Control category.

3 Press the down arrow to highlight the Locked Channels preference.

4 Press the right arrow or SELECT to move to the Channels column.

Passport Echo displays a list of channels. Locked channels are marked by a (closed or open) lock icon.

5 To lock a channel, press the up or down arrows or the number key(s) to indicate the channel you want to lock, then press SELECT.

The channel number is added to the list of locked channels.

6 To unlock a channel, press the up or down arrows to highlight the channel, or press the number key(s) to indicate the channel you want to unlock, then press

SELECT.

• To unlock all channels at once, press the up or down arrow to highlight the Clear All option, then press SELECT.

If Parental Control is not turned on, selected channels are removed from the list immediately.

If Parental Control is turned on, you must enter your PIN to turn off

Parental Control and unlock channels.

7 To lock or unlock additional channels, highlight and select the channels.

8 To return to the General Settings menu, press the left arrow.



10 For information on how to turn on

Parental Control, refer to page 37.

Locking Ratings

Parental Control lets you lock ratings to prevent household members from viewing programs intended for relatively mature audiences. You lock ratings using the Locked Ratings preference in the General Settings menu as described below.





3 Press the down arrow to highlight the Locked Ratings preference.

4 Press the right arrow or SELECT to move to the Ratings column.

Passport Echo displays a list of ratings. Locked ratings are marked by a (closed or open) lock icon.

Note: An open lock icon indicates that a rating is locked, but Parental

Control is currently turned off.

5 To lock a rating, press the up or down arrow to highlight the rating, then press SELECT.

6 To unlock a rating, press the up or down arrow to highlight the rating, then press SELECT.

• To unlock all ratings, press the up or down arrow to highlight the Clear All option, then press

SELECT.

If Parental Control is not turned on, the rating you selected is removed from the locked ratings list. (All ratings are removed if you selected the Clear All option.)


Parental Control and unlock the rating.

7 To lock or unlock additional ratings, highlight and select the ratings.





Locking ratings restricts all programs with content designed for more mature audiences. For example, if you lock the

NA rating, programs at all ratings levels are locked. If you lock the R rating, programs rated NC-17 and NR (Adult) are locked. However, you can unlock specific ratings if you desire.


Locking Content

Parental Control lets you lock programs by content advisory levels to prevent household members from viewing programs intended for relatively mature audiences. You lock content using the Locked Content preference in the General Settings menu as described below.





3 Press the down arrow to highlight the Locked Content preference.

4 Press the right arrow or SELECT to move to the Ratings column.

Passport Echo displays a list of content advisory levels. Locked content advisories are marked by a (closed or open) lock icon.

Note: An open lock indicates that a content advisory is locked, but

Parental Control is currently turned off.

5 To lock a content advisory, press the up or down arrow to highlight the content advisory, then press

SELECT.

6 To unlock a content advisory, press the up or down arrow to highlight the content advisory, then press SELECT.

• To unlock all content advisories, press the up or down arrow to highlight the

Clear All option, then press

SELECT.

If Parental Control is not turned on, the content advisory you selected is removed from the locked content list. (All content advisories are removed if you selected the Clear All option.)


Parental Control and unlock the content advisory.

7 To lock or unlock additional content advisories, highlight and select the content advisories.





Locking content advisories restricts all programs with content designed for more mature audiences. For example, if you lock the content advisory Minimal

Violence, you also automatically lock the content advisories Moderate,

Intense, and Graphic Violence.


Locking and Unlocking

Time Periods

Parental Control enables you to lock time periods so that household members can watch programs only during unlocked time periods.

To lock a time period, use the Locked

Time preference in the General

Settings menu as described below.





3 Press the down arrow to highlight the Locked Time preference.

4 To create a new locked time period, press the right arrow or

SELECT.

Passport Echo displays the following screen:

5 Press the up or down arrow to highlight On .

6 Press the right arrow to move to the Day column.

7 Press the up or down arrow to select a day. You can specify a day, date, a recurring weekday such as Tuesdays, a recurring sequence of days such as weekdays or weekends, or

“Every” day.

8 Continue pressing the right, up, and down arrows to move between columns and to specify start and stop times.

9 When you have specified the time period, press SELECT.

A new preference is added in the

Preferences column with a number, for example:

Locked Time 1.

You can specify up to four Locked

Time periods.


Canceling Locked Time

Periods

1 To unlock a time period, repeat steps 1 and 2 from the previous procedure.

2 Press the down arrow to highlight the Locked Time you want to cancel (e.g., Locked Time 1).

3 Press the C key.

If Parental Control is not turned on, the time period is unlocked.


Parental Control and unlock the time period.

4 To unlock additional time periods, highlight and select them.




Hiding Adult Titles

The Hide Adult Titles preference lets you block adult-oriented program titles and descriptions from appearing in the

Program Guide, Saved Shows,

Scheduled Recordings, Series

Manager, Info Banner, Channel

Banner, and PPV channels. It also automatically adds NC-17 and NR

(Adult) ratings to the Locked ratings list.

Note: Enabling the Hide Adult Titles preference blocks the title and description from appearing in the noted places and automatically adds NC-17 and

NR (Adult) to the locked rating list. It does not prevent the program from being viewed.

The program title is replaced with a

“Title Blocked” indication if any of the following are true:

• Rating is “Adult”

• Rating is “NC17”

• Rating is “X”

• Rating is “NR (Adult)”

• Category is “Adult Series”

• Category is “Adult Movie”

• Content Advisory is “Strong

Sexual Content”

To lock the video from being viewed, use other Parental Control locking features.

To enable the Hide Adult Titles preference:






3 Press the down arrow to highlight the Hide Adult Titles preference.

The current settings are displayed.

8 Once you have specified the setting, you must turn on Parental

Control for the titles to be hidden.

Note: If Hide Adult Titles is disabled, the ratings locks for NC-17 and NR

(Adult) that were set automatically will not be removed. You must remove them manually, if you so desire.

4 Press the right arrow or SELECT to move to the Options column.

The following is displayed:

5 Press the up arrow to highlight the

Enabled or Disabled option. (If you select the Disabled option, you must enter your PIN.)

6 Press the SELECT key to accept the entry.


Turning On Parental

Control

When you turn on Parental Control, you activate all settings for Locked

Channels, Locked Ratings, Locked

Content, Locked Time periods, and

Hide Adult Titles. If you have not locked any channels, ratings, content, or time periods, or enabled the Hide Adult

Titles preference, turning on Parental

Control will have no effect.

If you have not created a Parental

Control PIN and try to turn on Parental

Control, Passport Echo will prompt you to create a PIN.

When Parental Control is turned on, you must enter your Parental Control

PIN to view locked programs.

You can turn Parental Control on or off from the Quick Settings menu or


The General Settings menu includes three settings for locking or unlocking

Parental Controls:

• On: This setting turns on Parental

Control.

• Off (Relock Manually): With this setting, when you turn off Parental

Control, it remains turned off until you turn it back on using the

Quick Settings or General

Settings.


• Off (Auto Relock): With this setting, when you turn off Parental

Control and turn the set-top box off and then back on, Parental

Control will be enabled automatically.

In addition, if the remote control remains inactive for five hours,

Parental Control is enabled automatically.

Turning On Parental

Control from the Quick

Settings Menu



Settings menu.

2 Press the up or down arrow to highlight the Activate Parental

Control option.

A dot in the No column indicates that Parental Control is currently turned off.

3 Press the left arrow or SELECT to change the setting to Yes .

Passport Echo requests your PIN.

4 Key in the four digits of your

Parental Control PIN.

Passport Echo displays a confirmation message.

5 Press the A key to acknowledge the message.

Parental Control and all locks are now enabled.

Note: You can also turn on Parental

Control from the General Settings menu by setting the Parental Control/

Locking Status preference.


Turning Off Parental

Control

Turning off Parental Control does not delete your locking settings. Your settings are retained so that you can easily re-activate them.


Control Until You Power

Off the Set-top Box

You can turn off Parental Control temporarily for all locked channels, ratings, content, and times so that you can view all programs.

When you turn off the set-top box, then turn it back on, all Parental Control locking settings will be engaged.

You can also turn off Parental Control temporarily if a message is displayed over black background video indicating that a channel or Saved Show is locked. Press the SELECT key, then enter your four digit Parental Control

PIN.

To turn off Parental Control temporarily from the Quick Settings menu, follow the procedure below. When you turn off the set-top box, then turn it back on,

Parental Control will be turned on automatically.



Settings menu.

2 Press the up or down arrow to highlight the Activate Parental

Control option.

A dot in the Yes column indicates that Parental Control is turned on.

3 Press the right arrow or SELECT to change the setting to No .




Passport Echo displays a message indicating that Parental

Control is now turned off.

5 Press the A key.

Passport Echo displays the channel you were watching.

Parental Control is now turned off and all channels, ratings, content, time periods are unlocked.

When you turn off the set-top box, then turn it back on, Parental

Control will be turned on automatically.

Note: You can also turn off Parental

Control temporarily in the General

Settings menu by setting the Parental

Control/Locking Status preference to

Off (Auto Relock) .



Control Until You Manually

Turn It Back On

To turn off Parental Control so that it does not turn on automatically when the set-top box is turned off and then on (and remains off until you reactivate it manually) follow the procedure below.





Passport Echo highlights the

Parental Control/Locking Status preference and displays its current status.




7 Press the A key.

Parental Control is now turned off and all channels, ratings, content, and times are unlocked.

When you turn the set-top box off and back on, Parental Control will remain turned off until you turn

Parental Control back on.


3 Press the right arrow or SELECT to move to the Status column.

4 Press the up or down arrow to highlight Off (Relock Manually) .




Changing Your

Parental Control PIN

When Parental Control is turned on, you must enter your Parental Control

PIN to view locked items.

You can establish or change your

Parental Control PIN using the Change

PIN preference in the General Settings menu.





5 Key in the four digits you want to use for your new PIN.

Passport Echo requests that you key in the new PIN again to confirm it.

6 Key in the four digits of your new

PIN again.

Passport Echo displays a message confirming the new PIN.

7 Press the A key.

Your new Parental Control PIN is now set.


3 Press the down arrow to highlight the Change PIN preference, then press SELECT.

Passport Echo requests your current PIN.

4 Key in the four digits of your current PIN.

Passport Echo requests your new

PIN.



Purchasing Pay Per View

(PPV) Programs

This chapter explains how to purchase Pay Per View (PPV) programs.

About PPV

You can purchase PPV programs from dedicated PPV channels or by using the Program Guide. You can purchase PPV programs in advance, or in certain circumstances, within several minutes after the program has started. (You can rewind to watch the beginning of such programs.)

If you purchase a future program, a reminder timer will alert you one minute before the program is about to start.

You can restrict which household members can purchase PPV programs by enabling the Purchase PIN.

Purchased PPV programs are identified by a dollar sign icon in the Program Guide, QuickInfo and the Channel Banner.

A maximum of seven pending PPV programs can be purchased at any time.

Note: You cannot pause or rewind a PPV program unless it is being recorded.

Enabling, Disabling, or Changing the

Purchase PIN

The Purchase PIN feature lets you prevent unauthorized household members from purchasing PPV programs. When the Purchase PIN is enabled, a PIN is required to purchase a PPV program, as shown below. If you have not created a Purchase

PIN and try to enable the PIN, you will be prompted to create one.


You can enable, disable, or change the

Purchase PIN. If you disable the Purchase PIN, anyone will be able to purchase PPV programs.




2 Press the up or down arrow to highlight the Purchasing category.

If the category is not expanded, press SELECT to expand the

Purchasing category.

The Locking Status preference is highlighted. The right window indicates whether the PIN is turned On or Off.

3 Press the right arrow or SELECT to move to the Status column.

• Key in your Purchase PIN when prompted.

• Press the A key at the confirmation screen.

5 To enable the PIN, press the up or down arrow to highlight On , then press SELECT.

• Key in your Purchase PIN when prompted.


6 To change your Purchase PIN, press the left arrow to return to the Preferences column.

• Press the up or down arrow to highlight the Change PIN preference, then press

SELECT.

• Key in your current PIN.

• Key in the new PIN you want to establish.

• Key in the new PIN again to confirm it.



Purchasing PPV

Programs

You can purchase PPV programs from the Program Guide or by selecting a

PPV channel. The following steps assume the Purchase PIN is disabled. If it is not, you will be required to enter a

PIN to complete the purchase.

4 To disable the PIN, press the up or down arrow to highlight Off , then press SELECT.


Purchase PPV Programs from the Program Guide

1 To purchase a PPV program from the Program Guide, press the

PPV key twice to display the first

PPV channel in the channel lineup, then press the up or down arrow to highlight a future PPV program you want to purchase.

• Alternatively, press the GUIDE key to display the Program

Guide. Then press the up, down, left, or right arrow to highlight a future PPV program you want to purchase.

2 Press the SELECT or REC key.

Note: If a program is showing currently or has finished, the PPV channel is displayed. Skip to the next section for information.

Passport Echo displays the program title, price, and purchase options.


Program Guide. The PPV program listing appears in a green cell. A dollar sign icon is displayed in the cell and in the description area

(to indicate that you have purchased the program).

Note: To cancel your purchase or scheduled recording, highlight the program, press SELECT or the REC key, then choose the appropriate option.

Purchase PPV Programs from a PPV Channel

1 To purchase a PPV program from a PPV channel, select the channel showing the program you wish to purchase.

Passport Echo displays program information and cost.

3 Highlight an option and press

SELECT.


2 Press the B key.

A message similar to the following is displayed and remains on channel (even if you channel away and come back) until the PPV event starts.

Resolving Conflicts and

Locks

Passport Echo displays an “overlap” message:

• If your current PPV purchase overlaps another purchase, or

• If there is a Parental Control lock on the program.

Reviewing or Canceling

PPV Purchases Using

General Settings

You can review, cancel or check the status of PPV purchases using the

PPV Purchases preference in the General Settings menu.




2 Press the up or down arrow to highlight the Purchasing category.

If the category is not expanded, press SELECT to expand the

Purchasing category.

3 Press the down arrow to highlight the PPV Purchases preference.

Passport Echo displays the number of pending and past purchases.

Press B to continue the purchase.

If you have set up a Purchase PIN, you will be required to enter the Purchase

PIN to complete the purchase.


4 Press the right arrow or SELECT to move to the Events Summary column.

Passport Echo displays a list of

PPV purchases.

Note: If no purchases are pending or past, you will be unable to display the Events Summary column.

• The message “This event may no longer be cancelled .” appears. Press the A key to acknowledge the message and return to the Events

Summary column.


5 Press the up or down arrow to highlight the purchased PPV program that you want to review or cancel.

6 To cancel the purchase, press the

SELECT key.

One of the following events occurs:

•

• The following message appears. Press the A key to cancel the purchase and return to the Events Summary column.



Using the Digital Video

Recorder (DVR)

This chapter explains how to operate the Passport Echo digital video recorder (DVR) and how to take advantage of the many new features available.

Passport Echo enables you to digitally record programs and manage a library of previously recorded programs. For example, you can group episodes of the same program into a folder. You can schedule future recordings of programs or entire series. You can also view TV live or time-shift your TV viewing.

Your set-top box features two tuners as well as DVR capabilities, enabling you to:

• Watch live TV.

• Watch time-shifted (delayed) TV. You can pause, rewind, or fast forward the video (up to the current point in the program).

• Watch recorded programs (Saved Shows).

• Record one program while watching another program that is currently airing.

• Record two programs simultaneously while watching either program.

• Record two programs simultaneously--while watching a third program that had been previously saved to the set-top box’s internal hard disk.

• Convert any data temporarily recorded in the Live Off Disk

(LOD) buffer to a long-term recording. This feature enables you to begin a recording well after a program has started and still record the entire program, including the beginning

(assuming the channel had been selected since the beginning of the program).

• Swap back and forth between two tuners. This enables you to jump between two channels of live TV, or between a live


channel and a time-shifted program or a recording.

• Watch playback in slow motion.

• Display a panel that shows how much space on the hard disk is used and how much is available.

• Group episodes of the same series into folders.

Understanding Your

Digital Video Recorder

(DVR)

Your DVR set-top box hardware includes the following components:

• Two TV tuners

• Two video encoder/decoders

• An internal hard disk drive

Each of the two tuners continuously records programming from two different channels, allowing you to perform standard DVR functions, such as:

• Pause live (and recorded) TV

• Rewind and replay live (and recorded) TV

• Rewind, then fast forward to the current point in a program

• Record an entire program, including the beginning, after it has started

• Perform standard DVR functions, such as fast forwarding buffered live TV or recorded shows

• Skip ahead in 30 second increments

• Play back video from the LOD buffer in slow motion (forward or reverse)

• Step forward or backward frameby-frame (when playing back recorded shows or buffered live

TV)

• Skip to predetermined time increments as you fast forward or rewind through a program (Notch

Skip)

Each tuner saves the currently selected program to the LOD buffer.

When you turn on the power to the settop box, typically one half-hour or one hour of the currently selected program

(depending on your cable company) is already present in the LOD buffer.

This means that if a channel has been selected since the beginning of a program, you can rewind to view the earlier portion of the show. You can also record a program after it has begun; if the beginning of the program is present in the LOD buffer, it will be recorded in its entirety.

Note: In general, you cannot pause or rewind a PPV program unless it is being recorded.

However, you can rewind to the beginning during the first several minutes (i.e., the “free preview”) of a PPV program if you purchase the program.

Swapping Between

Foreground and

Background Tuners

The tuner you are currently watching is generally referred to as the foreground tuner. The other tuner is called the background tuner.

You can swap between the programs shown on the foreground and background tuners by pressing the

SWAP key on the remote control.


Info Banner

.

The Info Banner is displayed when a recording starts or when you press the INFO key.

An LOD buffer progress bar in the lower middle section of the Info Banner provides information on the status of the DVR.

A small version of the Info Banner is displayed when you press any of the DVR/VCR control keys (PLAY, PAUSE, REWIND, or FAST FORWARD).

See the following diagrams for detailed information about the Info Banner and small

DVR Info Banner.

Current

Time

Current Show

Title

Time Increment

Tick Marks

Playback

Head

Rating and Current Program

Content Advisory Air Time

Current

Channel

Logo

Current

Channel

Number and

Call Letters

(above)

LOD Buffer

Start Time

LOD Buffer

Bar

LOD

Buffer

Recorded Program Info Banner

LOD Buffer Playback

End Time mode

Time Increment Tick Playback Head LOD Buffer End Time

LOD Buffer

Start Time

LOD Buffer Timeline LOD Buffer Bar

Small DVR Info Banner

Playback mode

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Icon Meaning

Playback Mode Icons

Icon

Rewind Fast Play

Rewind Medium

Meaning

Fast Forward Moderate (8x)

Rewind Moderate

Stop

Pause

Fast Forward Medium (30x)

Fast Forward Fast (60x)

Slow Motion (press the PLAY key twice within a half-second)

Notch Skip

The Notch Skip feature lets you skip forward or backward quickly. In any

Fast Forward mode, press the right arrow to skip the playback head forward to the next time increment tick mark. In any Rewind mode, press the left arrow to skip the playback head backward to the previous tick mark.

PLAY key twice quickly initiates slow-motion playback

Slow Motion Playback

If the setting for the 30-second skip function is enabled by your cable company, slow motion playback is initiated as follows:

• Pressing PAUSE and FFWD keys in rapid succession initiates slowmotion playback

• Pressing PAUSE and RWD keys in rapid succession initiates slowmotion reverse playback

30-Second Skip Ahead

Feature

Passport Echo features a 30-second skip ahead function that enables you to skip ahead in increments of 30 seconds. This feature can be configured by your cable company as follows:

• If the 30-second skip function is turned on (enabled), pressing the

PLAY key twice quickly causes playback to skip ahead 30 seconds.

• If the 30-second skip function is turned off (disabled), pressing the

Frame-by-Frame

Advance and Rewind

Passport Echo features frame-byframe advance and rewind functions.

• Holding down the PAUSE key and pressing the RIGHT ARROW key repeatedly steps forward frameby-frame


• Holding down the PAUSE key and pressing the LEFT ARROW key repeatedly steps backward frameby-frame

Delayed Video (LOD

Buffer)

“Time-shifted” or “delayed” video refers to video that has been broadcast and saved in the LOD buffer or recorded and is being played back from the hard disk.

The video may be delayed by any amount of time, from one second to 60 minutes.

In delayed video mode, you can use

DVR/VCR types of commands (pause, fast forward, rewind and slow motion) to control video playback.

To enter delayed video mode:

To switch the viewing mode from live

TV to delayed video, press the

REWIND, PAUSE or INSTANT

REPLAY keys.

You can also display slow motion by pressing the PLAY key twice.

You can rewind only as far as the LOD buffer allows.

When you change to a new channel, the LOD buffer is cleared.

To return to live TV mode:

• Press the LIVE key

• Change channels

Recording a Program

You can schedule to record a single program episode or a complete series.

In either case, the program(s) will be recorded to the hard disk, where they will remain available for future viewing.

• You can record two programs at the same time, while watching a saved program from the hard disk.

• You can watch one channel while recording another.

• You can rewind or use other DVR/

VCR types of commands while the program is recording without interrupting the recording.

• If you plan to record a live sporting event, you can extend the recording time for the event, and the subsequent program, beyond the scheduled end time (in case the game goes into overtime, for example).

The following sections provide detailed procedures for recording a program.

Note: Banners and dialog boxes that are displayed while you record programs are not saved with the recording.

Recording a Program

While Watching the

Program

1 Select a program that you want to record.


Passport Echo displays a Record

Options menu. (You can cancel the dialog by pressing the C key.)


Stopping a Recording

If you press the STOP key during the recording, a dialog asks whether you want to stop or continue recording the program.

3 Press the up or down arrows to highlight an option ( Record this show, Record entire series, Create a manual recording ) then press the

SELECT key.

-

4 If you selected Record entire series in Step 3, press the arrows to specify your preferences for a series recording in the Series

Manager Options display.

• Press the A key to stop the recording.

• Press the B key to continue recording.

• Press the C key to continue recording. Play back will resume from the beginning of the program.


Recording a Current or

Future Program from the

Program Guide

The following procedure explains how to record a program from the Program

Guide.

1 Press the GUIDE key. The

Program Guide is displayed

2 Use the arrows to highlight a program.



Recording Options dialog.

one minute before the program begins. A Reminder Timer icon will be displayed in the Program

Guide. (This option is not available if the program is currently airing.)

• If you select View this channel now, the channel will be displayed automatically.

Manual Recording

A manual recording takes place at the time you request. It begins at the time you specify. You can request that the recording occur one time, or repeatedly.

1 While any video channel is displayed, press the REC key.

4 Press the up or down arrows to highlight the desired option, then press the SELECT key.

Note: If there is a recording conflict, a conflict resolution dialog appears. You must resolve the conflict before proceeding. For more information, see

“Resolving Conflicts” on page 58.

• If you select Record this show, the procedure is complete.

• If you select Record entire series, the Series Recording dialog appears. See “Recording a

Series” on page 56.

• If you select Remind me about this show, a reminder banner appears

2 Press the up or down arrows to highlight the Create a manual recording...

option, then press the

SELECT key.


Manual Recording dialog.

3 Select either an Individual recording (one time only) or a

Recurring recording (records at the same time on designated days).


4 Press the arrows to specify your preferences.

5 Review the information, then press the A key to accept the entry and schedule the recording.

4 Press the arrows to specify your preferences for a series recording in the Series Manager Options dialog.

5 When you have finished specifying options, press the A key.

The series recording icon is displayed next to the program listing in the Program Guide.

Recording a Series

You can record a single episode of a program or the entire series automatically.

1 Select a future program that you want to record as a series.


3 Press the up or down arrow to select the Record entire series option, then press the SELECT key.


Manager Options dialog.

Canceling a Recording from the Program Guide

1 In the Program Guide, highlight the program that is scheduled to be recorded. (A REC icon is shown next to this program, and the program cell in the grid is colored red.)

2 Press the REC key, then:

• If the recording has started (and it is a single instance recording), press the up or down arrows to highlight Stop this recording , then press SELECT.

• If the recording takes place in the future, press the up or down arrows to highlight either Cancel this recording or Cancel this series , then press SELECT.

When a program is canceled, it appears in the Program Guide and in the Scheduled Recordings list with a canceled icon next to it. To remove the canceled icon, go to the Scheduled

Recordings screen, choose the program, press SELECT, highlight

Cancel Recording, then press

SELECT again.


Using the Recording

Options Dialog

The Recording Options dialog displays options that are context sensitive.

Some options may not be available, depending on program status.

Additional Recording

Options Dialog

The Additional Recording Options dialog offers additional options that let you customize your recording request.

1 From either the Program Guide or

Scheduled Recordings panel, highlight a scheduled recording and press SELECT to display the

Record Options dialog.

2 Press the up or down arrows to highlight an option.

3 Press the SELECT key to accept the highlighted option, or press the C key to exit.

1 You can display this dialog in several ways:

• From the Recording dialog, select Record Options..

.

• From the Scheduled

Recordings Options dialog. For more information, see

“Scheduled Recording Options

Dialog” on page 64.

• While a show is being recorded, press the REC key then select Record Options .

• From the Saved Shows

Options dialog (from the Saved

Shows panel for an active recording).

2 Press the up or down arrows to select and highlight the desired option.

3 Press the left or right arrows to scroll and highlight the desired sub-options.

4 Press the A key to accept the changes and close the dialog, or the C key to ignore the changes and close the dialog.


Resolving Conflicts

Your set-top box may encounter conflicts if you try to:

• Schedule a recording that overlaps two simultaneous active or scheduled recordings.

• Schedule a recording that will not fit on the hard disk.

• Record an all-day program.

• Change channels while recording on both tuners.

• Extend the start time or end time for a recording in a way that causes the recording to overlap with another recording.

When conflicts occur, a message will appear, enabling you to resolve the conflict.

Note that if a canceled conflicting program is a PPV program, the PPV purchase is canceled also.

Also, note that some conflicts can be avoided via the Cropping function. See

“Cropping” on page 68 for more information.

Playing Back

Recorded Programs

Recorded programs are programs that you have saved to the hard disk, either by pressing the REC key, or by scheduling them in the Program Guide.

(These features do not apply to programs in the LOD buffer.)

1 Press the DVR LIST key on your remote.

Passport Echo displays the Saved

Shows panel.

Note: Titles of newly-recorded shows are displayed in bold text.

2 Press the up or down arrows to select the desired program.

3 Do one of the following

• Press the SELECT key. Press the up or down arrows to select

Play , Play From Beginning , or

Resume Playback . ( Note: These options are context-sensitive and may not all be displayed .)

• Highlight a recorded program, then press the PLAY key.

The program begins to play.


Using the Saved Shows

Panel

The Saved Shows panel provides access to all programs that have been saved to the hard drive or are currently being recorded.

1 Press the DVR LIST key on your remote.


Shows panel (see left column).

2 Do one of the following:

• Press the B key to access the

Scheduled Recordings panel.

• Press the C key to access the

Series Manager panel.

• Press the up or down arrows to highlight a specific program, then press SELECT.

The Saved Shows Options menu appears. See “Saved Shows

Options Menu” on page 60.

• Press the REC key to display the

Manual Recording dialog box.

Each entry in the Saved Shows panel contains the following information:

• Program title

• Record date

• Status icons (to the left of the title) as shown in the following table:

(no icon)

This program will not be automatically erased. (However, you can erase it manually.)

The program will not be erased for at least three days.

The program will be erased soon (within three days).

The program will be erased very soon (within one day).

Program is currently playing.


Saved Shows Options

Menu

The Saved Shows Options menu provides several options for recorded programs. These options are contextsensitive. Not all options are available at all times.

Displaying Information

About a Saved Show

You can display detailed information about a Saved Show.

Highlight the show listing, then press the INFO key.

1 Press the DVR LIST key on the remote.


Shows panel.

2 On the Saved Shows panel, highlight a program, then press the SELECT key.


Shows Options menu.

3 Highlight an option, then:

• Press the SELECT key to execute the option, or

• Press the C key to exit the dialog box without executing any option.

Using the Storage Priority

Panel

The Storage Priority panel enables you to set or change the storage priority of your recorded programs. Programs at the top of the list are saved longer; programs at the bottom on the list are erased first.

1 Press the DVR LIST key on the remote.


Shows panel.




Shows Options menu.

3 In the Saved Shows Options menu, select the Keep Longer...

option, then press the SELECT key.


Storage Priority.

4 Press the up ( Erase Late r) or down

( Erase Sooner ) arrows to move the highlighted program up or down the list.

5 Press the SELECT key to return to the Saved Shows panel.

Erasing a Saved Program

1 Press the DVR LIST key.


Shows panel.

2 Press the up or down arrows to highlight a recorded program, then press the SELECT key.

3 Press the up or down arrows to highlight Erase , then press the

SELECT key.

A message asks whether you want to permanently erase the recording.

4 To erase the program, press the A key.

Sorting and Grouping

Titles



Shows panel.

2 Press the A key.


Shows pop-up menu.

3 Press the up or down arrow to highlight the Group Titles menu option, then press SELECT.

Passport Echo groups all recordings with identical titles into folders of the same name. The folders appear in alphabetical order.

4 To expand a folder, highlight the folder and press the right arrow or

SELECT.

5 To collapse a folder, highlight the folder or one of its episodes and press the left arrow or SELECT.


Playing All or All New

Programs in a Folder

You can play back-to-back all programs, or all new programs, that are listed in a folder on the Saved Shows panel.

1 On the Saved Shows panel, with titles grouped into folders, press the up or down arrow to highlight the folder you wish to play.


Passport Echo displays a menu similar to the following.

Deleting a Folder or All

Viewed Programs in a

Folder

1 On the Saved Shows panel, with titles grouped into folders, press the up or down arrow to highlight the folder you wish to delete.


Passport Echo displays a menu similar to the following.

3 Press the up or down arrow to highlight Play all or Play all new , then press SELECT.

• Play al l plays every show in the folder back-to-back.

• Play all new plays every new show (i.e., every show that has not yet been viewed) in the folder back-to-back.

Passport Echo displays a confirmation request.

4 Press the A key.

Passport Echo plays all specified programs in the folder.

3 Press the up or down arrow to highlight Erase al l or Erase all viewed , then press SELECT.

• Erase all erases a folder and its contents.

• Erase all viewed erases only those programs in a folder that have already been viewed.

Passport Echo displays a confirmation request.

4 Press the A key.

Passport Echo erases the specified programs or folder.


Checking Hard Disk

Space Usage



Shows panel.

2 Press the A key.


Shows Options pop-up menu.

• Automatically erased as needed

(yellow): Total duration (%) of all programs that have been saved to the hard disk that may be automatically erased by Passport

Echo.

• Estimated free space (green): Total amount (%) of hard disk space currently available for recording.

Clearing Space on the

Hard Disk

If your hard disk fills up with locked programming and you try to record another program, Passport Echo will display the following dialog box indicating that you must clear space on the hard disk before you can record additional programs.

3 Press the up or down arrow to highlight the View Disk Info menu option, then press SELECT.


Shows Information panel, which displays values that represent a percentage of total hard disk space.

• Press C to continue.

The program will be scheduled for recording. Recording will start immediately after you clear sufficient space from the hard disk.

You can erase programs from the hard disk by following the steps described in the section “Erasing a

Saved Program” on page 61.

• Saved until manually erased (red):

Total duration (%) of all programs that have been saved to the hard disk that will remain until you manually erase them.


Using the Scheduled

Recordings Panel

The Scheduled Recordings panel displays a list of active and upcoming recordings.

Additional program information and icons are displayed when programs are highlighted.

1 On the Saved Shows or Series

Manager panel, press the B key

(Scheduled Recordings).

2 The panel shows a list of scheduled recordings in reverse chronological order (the top item will be recorded soonest).

• Press the up or down arrows to scroll and highlight a specific scheduled recording. Press the

SELECT key to display the

Scheduled Recording options dialog box.

• Press the REC key to display the Manual Recording dialog.

Scheduled Recording

Options Dialog

The Scheduled Recordings Options dialog provides two or three options for recorded programs.

1 Press the DVR LIST key on your remote control to display Saved

Shows, then press the B key to display Scheduled Recordings.

2 Press the up or down arrows to highlight and select a specific scheduled recording, then press the SELECT key.


Scheduled Recording Options dialog.

3 Press the up or down arrows to select and highlight an option, then press the SELECT key.


Using the Series

Manager Panel

The Series Manager enables you to modify recording parameters for each of your series recordings. The changes you make to the series recording will affect each episode in the series.

Series Manager

Options Dialog

The Series Manager Options dialog provides several options for managing series recordings. These options are described on the next few pages.

When you access the Series Manager panel, you will see a list of the series you have set up for recording.

1 Press the DVR LIST key, then the

C key to display the Series

Manager.

2 Press the up or down arrows to highlight a series, then press the

SELECT key to display the Series

Manager Options dialog box. (For additional information, See

“Series Manager Options Dialog” on page 65.)

3 To exit the Series Manager panel, press the EXIT or DVR LIST key.

1 Use the procedure described in

“Using the Series Manager Panel”

(on this page) to display the

Series Manager options.

2 Press the up or down arrows to highlight a series, then press the

SELECT key.


• Press the up or down arrows to highlight an option, then press the SELECT key.

• Press the C key to cancel any changes and exit the dialog.



Using the Series

Recording Priority Display

The Series Recording Priority Display enables you to adjust the recording priority of a series. If there is a conflict between scheduled series recordings, the series that is higher in the priority list will be recorded.

3 To modify the priority of the highlighted series, do one of the following:

• Press the up arrow to move the series higher in the list, making it a higher priority for recording in the event of a conflict.

• Press the down arrow to move the series lower in the list, making it a lower priority for recording in the event of a conflict.

4 Press the SELECT key to return to the Series Manager panel.


“Using the Series Manager Panel” on page 65 to display the Series

Manager options.

2 Press the arrows to highlight

Series Recording Priority..., then press the SELECT key.


Recording Priority panel.


Series Recording Options

Dialog

The Series Recording Options dialog lets you manage scheduled series. The changes you make here will be reflected on ALL scheduled recordings for a particular series.

Note: If you set Until manually erased as a series option, you may eventually fill the hard drive and other programs will not be recorded. We suggest you manually erase these programs after viewing.

Series Repeat Options

Dialog

The Series Repeat Options dialog enables you to specify the days of the week on which a series will be recorded.



Manager options.

2 Press the arrows to highlight

Series Recording Options...

, then press the SELECT key.


Recording Options dialog.

3 Press the up or down arrows to highlight an option. Press the right or left arrow to change its status.


• Press the A key to accept the changes and close the dialog box.

• Press the C key to ignore the changes and close the dialog box.



Manager options.

2 Use the arrows to highlight the

Series Repeat Options...


3 Press the up or down keys to select and highlight an option.

4 Press the SELECT key to select or deselect the option(s).

A dot appears to the left of selected days on which a recording occurs.


• Press the A key to accept the options and close the dialog.

• Press the C key to ignore the changes and close the dialog.


Canceling a Series

Recording



Manager options.

2 Use the arrows to highlight the

Cancel Series Recording option, then press SELECT.



• To cancel the series, press the

A key.

• To ignore the message and close the dialog box without canceling the series, press the

C key.

Cropping

The Cropping function ensures the recording of high priority shows in their entirety--even if the programs start or end at times other than the top or bottom of the hour and conflict with other scheduled recording requests.

Automatic Cropping

If a scheduled recording request overlaps two concurrently scheduled recordings by 10 minutes or less,

Passport Echo will automatically crop

(trim) the program of lower priority so that the highest priority program will be recorded in its entirety. The programs of lower priority will still be recorded, although up to ten minutes may be trimmed.

Priority is determined by standard

Passport Echo conflict resolution. The most recently scheduled single instance recording requests are assigned highest priority, followed by the most recently scheduled Series recording requests.


Manual Cropping

You can also manually crop up to 10 minutes of time from the beginning or end of a program.

1 Press the DVR LIST key on your remote control to display the

Saved Shows panel.

• Press the B key if you want to manually crop time from a scheduled recording request.


Scheduled Recordings panel.

2 Press the up or down arrow to highlight Record Options...

or

Series Recording Options...



Scheduled Recording Options dialog or the Series Manager

Options dialog.

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Cropping4

• Press the C key if you want to manually crop time from a

Series Recording request.


Series Manager.

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Cropping2

3 Press the down arrow repeatedly to highlight the Start Time or End

Time option.

4 Repeatedly press the left or right arrow to adjust the Start Time or

End Time up to 10 minutes early or late.

Passport Echo will adjust the Start

Time or End Time for the program or series accordingly (e.g., 3 minutes late) and display a

Cropping icon to the right.


Passport Echo will display a Cropping icon when the relevant program is highlighted in the Saved Shows,

Scheduled Recordings or Series

Manager panel. Any cropped Start

Time or End time will be displayed in yellow text and abbreviated. (For example, 8:25 pm will appear as

8:25p.)

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Applications

This chapter explains how to use various Passport Echo applications that your cable company may make available to you.

• PassTime™ Games

• Passport Weather

• Remote Wizard


Playing PassTime

Games

If your cable company has made

PassTime Games available, follow these steps to access the games:



QuickMenu.

Note: Your cable company may enable access to PassTime

Games through the QuickMenu or by other means. Contact your cable company for more information.

2 Press the left or right arrow to select the appropriate QuickMenu category (which will vary by location).

3 Press the up or down arrow to highlight the PassTime Games menu option, then press SELECT.

Passport Echo displays a game selection panel, including the following game options:

• Klondike Solitaire

• Twenty One or Bust

• Poker 5 Card Draw

4 Press the up or down arrow to highlight the game you wish to play, then press SELECT.

(Alternatively, you can press the

A, B or C key.)

Passport Echo displays the initial panel for the game you selected.

5 Follow the on-screen instructions to begin the game.

6 When you have finished playing, press the EXIT key. Alternatively, press the C key to display the

PassTime Games menu or the

CHANNEL +/- key to exit.

Passport Weather

If your cable company has made

Passport Weather available, follow these steps to display a weather report:



QuickMenu.

Note: Your cable company may enable access to Passport

Weather through the

QuickMenu or by other means.

Contact your cable company for more information.


3 Press the up or down arrow to highlight the Weather menu option, then press SELECT.


Passport Echo displays a five day weather report for the currentlyspecified city.

4 To specify a new weather report location, press the A key.

Passport Echo displays a list of available cities.

5 Use the arrows to highlight a state, then press SELECT.

6 Use the arrows to highlight a city, then press SELECT.

Passport Echo displays a five day weather report for the updated location.

7 When you are finished viewing the weather report, press EXIT.



QuickMenu.

Note: Your cable company may enable access to the Remote

Wizard through the QuickMenu or by other means. Contact your cable company for more information.


3 Press the up or down arrow to highlight the Remote Control menu option, then press SELECT.


Remote Wizard, which includes a graphic of a remote control.

Setting Up Your

Passport Echo Remote

Control

Passport Echo features an illustrated

Remote Wizard that helps you identify and set up the Passport Echo remote control to work with various devices connected to your entertainment system.

4 Press the up or down arrow repeatedly until an image that looks like your remote control is displayed, then press the right arrow or SELECT.


Device menu.


6 Press the up or down arrow to highlight the brand name of the device, then press SELECT.

Passport Echo displays a set of instructions that explain how to set up your Passport Echo remote control to operate the specified device.

Note: The list of devices in the

Device column is established when Passport Echo reads in the related information from the remote control. The devices listed on your TV may vary.

5 Press the up or down arrows to highlight DVD (or another device), then press the right arrow or

SELECT.

Passport Echo displays a list of device brand names.

7 Read the instructions to learn how to complete the set up.

8 When you have finished reviewing the instructions, press EXIT.


Purchasing Premium

Services using iSubscribe

iSubscribe enables you to purchase unsubscribed premium services using your remote control. When you select an unsubscribed premium channel associated with an iSubscribe offer, the iSubscribe interface displays information about that offer. iSubscribe offers consist of one or more premium services.

Offers consisting of more than one premium service are typically called “packages.”

Since multiple offers may be associated with a single service, iSubscribe enables you to scroll left and right to browse other offers, if available. You may then select an offer, obtain detailed information about terms, conditions and pricing, and purchase a subscription—all by conveniently using your remote control.

Additionally, iSubscribe features an All Offers screen, which enables you to browse or purchase any available offer.


Purchasing Services from a Single or

Multiple Offer iSubscribe Screen

Passport Echo displays an iSubscribe screen when you select an unsubscribed premium channel that is associated with one or more offers.

This screen (imposed over a dark gray background) blocks all video from view.

The channel’s audio is muted.

iSubscribe screens can comprise single or multiple offers. Multiple Offer iSubscribe screens feature a scrolling offer title list. Press the left and right arrows on your remote control to scroll horizontally through offers associated with this channel.

To purchase services from an iSubscribe screen:

1 Select an unsubscribed premium channel.

Passport Echo displays an iSubscribe screen.

scrolling offer title list

2 If necessary, press the left or right arrows on your remote control to browse the scrolling offer title list that appears in the bar beneath the masthead. Highlight the offer that interests you.

The highlighted offer is displayed on the left side of the bar. Related information is displayed below the bar.

3 If you wish to subscribe to the service, press the B key (Upgrade

Now!).


Pricing/Terms and Conditions screen.

4 Review the pricing, terms, and conditions associated with the offer.

5 If you decide to proceed with the purchase, do one of the following:

• If the Purchase PIN is disabled , press the A key (Complete

Order) to complete the purchase.


Passport Echo displays the cover screen while your order is being processed. You may launch and view other channels during this time.

Purchasing Services from the All iSubscribe

Offers Channel

The All iSubscribe Offers channel enables you to browse and/or purchase all available offers. Your cable service provider may organize offers into unique categories, which appear on the scrolling offer title list.

• Press the left and right arrows on your remote to scroll horizontally through offer categories.

• Press the up and down arrows to scroll vertically through offers in a highlighted category.

Instructional text appears in the right pane of the All Offers iSubscribe channel.

• If the Purchase PIN is enabled, press the A key (Complete

Order) to complete the purchase.

Passport Echo displays the PIN entry dialog. Key in your PIN.

Passport Echo displays the cover screen (above).

Once your order has been processed, the cover screen is replaced by broadcast video of the service you just ordered. If your offer consisted of more than one premium service, you may view all channels associated with the offer.

• To abort the purchase and return to the previous screen, press the C key (Back).

To purchase an offer from the

All Offers iSubscribe menu:

1 Launch an All Offers iSubscribe channel through one of the following methods:

• Select the View All Offers option from a Single or Multiple Offer iSubscribe screen.

• Select a channel using any standard method.

Passport Echo displays the All

Offers iSubscribe menu:


4 Review the information about the offer.


• To subscribe to a service, press the B key (Upgrade

Now!).

Passport Echo displays offerspecific pricing, terms and conditions:

2 Scroll the list of available offers by pressing the up or down arrows on your remote.

If your cable service provider has organized offers into categories, they will appear on the scrolling offer title list beneath the masthead. Press the left and right arrows on your remote to scroll horizontally through offer categories.

3 To subscribe to an offer you have not already purchased, press

SELECT.

Passport Echo displays an offerspecific information screen:

Note: The category highlighted from the previous screen remains on the bar beneath the masthead.

• If you opt not to subscribe to the service, press the C key.

Passport Echo displays the All iSubscribe Offers screen.

6 If you decide to proceed with your purchase, review the pricing, terms and conditions associated with the offer.


• If the Purchase PIN is disabled, to complete the purchase, press the A key (Complete

Order) on your remote.

Passport Echo displays the cover screen while your order is being processed. You may launch and view other channels during this time.


• If the purchase PIN is enabled, to complete the purchase, press the A key (Complete

Order) on your remote.

Passport Echo displays the PIN entry dialog. Key in your PIN.


Cover screen (above).

Once your order has been processed, Passport Echo displays an offer-specific “just purchased” screen. This screen acknowledges your purchase and lists channels that have been made available through the transaction. Press the up and down arrows on your remote to scroll the list.

8 Press SELECT to view the highlighted channel.



About Video Mosaic

Channels

Video Mosaic channels enable you to watch multiple video streams simultaneously on a single channel (in scaled video windows) and to launch services by highlighting and selecting channels. Channels are grouped by thematic genre, such as

News, Kids, Sports, etc.

Depending on your cable provider, Video Mosaic channels feature between two and 12 scaled video streams displayed in panes. A highlight box indicates which pane is currently “in focus.” You navigate among panes using the arrows on your remote.

When you display a Video Mosaic Channel, Passport Echo plays audio from the highlighted scaled video stream is played.

As you navigate from stream to stream, the audio track changes to correspond to the highlighted stream.

Video Mosaic channels with eight or fewer scaled video feeds may also feature a Standalone Channel Button List, typically located on the left side of the screen. It displays a vertically scrollable list of channels for which scaled video is unavailable.

A highlight box indicates the channel button currently “in focus.”

You may launch services by highlighting and selecting a channel button.

The Program Information Panel displays information associated with either the currently highlighted pane, channel button or advertisement.

It features an Advanced Mode, which enables you to browse future programs on the highlighted channel by pressing the left and right arrows on your remote.

An Interactive Video Advertisement pane is located at the bottom-right corner of the screen. Highlight this pane to display


information pertaining to the advertisement in the Program

Information Panel. Press SELECT to launch the associated channel.

The following figure shows a variation of the NewsZONE Video Mosaic channel. It features six scaled video panes and a scrollable Channel Button

List, which can display from three to an unlimited number of scrollable channels:

Program Information Panel

Scaled video pane

Standalone Channel Button List

Interactive Video Advertisement

Displaying a Video

Mosaic Channel

You display a Video Mosaic channel using any of the following standard

Passport Echo channel selection methods, and exit by pressing GUIDE,

FAV, or Channel +/- keys.

Space permitting, station call letters and channel numbers are displayed on a colored bar beneath each scaled video stream.

Information about the current highlighted pane appears in the

Program Information panel. To view additional information about the highlighted program or to browse future programs airing on the highlighted channel, press the INFO key on your remote. The More INFO menu drops down from the Program

Information panel.

To launch a channel from a scaled video stream, press the arrow keys to highlight the corresponding scaled video or channel button, then press

SELECT.

Using the Standalone

Channel Button List

To access the Standalone Channel

Button List from an adjacent highlighted pane, press the left or right arrow (depending on the location of the list).

Navigating the Standalone

Channel Button List

You may scroll through the list by using the up and down arrows on your remote.

Information about the currently highlighted channel button is displayed in the Program Information panel. To view additional information about the highlighted program or to browse future programs airing on the highlighted channel, press the INFO key on your remote. The More INFO menu drops down.


Launching a Channel from the Standalone Channel

Button List

1 Press the up or down arrows on your remote to highlight the channel button you wish to launch.

2 Press SELECT to launch the highlighted channel.

About Interactive Video

Advertisements

Video Mosaic channels feature an interactive video advertisement in the lower-right corner of the screen that can feature offers for pay-per-view events or channel subscriptions.

To launch an interactive video advertisement, press the down arrow until you highlight the interactive video advertisement pane, then press

SELECT.

Viewing a Blocked

Channel in Video Mosaic

If a program airing on a scaled-video channel includes blocking criteria that match your Parental Control settings, both video and audio are blocked and a Parental Control barker is displayed.

Press SELECT to launch the blocked channel. Passport Echo displays the blocked barker.

To view the channel, use the standard

PIN entry process. For more information, see the Parental Control chapter beginning on page 31.

Audio Behavior in Video

Mosaic

On a Video Mosaic channel, Passport

Echo plays audio from the highlighted scaled video stream. As you navigate from stream to stream, the audio track changes to correspond to the highlighted stream.

Using Advanced Mode

Advanced Mode enables you to view additional information about a selected scaled video stream (including an interactive video advertisement) or channel button. It also enables you to browse future programs airing on the highlighted channel.

To enter Advanced Mode:

1 While tuned to a Video Mosaic channel, press the arrows to highlight a scaled video stream

(including an interactive video advertisement) or standalone channel button.



The More INFO menu descends from the Program Information panel. Additionally, a BROWSE prompt replaces the More INFO prompt on the Program

Information panel, as illustrated below:

Using the Record Key in

Video Mosaic Channels

Follow these steps to record from a

Mosaic channel.

1 Highlight the desired pane, then press the REC key on the remote.


Recording options dialog (e.g.,

Record this show , Record entire series , etc.)

2 Press the up or down arrow to highlight an option, then press

SELECT.

Passport Echo displays a Record icon next to the name of the service below the pane, and a

REC indicator in the short description above the pane.

• If the Mosaic channel recording is the only recording currently in process, Passport Echo will not display full-screen video. Instead, the Mosaic channel will remain displayed while the program is recorded.

• If the Mosaic channel recording is the second recording currently in process, Passport Echo will display full-screen video of the service you started recording.

For more information on recording programs, refer to “Recording a

Program” on page 53.


Video on Demand!

Passport Echo features Video on Demand (VOD) channels, which enable you to purchase programs using your remote control. You may select and purchase programs from a library of titles and watch those videos during a limited period of time. You can use the playback keys on your remote to pause, stop, fastforward, and rewind shows.

Passport Echo offers four types of VOD channels:

• VOD Library Channels: Enable you to browse categories such as Comedy, Family, and Science Fiction. You can view previews, display information about titles, and purchase programs to view during a limited time period.

• VOD Feature Channels: Offer a single VOD title for purchase.

• Subscription Video On Demand (SVOD) Library

Channels: Feature a library of titles organized by category and supercategory. An SVOD subscription grants you access to all titles in a particular library.

• Supercategory Library Channels: May be offered by your cable service provider. These channels present VOD content under very general headings such as movies, sports, or series. When you select a supercategory, the

Library channel associated with it is displayed.

Note: Access to an SVOD library channel may require a subscription to that channel, a subscription to a related premium channel such as HBO or Showtime, or a subscription to both. To purchase an SVOD channel subscription, you can use the iSubscribe feature or call your cable operator. For more information, “Purchasing

Premium Services using iSubscribe” on page 75.


Entering and Exiting

VOD and SVOD

Channels

You can enter and exit VOD and SVOD channels using any standard Passport

Echo channel selection method, including:

• Entering a channel number while viewing full-screen broadcast video

• Selecting a channel while browsing the Program Guide

• Selecting a channel while browsing the Channel Banner or

QuickInfo™ banner

Restricting VOD

Purchases

You can restrict specific household members from purchasing VOD programs by enabling the Purchase

PIN. To limit the kinds of movies that may be purchased, you can set

Parental Control options. For more information, see “Using Parental

Control” on page 31.

About VOD Library

Channels

VOD Library channels are virtual video stores of program titles organized into categories such as Comedy, Family,

Foreign, and Science Fiction. You can browse library categories and titles, display information about titles, previews (if available), purchase titles, or cancel purchases (in some cases).

The VOD Library screen features a category list (horizontal) and a title list

(vertical).

To browse VOD Library titles

1 Launch a VOD Library channel using any standard Passport

Echo channel selection method.

The VOD Library channel is displayed.

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2 Press the LEFT/RIGHT arrows on your remote to scroll the horizontal category list.

The current category is highlighted in the lower-left of the screen.

3 Press the UP/DOWN arrows on your remote to scroll the vertical title list.

The highlighted title is numbered at left. Details appear in the right pane.

4 To view more information about a

VOD title, press the INFO key on your remote.

The VOD More Info screen is displayed.


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5 Press the PAGE +/- keys on your remote to view the complete description. Press the UP/DOWN arrows to display information about a different title in the list.

6 Press EXIT to return to the VOD

Library screen.

To view a preview (if available) from a VOD Library channel

1 Launch a VOD Library channel using any of the standard

Passport Echo channel selection methods.

Passport Echo displays the VOD

Library channel.

(You can also highlight a title on the VOD Library channel, then press the INFO key on your remote to display the More Info screen.)

2 With the VOD Library channel or

More Info screen displayed, press the PLAY key.

Passport Echo plays the preview

(if available).

To purchase VOD programs from a VOD Library channel

1 Launch a VOD Library channel using any standard Passport


2 Browse categories using the

LEFT/RIGHT arrows on your remote. Browse titles using the

UP/DOWN arrows.

3 Press the SELECT key on your remote to purchase the highlighted title.

A purchase confirmation dialog is displayed, showing the price and duration of the VOD viewing period.

4 Press SELECT.

Once the system has accessed the purchased title, the VOD Just

Purchased screen is displayed.

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The Just Purchased screen displays information about VOD playback, rental period duration, title duration, as well as a progress bar.

5 Press the PLAY key on your remote to view the VOD title.

The VOD cover screen is displayed.


Note: If the Purchase PIN is enabled, the standard PIN Entry dialog will be displayed when you press the SELECT key. Enter a valid PIN to continue.

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To cancel a VOD purchase

In certain instances, you may be able to cancel a VOD purchase. To do so, on a VOD Library screen, highlight the title, then press INFO. The More Info screen is displayed. Press the INFO key. The Cancel Confirmation dialog is displayed. Press SELECT to cancel.

Press EXIT to return to the VOD library screen.

To review your VOD purchases

Press the LEFT/RIGHT arrows, then

SELECT the Recently Purchased category on the scrolling category bar.

Your household’s eight most recent

VOD purchases will be displayed.

Press the UP/DOWN arrows on your remote to scroll the vertical title list.


VOD and SVOD Icons

These icons appear on VOD and

SVOD screens.

New Title: Appears next to new releases in the scrolling title list.

Last Chance: Appears in the scrolling title list next to titles that will soon be unavailable for viewing.

Purchased: Appears in the scrolling title list next to titles that you have purchased

(VOD screens only).

Paid: Replaces price in title description area (VOD screens only.)

Viewed: Appears in the title list next to titles that you have already viewed (SVOD screens only).

Preview: Appears in the title description area.

Indicates that a preview is available.

About the On Demand

Channel Banner

The On Demand Channel Banner displays information about the On

Demand program you are viewing, including the deadline for its viewing period, current playback status icon

(pause, fast-forward, rewind, etc.), a progress bar, channel number and call letters, and the current time of day.

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QuickInfo™ Banner

The On Demand QuickInfo™ banner provides quick access to information about the On Demand program you are viewing and its playback status.

To access the On Demand QuickInfo™ banner, press the INFO key on your remote twice.

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About VOD Feature

Channels

Feature Channels enable you to purchase and view one specific title on demand.

About SVOD Library

Channels

A Subscription Video On Demand

(SVOD) Library Channel features a library of titles organized into categories. If you purchase an SVOD subscription, you can access all the titles in a specific library.

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To purchase a program from a

VOD channel

1 Launch a VOD Feature channel using any standard Passport


2 Press the B or SEL key on your remote.

The purchase confirmation dialog is displayed.

3 Press the B or SEL key to continue with your purchase.

The VOD cover screen is displayed. Once the system has accessed the purchased title, the

VOD Just Purchased screen is displayed.

4 Press the PLAY key on your remote to begin viewing the VOD title.

• To view a preview from a VOD

Feature channel, press the

PLAY key on your remote. The preview (if available) will begin to play.

Note: Access to an SVOD channel may require a subscription to that channel, a subscription to a related premium channel such as HBO or Showtime, or a subscription to both.


To view more information about an SVOD title

1 Highlight the title, then press the

INFO key on your remote.

The SVOD More Info screen is displayed.

Supercategory Library

Channels

Your cable service provider may offer

Supercategory Library channels, which present VOD content under more general headings such as movies, sports or series.

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2 Press EXIT to return to the SVOD

Library screen.

To display a preview on an

SVOD Library channel

1 Highlight the title, then press the

INFO key on your remote.

2 The SVOD More Info screen is displayed.

3 Press the PLAY key to view the preview (if available).

To purchase an SVOD Channel

Subscription

To purchase an SVOD channel subscription, you can use iSubscribe or call your cable operator. For more information, see “Purchasing Premium

Services using iSubscribe” on page

75 .

Supercategory Library screens display a vertical scrolling list of categories

(and the number of available titles in each category).

Scroll the list using the UP/DOWN arrows on your remote to highlight supercategories and display related information at right.



Venue Library Channel

The On Demand Venue Library

Channel offers a list of available On

Demand services organized by category.

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To launch an On Demand

Service from an On Demand

Venue channel

1 Launch an On Demand Venue channel using any standard

Passport Echo channel selection method.

2 Press the LEFT/RIGHT arrows on your remote to scroll the category list.

3 Press the UP/DOWN arrows to highlight the service you wish to launch.

4 Press SELECT to launch the channel that features the highlighted service.


Reviewing Your Bill with

Bill View

Bill View is a simple yet powerful tool that enables you to display your current cable services bill on screen using your remote control.

To display the Bill View Channel

1 Enter the Bill View channel using any standard Passport


Passport Echo displays the Bill View channel Introduction screen.


2 Press SELECT on your remote control.


Purchase PIN entry screen.

3 Key in your Purchase PIN.

The Bill View cover screen is displayed while your account is accessed.

If Passport Echo can access your account information, the Bill View screen is displayed.

To exit Bill View, use any standard

Passport Echo channel selection method.

If Passport Echo cannot access your account information, an error screen is displayed. If the problem persists, contact our cable service provider.

Use the PAGE UP/PAGE DOWN keys on your remote to scroll through your bill.


Index

Numerics

30-second skip 52

A

A, B, C keys

AC outlet use

15

29

AC power cable

Activating

5

Parental Control sleep timer 25

Applications

Audio 3, 9

71

25 secondary

Audio Settings

Auto Favorites

29

29

8, 12

Automatic Cropping 68

Automatically erased as needed 63

B

Batteries

Bill View

5

93

Blocking titles, guide and displays

Buttons, channel 81

36

Cancelling a VOD purchase

CBL key 5

88

CH key 6

Changing

Purchase PIN

Channel Banner 9

Channel buttons

Channels

81

43 favorite locking

6, 25, 28

32

Mosaic 81 power-on 28

PPV 46 recording selecting unlocking

6

25

32

Clock options 29

Closed captioning

Conflicts, resolving

12, 29

58

Control, parental see Parental control

Cropping

Custom...

68

Cropping icon 13

17, 19

Customized Line-Up 12

C

Cable bill review

Cable, AC power

93

5

Caller ID 28

Caller ID Banner 13

D

Digital video recorder

Disabling

Purchase PIN

Disk space 21, 63

43

49

Display 29

Displaying

General Settings menu 30


DVD device

DVR program information a few days ahead 16

74

49

DVR LIST 3

E

Enabling

Parental Control

Purchase PIN 43

EPG, see Program Guide

Episodes, upcoming

Erase all 62

Erase all viewed 62

Estimated free space

37

16

63

Exiting

General Settings menu

Program Guide 16

Quick Settings menu

QuickMenu 26

26

30

Icons 12

Individual recording 55

Info Banner

INFO key

10, 51

23, 60

Information, viewing additional

Interactive video advertisement

23

81

IPG, see Program Guide iSubscribe 75

Multiple Offer 76

I

High Definition 12

K

Keyword header 22

Keyword series recording

Keyword, search by

Keywords 21

20

21

L

F

Fast forward

FAV key 6

4

Favorite channels 6, 28 configuring a channel as

Favorites, Auto 8

Frame-by-frame 52

25

G

Games 72

General Settings menu displaying 30 exiting 30

Grouping titles 61

27

H

Language enabling SAP

LAST key 6

LIST 3

29

List All 17, 19

List upcoming shows 16

Listing upcoming episodes

Live TV 49

16

Locked Channels

Locked Content 28

28

Locked Ratings

Locking

28 channels content 34

32 ratings 33 time periods

Locking Status

28

28, 29

Hard disk space

HD format 12

21, 63

HDTV output format

Help information

28

30

Hide Adult Titles 28, 36

M

Magnifying glass icon

Manual cropping 69

Menus

General Settings

12

27


Quick Settings

QuickMenu 26

25

Message Notice 28

Message Notification icon

Modify recording options

12

57

Mosaic channels 81

Multiple Offer iSubscribe

Muting audio 9

76

N

Notch Skip 50, 52

O

On Demand QuickInfo 89

On Demand Venue Library

Options, clock 29

Outlet, AC 29

Output Format 28

91

P

Packages, service

Parental control

75

28, 31 activating 25 blocking titles 36

Hide Adult Titles locking channels locking ratings

36

32

33, 34 locking time periods 28

Parental control PIN changing 41

Passport Echo 1

71, 72 Passport Weather

PassTime Games

Pause 4

Pay Per View 43

71, 72

PIN status of purchases

31

Parental Control

Purchase 43

41

Play all 62

Play all viewed

Playing

62

29 secondary audio (SAP)

Playing recorded programs

25

58

Power button

Power cable 5

5

POWER key 5

Power-off timer 28

Power-on channel 28

Power-on timer

PPV 43

28

PPV channels

PPV programs purchasing

Preferences 26

26, 46

43

44

Premium Channels

Premium services

26

75

Priority 68

Priority, series recording 66

Program Guide exiting 16

15, 26 blocking titles 36 purchasing PPV programs 44 title, display by

Program information

19

23 displaying a few days ahead

Program Information panel 81

16

Programs

PPV 43 selecting from Program Guide

Purchase PIN 43

Purchases, PPV 29

Purchasing

PPV channels, from

PPV programs

46

43, 44

Purchase PIN 43

Purchasing services via iSubscribe 76, 77

23

Q

Quick Settings exiting

QuickInfo

26

10

2, 25

QuickMenu

QuickTips

2, 26

11, 28

R

Ratings 33 unlocking 33, 34


Record entire series

Recorder, digital video

Recording channels 25 current program from Program

Guide

DVR Features

55

26 series 56, 57

Recording Options dialog

Recurring recording

Reminder Timer 28

55

57

Remote control 1, 2

73 Remote control, setting up

Remote Wizard 71

Resolving conflicts

Rewind 3

58

RF Output 29

S

54, 55, 56

49

SAP 25, 29

Saved Shows 3, 36, 57, 59, 60, 64, 69

Saved Shows information 22, 60

Saved Shows Options

Scheduled Recordings

60

3, 12, 36, 57,

58, 59, 64, 67

Search by Keyword

Search by Title

15, 20

15, 19

Secondary audio programming

(SAP) 25, 29

SELECT key

Selecting

6 channels, to 6 favorite channels

General Settings

25

27 program in Program Guide 23 secondary audio (SAP)

Series Manager

29

3, 36, 54, 56, 59, 64,

65

Series Recording Priority

Series Recordings

Service packages

56

75

66

Settings

General Settings menu

SETTINGS key

Set-top box

27 clock options 29

27

Shows, upcoming

Skip Ahead 52

Skip, notch 52

Skipped Channels

Sleep timer 28

16

12, 28 activating

Slow motion

25

50, 52

Sort 1,2,3

Sort A,B,C

17, 19

17, 19

Sorting options

Sorting titles 61

17

Space, hard disk

Start-up channel

Status icons 59

21

28

Stereo 12

STOP key 54

Storage Priority panel

Streams, video 81

60

Subscription Video On Demand

90

85,

Subtitles 12, 29

SVOD icons 88

SVOD Library

Swap 4

85

SVOD Library Channels 90

SVOD Supercategory Library

Channels 85, 91

T

Telephone icon 13

Theme, search by 18

Time periods locking 28

Titles blocking 36

Hide Adult Titles 36

Trailers, viewing 87

Turning off, see Disabling

TV, turning on 5

Timers power-off power-on

28

28 sleep

Tips, Quick

25, 28

11

Title, displaying Program Guide by

Title, search by 19

19


U

Unlocking channels content 34

32 ratings time 35

33, 34

Upcoming shows

Use, AC outlet 29

16

V

Venue Library 91

Video Mosaic channel, entering

Video Mosaic channels

Video on Demand 85

81

29 Video Output Format

Video streams 81

View Disk Info 63

82

Viewing additional information

VOD channels 85

VOD Feature Channels

VOD icons 88

85

23

85, 86 VOD Library Channels

VOD Purchases 86

Volume 3, 9

W

Weather 71

Weather report 72



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