RCA 980-04038-800 - Manual

UPGRADES Your receiver is able to receive upgrades or modifications to some of its featuresand functions. These modifications will occur automatically, usually at times whenyour receiver would likely be turned off. If your receiver is on when an upgradeor modification is sent, you may experience a d...

To get from place to place while you’re watching DIRECTV ® programming or using Internet features, you need to know just one simple rule: select-and-go. When you see something on your screen that looks interesting, you tell your RCA ® -DIRECTV ™ Receiver with UltimateTV ® Service to take you there b...

The TV Home screen is your home base for all your TV-watching activities. FromTV Home you can go to key features of the service. 7 TV HOME A Program Guide whereyou can choose a showto watch or record See a list of the showsyou’ve recorded andselect one to watch Search for shows bytitle, category, ac...

9 When you tune to a channel using your RCA ® -DIRECTV ™ Receiver with UltimateTV ® Service, you can view information about the program that’s showing on thatchannel. Detailed program information is available at any time, at the press of a button. In this section you’ll find out how to make the most...

DISPLAYING PROGRAM INFORMATION When you change channels, the channel banner appears only briefly, so youmight miss some of the information it displays. If you wish, you can displaydetailed information about the program you’re watching at any time. To display information about the current program: 1 ...

13 THE DIRECTV ADVANCED PROGRAM GUIDE ™ The DIRECTV Advanced Program Guide ™ lets you see what’s on TV and choose programs to watch or record. To view the Advanced Program Guide ™ : From the TV Home screen, use the Arrow buttons to select Guide , then press OK . or Press the GUIDE button on your rem...

CUSTOMIZING THE GUIDE Instead of scrolling through hundreds of available channels, you might want tocustomize the Guide to display just the channels you like to watch. To have the Guide display a list of frequently viewed channels: 1 From TV Home, select Settings from the bottom of the screen and pr...

17 The Add a Favorites List screen appears. 5 Choose one of the categories—Movies, News, etc.—to have the Guide displaya preselected list of channels in that category. Or choose Custom List to create your own list of favorite channels. Press OK . For Custom List, the following screen appears. 6 Sele...

3 To prevent access to movies and TV shows with certain ratings (X, NC-17, andso on), select Ratings , then press OK . To prevent access to particular channels, select Channels , then press OK . To set a limit on the amount that can be spent for Pay Per View programs,select Pay Per View , then press...

23 If you know what you want to watch—either a particular show or a type of show,such as Comedies or Westerns—you can search for it with Search TV. To search for a program: From TV Home, select Search TV and press OK . (Alternatively, you can press the SEARCH button on your keyboard, or press MENU·O...

25 TV reminders are messages that appear on your screen one minute before a show starts. To set a reminder: 1 In the Guide, select a program (blue indicates that the program is on in thefuture) and press OK . The Program Info screen for the selected program appears. 2 Select Remind and press OK . Th...

DIRECTV ® programming offers a wide selection of Pay Per View movies and events. In the Advanced Program Guide ™ , some Pay Per View programs are marked with an all-day ticket symbol: Your Receiver must be connected to a phone line in order for you to purchase Pay Per View programming. To order a DI...

RECORDING A PROGRAM TO YOUR RECEIVER Your RCA ® -DIRECTV ™ Receiver with UltimateTV ® Service lets you record up to 35 hours of programs onto its built-in hard drive. Recording capacity varies, depending on the type of program being recorded. Once a program is recorded, you can watch it at any time,...

2 Select Record and press OK . The following screen appears: 3 Check Record daily (or the appropriate interval for that program) if you want to record the program on a regular basis, then select Continue and press OK . or For a one-time recording, simply select Continue and press OK . The Recording ...

33 RECORDING A PROGRAM TO YOUR VCR Because recorded programs will eventually be erased from your receiver’s harddrive to make room for more recordings, you might want to record a show ontovideotape so you can keep it in your video collection. Before you record a program to your VCR, you must make su...

37 To see information about a show you’ve recorded: In the My Shows list, select the program name. Information about the program, including its duration and the date it wasrecorded, is displayed at the top of the screen. To watch a recorded program: 1 Select the program in the My Shows list and pres...

Let’s say you’re watching a ball game and the umpire makes a controversial call.With regular TV, all you can do is loudly question his eyesight and continuewatching the game. But your RCA ® -DIRECTV ™ Receiver with UltimateTV ® Service lets you create your own instant replay, jumping back a few seco...

PLAY To resume watching a paused program where you left off: Press the PLAY button on your remote or keyboard. The program resumes playing where you left off. If you wish, you can skip the paused portion of the program and continuewatching it live, in its regular time frame. To resume watching a pau...

When you press the REVERSE button, you can see the program playing in reverse. When you reach the beginning of the part you want to see again, you can play it back. To watch a program after you’ve reversed it: At any time during the reverse process, press the PLAY button on your remote control or ke...

45 GETTING BACK TO LIVE TV Pausing, reversing, and fast-forwarding are great, but at some point you’ll want toreturn to watching live TV. Here’s how. To watch live TV: 1 Press the MENU·OPTIONS button on your remote control or keyboard. The TV Options panel appears. 2 Select Go Live and press OK . A ...

47 To view the PIP window, the main TV picture must be at full- screen size, not the small picture shown in the TV Home screen. If necessary,select the picture in TV Home, then press OK. Now you’ll learn how to control what appears in the full-screen view and thesmaller, PIP view. CONTROLLING THE PI...

49 PUTTING THE PIP WINDOW AWAY To make the PIP window disappear: Press the PIP button. The PIP window disappears. The PIP window also disappears when you press HOME, MY SHOWS, or GUIDE. N O T E PIP – continued To change the channel in the full-screen view: 1 If the PIP window is selected, press the ...

As the popularity of the Internet grows, more and more TV shows are creatingWeb sites that give you information about their program, and in some cases letyou interact with the program as it’s in progress. For example, there are gameshows that have Web sites where you can play along with contestants,...

53 The w symbol is displayed for only a few seconds, shortly after you tune to a channel, so as not to disrupt your TV viewing. If the w symbol has disappeared from your screen, you can still go to the associated Web site. To go to a TV-related Web site when the w is no longer displayed: 1 Press the...

To return to watching TV: 1 Press the MENU · OPTIONS button on your remote control or keyboard. The TV Options panel appears. 2 Select Stop Interactive and press OK . You’ll return to watching TV. FINDING INTERACTIVE WEB SITES To find interactive TV Web sites: 1 From TV Home, select Web Home and pre...

61 READING YOUR MAIL You can tell when you have new mail by looking at the Mailboxat the top of the Web Home screen. When a letter appears inthe on-screen mailbox, you have mail. Or check the Messagelight on the front of the receiver. When the red light is on, youhave mail. Follow these steps to rea...

3 Type the recipient’s e-mail address, then press the RETURN key on your keyboard. If you do not have a wireless keyboard, you can use the on-screen keyboard. To show the on-screen keyboard, press the OK button on your remote control. To send the message to more than one person, separate the address...

65 USING THE ADDRESS BOOK E-mail addresses can be long, complicated, and impossible to remember.Fortunately, you don’t have to remember them. You can store and retrieve e-mailaddresses using your address book. Writing e-mail messages is easier if yourrecipient’s address has been added to your addres...

Moving text (cut and paste) You can only move text in e-mail messages that you are writing. Here’s how: 1 Using the Arrow keys on your keyboard, position the typing cursor before the start of the first word you want to move. 2 Hold the SHIFT key as you press one of the Arrow keys to select all of th...

71 WEB HOME Web Home is the starting point for all of your World Wide Web activities. If you are already using Web features, press the HOME button on your remote control or keyboard. If you’re watching DIRECTV ® programming, press the TV•WEB button on your remote control or keyboard, or choose Web H...

GOING DIRECTLY TO A WEB SITE If you know the address of a Web site (also known as the URL—Uniform ResourceLocator), you don’t need to search for the Web site to find it. You can simply typethe address in the Web Options panel. To use the Web Options panel to type in a Web address: 1 If you are watch...

75 74 FAVORITES: CREATING A COLLECTION OF YOUR FAVORITE WEB SITES When you visit a Web site that you like, and you realize that you are going to wantto come back to the site often, you can save that Web site in your Favorites folder. Once you have saved a Web site in your Favorites folder, you can g...

77 76 WATCH TV WHILE SURFING THE WEB With your RCA ® -DIRECTV ™ Receiver with UltimateTV ® Service, not only can you see the Web on your TV, you can see the Web and your favorite TV shows at thesame time. Watch a game on TV while you look at related sports Web sites.Watch a movie while you do a Web ...

79 78 CREATING YOUR OWN WEB PAGE The WebTV service not only allows you to visit Web pages, it also lets you createand publish your own Web site using Page Builder. Keep your friends and family up-to-date about what’s new in your life. Postinformation about your pets, your hobby, your school or churc...

81 80 EDITING AN EXISTING WEB PAGE You can use Page Builder to make changes to any Web page you have created.Here’s how: 1 From Web Home, select Community , then press OK or RETURN . 2 Select Page Builder , then press OK or RETURN . 3 Select the Web page you want to change, then press OK or RETURN ....

DISCUSSION GROUPS Discussion groups are Internet bulletin boards where people post and respond tomessages about specific topics. Discussion groups are public forums—anyone canread and respond to the posted message. JOINING A DISCUSSION GROUP Before you can read or post messages in a discussion group...

87 86 4 To enter a listed chat room, select it and press OK or RETURN . To search for a chat room, type a topic in the search box, then press OK or RETURN . Then select a chat room from the list of search results and press OK or RETURN . Once you are in a chat room, you will see an ongoing discussio...

See the brochure that came with your RCA ® -DIRECTV ™ Receiver with UltimateTV ® Service for information on service options, including features and pricing. Call 1-800-DIRECTV (1-800-347-3288) for additional information on DIRECTV ® programming and the UltimateTV Service. Call 1-877-ULTIMATE (1-877-...

BILLING INFORMATION AND PAYMENT OPTIONS The monthly WebTV service charge covers your use of the WebTV service. It doesnot cover the cost of anything you purchase online, nor charges for toll phonecalls your receiver makes to connect to the WebTV service. You can see your current account status, your...

UPDATES - GETTING THE LATEST FEATURES WebTV Networks is always working to improve the WebTV service. From time to time, feature updates will be offered to you at no cost when you connect to theWebTV service. To get the latest WebTV service features, select Update Now when you see one of these notice...

When calling an ISP, make sure that it is compatible with the WebTV service(some ISPs might not know whether they are or not). To be compatible with the WebTV ser vice, the ISP must: • Provide at least one local phone number for connecting to their service from your calling area with a modem speed o...

A account, viewing information about 89-95address book 62, 65-66Advanced Program Guide. See “DIRECTV Advanced Program Guide ™ ” All-Day Ticket symbol 12, 27alternate audio 12Arrow buttons or keys 5 B billing information 91 C CH CTRL button 47CH+/CH- buttons or keys 10channel banner 10channels. See T...