THE POWER of MORE Digital Video User's Guide
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Digital Video User’s Guide THE POWER of MORE Welcome THE NEW WAY TO WATCH IPTV Digital TV is different than anything you have seen before. It isn’t cable…it’s better! Digital TV offers great channels, many fea- tures and many choices. Watch what you want – sports, movies, news, cartoons, dramas, comedies – anything you can imagine is there. Watch when you want – with features like Autotune, CatchUp TV, Restart TV and Pause digital video recording. Watch how you want – high quality digital video and sound. So sit back, relax and enjoy the future! Digital TV User’s Guide Copyright © 2005-2016 MS Communications. IPG screen images Copy- right © 2010 Minerva Networks, Inc. Used with permission. All rights reserved. Portions Copyright Advanced Digital Broadcasting (ADB), Amino Communications, Ltd., Entone, Inc and Universal Electronics, Inc.. Used with permission. All rights reserved. All other images copyright and/or trademark of their respective owner(s). Dolby and the double-D symbol are registered trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. This material may not be duplicated, in whole or in part, by any means, without the express written consent of MS Communications, Ringgold GA 30736 USA. Minerva release 2014 Table of Contents 1 Remote Control Basics 1 Nova Remote Control 1 Turn Your Set Top Box or TV On or Off 2 Change Channels 2 Adjust Volume 2 System Buttons 3 2 How To Use This Book 4 Layout 4 Color-Codes & Icons 4 Changing Your On-screen Guide 5 Changing Your Electronic Program Guide Skin 5 3 Infobar 7 Introducing The Infobar 7 Go To The Infobar 7 Infobar Layout 8 Using the Infobar 9 4 Menubar 10 Introducing the Menubar 10 Go To the Menubar 10 Understanding the Menubar 10 5 Guide 12 Introducing Guide 12 Go To Guide 12 Getting Around Guide 12 Favorites List in Guide 12 HDTV Programming 12 Guide Layout 13 6 Guide - CatchUp TV 14 Introducing CatchUp TV 14 Getting Started 14 Selecting a Previously Viewed CatchUp TV Episode 16 Using Trick Play Features with CatchUp TV 16 7 Guide - Restart TV 17 Introducing Restart TV 17 8 Guide - Alerts & Recordings 18 Introducing Alerts & Recordings 18 Setting a Reminder, Autotune or Recording 18 Editing a Recording 20 Table of Contents Setting a Series Recording 21 Editing a Series Recording 22 Skipping an Episode 23 Canceling an Autotune, Reminder, Recording, or Series Recording 24 Additional Information on Canceling Events 24 9 Recording 25 Recordings 25 Quick Recording 25 General Guidelines About Recordings 25 Pausing Live TV (PLT) 25 Controlling Live TV 26 DVR Playback Controller 26 Schedule Event 27 Accessing the Schedule Event Screen 27 Configuring the Schedule Event Screen 27 Record By Search 28 10 DVR 29 Introducing DVR 29 Go To DVR 29 The DVR Menu Quick Reference 29 Recordings 29 Recordings: Watching a Recorded Program 30 Recordings: Sorting Recordings 31 Recordings: Locking or Unlocking a Recording 31 Recordings: Deleting a Recording 32 Recordings: Stopping a Program Currently Recording 32 To Record 32 To Record: Sort Future Recordings 32 To Record: Canceling a Future Scheduled Recording 32 Schedule Priority 33 Schedule Priority: Changing Schedule Priority 33 Schedule Event 33 Schedule Event: Editing a Schedule Event 34 Record History 34 Record History: Reviewing Record History 34 Whole Home DVR 35 Set a Recording 35 DVR Set Top Box Recordings List 35 Watching from Room to Room 36 Table of Contents 11 My Library 37 Introducing My Library 37 The My Library Menu 37 Go To My Library 37 Introducing Reminders 37 Go To Reminders 37 Cancel a Reminder or Autotune 37 Introducing Messages 38 Go To Messages 38 Reading a Message 39 Introducing Caller ID (Coming Soon) 39 Go To Caller ID 39 Deleting a Caller ID Entry 39 12 Settings 40 Introducing Settings 40 Go To Settings 40 Activating Parental Control 40 Selecting Parental Control Settings 40 Turning Parental Controls On and Off 41 Working With Additional Preferences. 42 Changing Your Electronic Program Guide Skin 44 Working With Settings/Users 46 Adding a User Account 46 Editing a User Account 49 13 Sign Out / Sign In 51 Sign Out / Sign In 51 Go To Sign Out / Sign In 51 14 Favorites 52 Introducing Favorites 52 Go To Favorites 52 Choosing a Favorites List 52 Creating or Editing a Favorites List 53 Delete a Favorites List 53 15 Search 54 Introducing Search 54 Go To Search 54 Search for a Program 54 Table of Contents 16 YourTV App with Remote Scheduling 56 Introducing iTV App with Remote Scheduling 56 Getting Started 56 Login with Sub-Account 57 Schedule Recordings Remotely 57 Browse Scheduled Recordings 59 Scheduled Recording States 61 Delete Recordings 61 Touch Screen Remote Control 61 Tune to a Channel with Touch Screen Remote Control 63 Search Programming 64 Parental Controls for YourTV App 65 Delete Devices 65 Set Top Box 66 Entone Kamai 651 66 Movie Ratings 67 MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) Ratings System 67 TV Ratings 68 TV Parental Guidelines Ratings System 68 Program Ratings 68 Content Ratings 68 Notes 69 1 Remote Control Basics Nova Remote Control Power SETUP Power on/off for current Set up remote for TV selected device or Transport Keys standby mode for STB Controls video of TV INPUT LIVE TV, DVR Changes TV input device REPLAY-back 30 seconds Device Control SKIP-ahead 30 seconds Selects device to control REC OPTIONS Starts/stops recording Provides options for MENU certain menus or items Display on-screen menu BACK or home screen Back one level in menus INFO EXIT Display information about Exit menu item or back current program to live TV Navigation VOL Arrow keys navigate Increase/decrease volume menus, OK executes MUTE selected Turns volume on/off VOD Number Keys Reserved Allows direct access to GUIDE specific channels and Display program guide menu items Shortcut Reserved Dot Key CH/PG Reserved Change channel, or page up/down within program DVR guide Connects to DVR service LAST LIVE TV Change to previous Connects directly to Live viewed channel Television CC MEDIA Toggles closed Short-cut to YouTube captioning on/off 1 1 Remote Control Basics Turn Your Set Top Box or TV On or Off The device selection buttons tell your remote whether you want to control your set top box or your television. To turn your TV on or off, press the TV button then the POWER button. To turn your set top box on or off, press the STB button and then the POWER button. If pressing POWER turned the wrong device on or off, press the POWER button again, press the appropriate device selection button (TV, STB, DVD or AUX) and press POWER once more. Note: It is not necessary to turn your set top box off when the TV is off. The STB is a standby mode (a lower power consumption). Note: Your remote control must have the remote code programmed in before it can send the correct signals for your TV. If the list of TV brand codes was not included in your installation pack, please contact customer service. Change Channels The CH+/- button will change channels up or down one at a time. The Number Pad can be used to directly enter a channel number. GUIDE will display the Interactive Program Guide so you can find a program you like. If the program is on now, you can tune to the channel showing it. If not, you can set a scheduled event to remind you when it does come on. For more information on how to use the Guide, see section 5 Guide. For more information on setting Reminders, Autotunes and Recordings, see Setting a Reminder, Autotune or Recording in section 6 Guide - Alerts & Recordings. Adjust Volume The VOL+/- button will adjust the volume gradually. The MUTE button will toggle the sound on and off. 2 1 Remote Control Basics System Buttons There are a number of buttons on your remote that display different features of your service. MENU displays the Menubar when in cable [STB] mode, and in [TV] mode you will see your TV’s menu. The Menubar provides quick access to every feature supported by your service. For more information about the Menubar, see section 4 Menubar. INFO displays the Infobar, a feature that lets you see information on what you’re watching, what’s coming on next, and what’s on other channels. For more information on the Infobar, see section 3 Infobar. EXIT causes your set top box to exit whatever screen you are seeing and return you to normal TV viewing. If you ever get lost on a screen, it is always safe to press EXIT and then start over. 3 2 How To Use This Book Layout Instructions are paired with screen shots to illustrate the process and provide confirmation of what you should see on your TV. Section headings and on-screen text, such as screen titles, messages and options are shown in Blue Bold Type. Buttons on the remote control are represented by a graphic of that button, or Red Bold Type when a graphic cannot be shown. Color-Codes & Icons Program listings may display icons based on settings for a particular program. Program Attributes New Episode (not a re-run) Program in High Definition Autotune Reminder Record* Series-Record* Series Record Episode Skipped* Closed Captioned Dolby Digital Audio Favorite Alert Symbol Lock Program Live TV Whole Home DVR *Record and Series Record only appear if your set top box supports recording. All menubar icons and explanations are in 4 Menubar. Note: Your service provider uses the “0” default PIN code for customers.