Deluxe DSS System
(160-2530)           DSS Mailbox/Channel Lists        Faxback Doc. # 19679

THE DSS MAILBOX

The DSS mailbox shows you messages that are sent - or "mailed" - from your
program providers.  For example, you may receive a message calling your
attention to a new service.

How to tell when you have mail:

There are two ways to tell if you have mail, depending on whether the DSS
receiver is turned on or off.

    If the DSS receiver is turned on, a mail icon appears in the channel
    maker.

    If the DSS receiver is turned off, the power light on the front panel
    of the receiver flashes.

Checking your mail:

1.  Press MENU to bring up the Main menu.

2.  Point to Mailbox and press SELECT.  The Mailbox display screen shows a
    list of the messages that have been sent.

3.  Point to a message and press SELECT.  The message is opened for you to
    read.  If the letter is longer than one page, you can scroll down using
    the arrow keys.

4.  Press SELECT again to close the letter.

After you read a message, and want to erase it, point to Erase and press
SELECT.  When you exit the display screen, messages not erased are saved
in memory.

Mailbox Size

The DSS mailbox has enough memory to store ten (10) forty character
messages.  You should periodically review and erase your mail messages to
prevent any mail messages from being erased by the DSS system when the
memory runs low.

SETTING UP CHANNEL LISTS

You set up your channel lists by bringing up the Channel Lists and Limits
display screen and placing check marks in boxes corresponding to the
channels you want in each list.

To bring up the Channel Limits and Lists display screen:

1.  Press MENU to bring up the Main Menu.

2.  Point to Options and press SELECT.

3.  Point to Locks, Limits, and Channel Lists and press SELECT.

4.  Point to Channel Limits and Lists and press SELECT.  The Channel Limits
    and Lists display screen comes up.

    As you can see from the display screen, the available channel lists
    are Normal, Fav A, Fav B, and Parent-approved.

    The Normal list allows you to delete unwanted channels from the All
    list and create a new list.  This is the channel list that is in effect
    each time you turn on the DSS receiver.  A check mark in the Normal
    column indicates that the channel will be included in your Normal
    channel list.  You can select as many channels as you wish.

    The Fav A list allows you to build a "Top Ten" favorite channels list.
    You can select up to 10 channels.  A check mark indicates that the
    channel will be included in your channel list.

    The Fav B list allows you to build a second "Top Ten" favorite channel
    list.  You can select up to 10 channels.  A check mark indicates that
    the channel will be included in your channel list.

    The Parent-approved list, which is actually a channel limit, allows
    you to select the channels that can be viewed when the system is
    locked.  A channel with a check mark in this column can be viewed at
    any time, whether the system is locked or unlocked.  (For more
    information about the Parent-approved column, see "Setting Channel
    Limits," below).

Building your Lists

You build your lists by placing check marks in the columns corresponding
to each channel in the Channel Limits and Lists display screen.

1.  Bring up the Channel Limits and Lists display screen, see above.

2.  Point to the check boxes and press SELECT at each channel you want to
    include or delete in your lists.  A box with a check mark indicates
    that the channel is included in your list; an unchecked box means that
    the channel has been taken off the list.

3.  To save your channel lists, point to the OK button and press SELECT.

Using Your Channel Lists

Once you have built the channel lists, you can use the lists to:

    Scan through the channels in your selected list using the CHAN /\\/
    buttons on the remote or front panel

    Simplify your Program Guide by having it show only programs broadcast
    on the channels in your selected list.

Choosing Your Channel List

There are two ways to choose the channel list that you want to use:

1.  Press the FAV (Favorite Channel List) Button

    or

2.  Bring up the Select Channel List display screen (accessed through
    the Options menu).

FAV Button

The FAV button allows you to simplify the Program Guide to show only those
channels in your selected list.  Press the FAV button to select a channel
list.  Each time you press FAV, a different list is activated.

The lists cycle in this order: All, Normal, Fav A, Fav B, and so on.  A
channel marker at the top of the Program Guide indicates which channel
list has been selected.

NOTE:  You can choose only from lists that have been set up to include
       one or more channels.

Once you select a channel list with the FAV button, you can scan through
the channels on that list using the /\\/ buttons on the remote or front
panel.

Select Channel List

The Select Channel List display screen allows you to simplify the Program
Guide to show only those channels in your selected list.

(Once you select a channel list with the Select Channel List display
screen, you can scan through the channels on that list using the /\\/
buttons on the remote or front panel.)

To simplify your Program Guide to show only the channels on your list:

1.  Press MENU to bring up the Main menu.

2.  Point to Options and press SELECT.

3.  Point to Select Channel List and press SELECT.

4.  Point to the list you wish to use and press SELECT.

5.  Point to OK and press SELECT.

    This list becomes the list that is in effect until you change the 
    list again or turn the DSS receiver off.  The Normal list is in 
    effect each time you turn on the DSS receiver.

Your Program Guide will now show programming information for only those
channels in your selected list.

Changing Your Channel Lists

You can make changes to your channels lists at any time by repeating
Steps 1 through 3 in Building Your Lists, see above.


(CS 1/5/96)