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shanti

(21,670 posts)
Fri May 3, 2013, 06:37 PM May 2013

direct tv question

i am a new subscriber to direct tv, after 15 years with dish. it's a lot cheaper for me now (60 vs 100 a month), but i can't seem to get over the way the channel guide is set up. i HATE the ads for movies stuck in there, it's so distracting! does anyone know how to get rid of them? thanks...

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direct tv question (Original Post) shanti May 2013 OP
Yep Inkfreak May 2013 #1
Inkfreak is right dr.strangelove May 2013 #2
sorry if i was unclear shanti May 2013 #5
I know the ads you are talking about dr.strangelove May 2013 #6
I use the custom menu also. And Ilsa May 2013 #3
service is top notch and they give gifts dr.strangelove May 2013 #4

Inkfreak

(1,695 posts)
1. Yep
Fri May 3, 2013, 11:32 PM
May 2013

In your settings you can make a custom guide. You go thru all the channels you get, mark the ones you wanna keep. It takes a minute. But worth it. I got rid of all those channels and the tons of shopping channels.

Menu, then settings. Should be channel guide or something. Im not in front of my tv so I can't say for sure. But it's pretty easy to find and do.

dr.strangelove

(4,851 posts)
2. Inkfreak is right
Sun May 5, 2013, 06:43 PM
May 2013

Take the time to do the custom menu, its makes DTV so much better and easier to use. There are lots of cool setting options, so play around with it.

shanti

(21,670 posts)
5. sorry if i was unclear
Tue May 7, 2013, 01:40 PM
May 2013

i was referring to the ads that lie between the tv programs on the channel guide. after fiddling with it for awhile, i don't think i can delete them, they just come with direct tv! but as far as favorites go, yup, i have that figured out.

thanks

dr.strangelove

(4,851 posts)
6. I know the ads you are talking about
Tue May 7, 2013, 02:52 PM
May 2013

they are not there on my tv in my living room, where I have set up the custom menu, they are there on my tv in the bedroom and in my kids' bedroom, but they do not have the custom menu set up. Call DTV and ask them, they are pretty good about helping with these things.

Ilsa

(61,675 posts)
3. I use the custom menu also. And
Mon May 6, 2013, 07:25 PM
May 2013

remember that you can switch to the other list, "All Channels That I Get" on long weekends when they give you premium channels for a couple of days so those channels show up in your guide. Then you can switch back to your custom list when the preview is done.

We have the HBO package.

One of the things I like about DirecTv is their customer service.

dr.strangelove

(4,851 posts)
4. service is top notch and they give gifts
Tue May 7, 2013, 09:27 AM
May 2013

we have been with them for 15 years, we get free PPV movies at our anniversary date and I call every 3 months and change my pay subscriptions like HBO and Showtime, there is always a deal so I always get two for one, all year. I just have to call every 3 months and move them around to whatever the deal is.

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