User`s guide

Chapter 4 47
Using On-Screen Menus
Spending Limits
Use the Spending Limit option to indicate a per-event, and/or a monthly
spending limit for Pay Per View programs.
1. Select Spending Limit.
2. Select the user profile you’d like to set a spending limit for, then use the
digits or the arrow buttons on the remote control to enter program
spending-limit information.
After a spending limit is set and the system is locked, you must enter a
password to purchase a Pay Per View program that costs more than your
spending limit allows.
Note: Spending limits are in effect only when the system is locked. See
“Locking the System,” later in this section, for details.
Pay Per View Programs
Pay Per View (PPV) programs are DIRECTV
®
programs that you can purchase—
like a movie ticket—if you subscribe to DIRECTV
®
programming and have your
digital satellite receiver connected to a telephone line (see the instructions
starting on page 5 for connection details).
Previewing and Purchasing
You can preview and purchase DIRECTV
®
Pay Per View movies and events if
you subscribe to DIRECTV
®
programming and have your digital satellite
receiver connected to a telephone line.
To purchase a movie or event, you can take one of two actions:
• Tune to a PPV channel using the remote control’s CH +/- buttons. When
you find one, press the INFO button to find more information and details
about how to purchase the program.
• Highlight a PPV program in a program guide and press INFO. The Program
Details screen will appear and give you more information about the program.
From this screen you can also purchase the program.
You can select:
• View Channel to view that channel
• Buy Program to purchase the program
• Buy and Record to purchase the program and set a timer to record it
• Remind Me to be prompted just before the show is scheduled to start.
Note: The options available to you may vary according to the type of
program you select.
Tip: PPV Passwords
You may need to enter your four-digit
password to order a PPV program if it
costs more than the spending limit
you set up in the Profiles or Purchases
menu.
Tip: Ordering PPV
If you want to order PPV programs
using the on-screen menus, you need
to connect your digital satellite
receiver to a telephone line.