Garden Valley Telephone Company GVTV User manual

Phone: [phone] or 218-687-5251
Website: www.gvtel.com
Garden Valley
Telephone Company
201 Ross Avenue
PO Box 259
Erskine, MN 56535
FAVORITES
Create Favorite Lists:
There are 12 pre-defined favorite named lists and
you may create up to 5 additional Favorites Lists.
1. Press Menu. Arrow down to ‘My TV’ and then
arrow right to ‘Edit Favorites’. Press OK.
2.With your Favorite List highlighted, arrow down
to move the channel list. Channels included in the
Favorite List are marked with a P. Using the Arrow
buttons, move through the channels and press OK
to add or remove a channel to your Favorite List.
Or, type in a channel using the number keys.
3. When done, press the Blue button to save
your changes.
Using Favorite Lists:
1. Press FAV. By default, your list is ‘All’ channels.
2. Arrow up/down to choose a Favorite list. Press
OK with a Favorite List selected, you will be in
Favorites mode using that list.
3. Use either the Channel Up/Down button or the
Arrow buttons to move between channels in a list.
Or, use the number keys to select a channel. The
‘Info Bar’ shows the name of the active favorite list.
4. To leave a Favorite mode, press FAV. Arrow
up/down to select ‘All’ and press OK.
PARENTAL CONTROLS
There are several ways to use Parental Controls.
From the Main Menu, select My Settings. Arrow
to the right, highlight Parental and press the OK
button. You will then be in the Parental Controls
menu to:
Change PIN:
Select the Change PIN category to enter your new
PIN and confirm it. Until you change it, the default
PIN is 0000.
Edit Locked Channels:
You can lock entire channels via the Edit Locked
category so that it requires a PIN to view the
programming. You may prevent locked channels from
showing in the channel guide via the Parental Control
Options (locked channels would still be accessible using
the number keys and entering a PIN).
Set Program Rating Limits:
To control the types of programming that can be
viewed, you may set program limits based on motion-
picture ratings (G, PG, R, etc.) or TV ratings (TV-
G,TV-14, etc.) using the Set Ratings category. If you
attempt to tune to a channel that is airing a program
with a rating at or above your rating limit, you much
enter a PIN to view the program.
Set Time Restrictions:
The Time Restrictions category allows you to set time
periods per day where television access requires a
PIN.These time restrictions may be set by selecting
the Green button to Add Restriction under the Time
Restrictions category.
Cancel Override:
Cancel Override category allows any previous PIN
overrides for an extended period of time to be can-
celled. Once the override has been cancelled, the
parental PIN will need to be used for all Locked and
Rated channels.
REMINDERS
Set Reminders: While viewing the guide, highlight the
program where you want a reminder and press OK.
RemoteUserGuide
GVTV

GardenValleyTelephoneCompanyGVTVVideoService---RemoteUserGuide
WHAT’S ON TV?
There’s more than one way to see what’s
showing on TV.
Info Button:
Press Info and you will see the name and a
description of the current program at the top
of the screen.
OK Button:
Press OK to show the ‘Now Playing’ bar and you
will see what program is currently playing.
Guide Button:
This is the most comprehensive view of what’s on.
Go ahead and page through…you’re bound to find
something to watch.
Browse Button:
Press Browse (right arrow) to show the channel
you are currently tuned to at the top of the screen.
At the bottom of the screen, the ‘Info Bar’
shows you the channel number, channel name,
current date and time, program name, date and
time the program airs, a progress bar, and the
program that airs next.
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