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FiOS TV: Getting Started With IMG 1.9

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Exploiting FiOS TV Favorites

When Verizon introduced the original Interactive Media Guide (IMG) to replace the Interactive

Programming Guide (IPG), many people, including me, were disappointed that it was no longer

possible to remove channels from the Guide to create a customized list of channels to view when

using the Guide button on the remote. Verizon did add the ability to define a Favorites list, but

you had to use the Favorites button to access that list; hitting the Guide button always displayed

the complete list of channels, including all the ones you had no interest in.

Starting with the 1.6 level of the IMG, you could create up to two Favorites lists, and you could

set up the remote so that the Guide button will display one of the Favorites lists instead of the

complete guide (something that I think has been missed by a lot of users). You could also easily

change to whatever list you wanted whenever you wanted – big steps forward. And along the

way Verizon has added the ability to manage your Favorites via the web (for a DVR only).

1.9 continues with the Favorites concept, with some new features thrown in.

Note: If you have multiple STBs and want to use Favorites on each, you will need to create the

list individually on each STB. Hopefully in the future Verizon will provide some facility to

transfer Favorites between STBs.

Getting Started

It really is very easy to set up one or two Favorites lists and control which key on the remote

does what:

1) Create a Favorites list (and create a second one if you want, so that you have separate

channel lists for him/her, parents/kids, sports/movies, normal use/free previews, etc., really

whatever division you want). There are multiple ways to create your initial list, and there are

multiple ways to maintain the list once it has been created.

2) Set up how you want the Guide and Favorites keys on the remote to work.

3) Enjoy.

Step 1: Create a Favorites List

The first step is to create at least one Favorites list, either Favorites 1 or Favorites 2.

Note: you can choose to create (and then manage if you want) your Favorites lists directly on a

DVR or via the web. I find the web process too slow and cumbersome; I much prefer to do my

work directly on the DVR. But you should probably try both methods to see which you prefer.

For non-DVR STBs, the setup must be done directly on the STB, there is no web interface.

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