D R A F T --------- This Manual Has Not Been Paginated! ----------------------------------- The Personal Entertainment Guide (TM) User's Guide The World's Most Advanced Television Magazine Available Exclusively Through CompuServe's Consumer Electronics Forum Type: GO CEFORUM Version 2.0 This material is copyrighted. All rights are reserved. No parts of The Personal Entertainment Guide or this document may be copied in part or in whole, except as provided in the following license. Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 by Lookahead Communications, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Lookahead Communications, Inc. 163 Amsterdam Avenue - Room 309 New York NY 10023 (212) 580-7948 COPYRIGHT NOTICE The following is copyright (C) 1991, 1992 by Lookahead Communications, Inc.: - All software and documentation bearing the Lookahead Communications, Inc. copyright, - All information displayed on the Personal Entertainment Guide (TM) screens, - All television listings, feature articles, news and other information supplied by Lookahead Communications, Inc. as Personal Entertainment Guide update files whether by disk or modem transmission. Television listings are provided under license from TVDATA, Queensbury, N.Y. TRADEMARKS The Personal Entertainment Guide is a trademark of Lookahead Communications, Inc. DISCLAIMER Lookahead Communications, Inc. makes no warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, with respect to this software, accompanying documentation, or update files. IN NO EVENT SHALL LOOKAHEAD COMMUNICATIONS, INC. BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION, OR OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PROGRAM, EVEN IF LOOKAHEAD COMMUNICATIONS, INC. HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. LICENSE FOR THE SOFTWARE The Personal Entertainment Guide is Copyright (c) 1991, 1992 by Lookahead Communications, Inc. The Personal Entertainment Guide is not, nor has ever been, public domain or free software. The commercial, registered version of The Personal Entertainment Guide may not be duplicated other than for backup purposes. A registered copy of Personal Entertainment Guide must be treated like a book, in that the same registered copy of The Personal Entertainment Guide may not be used in more than one computer at the same time, just as a book may not be read by more than one person at the same time (without making an illegal copy). Users are granted a limited license to use the User Supported, trial version of The Personal Entertainment Guide for a limited evaluation period of up to 4 weeks, in order to determine if it suits their needs. Any other use of The Personal Entertainment Guide or use past this period requires registration. All users are granted a limited license to download the Unregistered Version of The Personal Entertainment Guide from CompuServe's CEFORUM or other BBS only for the purpose of trying out the software for their own use, and only if they agree to the following conditions: - The Personal Entertainment Guide Unregistered Version must be distributed in absolutely unmodified form, including ALL program, documentation, weekly update and other files - The Personal Entertainment Guide may not be included with any other product for any reason whatsoever without a license from Lookahead Communications, Inc. - No charge or payment may be levied or accepted for The Personal Entertainment Guide files - Personal Entertainment Guide weekly files must not be decoded, interpreted, hacked or modified in any manner. Bulletin Board system operators may post the unregistered, User Supported version of The Personal Entertainment Guide on their BBS for downloading by their users without written permission only if the above conditions are met, and only if no special fee is necessary to access the The Personal Entertainment Guide files (a general fee to access the BBS is ok). Distributors of User Supported and Public Domain software MUST obtain written permission from Lookahead Communications, Inc. before distributing Personal Entertainment Guide and must follow the above conditions. Permission is almost always granted; this requirement is necessary to ensure protection for ourselves and The Personal Entertainment Guide users from unscrupulous individuals. LICENSE FOR THE WEEKLY UPDATE FILES The Personal Entertainment Guide Weekly Update Files are copyright (c) 1992 by Lookahead Communications, Inc. The Personal Entertainment Guide Weekly Update Files are not, nor have ever been, public domain or free software. The Personal Entertainment Guide Weekly Update Files may not be duplicated other than for backup purposes. They may not be uploaded or transfered to any BBS or distributed in any other way. Personal Entertainment Guide Weekly Update Files must be treated like a book, in that the same copy of The Personal Entertainment Guide Weekly Update Files may not be used in more than one computer at the same time, just as a book may not be read by more than one person at the same time (without making an illegal copy). Bulletin Board system operators and Distributors of User Supported and Public Domain software MUST NOT post or distribute the live, non-expired Personal Entertainment Guide Weekly Update Files on their BBS. Table of Contents ----------------- 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introducing The Personal Entertainment Guide 1.2 Computer Requirements 1.3 Installation 1.4 Authorization File 1.5 Personal Entertainment Guide Procedures 2. BASIC CONCEPTS 2.1 Weekly Cycle 2.2 Time Period Covered 2.3 Availability Of Listings 2.4 Backing Up The System 2.5 A Word About Programs And Categories 2.6 Screen Fields 2.7 Database Searches 2.8 Personal Entertainment Guide Directory 2.9 Personal Entertainment Guide Screens 2.10 Standard Function Keys 2.11 Cursor Control Keys 2.12 Advertising / Trivia Panels 2.13 The Personal Entertainment Guide Main Title Screen 2.14 Table of Contents Screen 3. FEATURE ARTICLES 3.1 Feature Articles Date Menu 3.2 Feature Articles Menu 3.3 Feature Article Screen 4. PROGRAM LISTINGS 4.1 Types Of Program Listings 4.2 Rolling Log 4.3 Electronic Grid 4.4 Alphabetic By Type / Category 4.5 Program Types Menu 4.6 Program Categories Menu 4.7 Alphabetic Program Listing 4.8 Program Showing Times 4.9 Program Detail or Program Description 5. FOLDERS AND PERSONAL LISTINGS 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Folders 5.3 Folder Database Searches 5.4 Title Folders And Favorite Folders 5.5 Personal Listings 5.6 Folders And Personal Listings Menu 5.7 Folder List 5.8 Create Folder Menu 5.9 Add To or Update Title Folder 5.10 Movie Folder Criteria 5.11 Sports Folder Criteria 5.12 Program Folder Criteria 5.13 Delete Folder List 5.14 Folder Contents 5.15 Title Folder Criteria 5.16 Add To Favorite Folder 5.17 Update Favorite Folders 5.18 Personal Listings Menu 5.19 Personal Listing 6. FILE MAINTENANCE 6.1 Introduction 6.2 The PEGBATCH Procedure 7. PRINTING PERSONAL LISTINGS (PEGPRINT) 7.1 Introduction 7.2 The PEGPRINT Utility APPENDIX A. SUMMARY OF CONTROL KEYS APPENDIX B. SAMPLE PERSONAL LISTING APPENDIX C. FILE NAME CONVENTIONS 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introducing The Personal Entertainment Guide 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The Personal Entertainment Guide (TM) is the first television listing magazine implemented on a personal computer. Like printed magazines, the Personal Entertainment Guide contains feature articles, program listings, grid listings and program break-outs by type and category. But that's where the similarities end - the Personal Entertainment Guide brings the television listings magazine into the age of the personal computer. For now on, using a printed television magazine will be like using a calculator instead of an electronic spreadsheet, or a typewriter instead of a word processor. Two decades ago, the channel line-up for even the biggest television market was 7 VHF and a few UHF channels. Now, with cable reaching a majority of television viewers, channel line-ups are typically 60 to 80 channels, and in some areas, 150 channels. Despite these advances, program listings themselves haven't changed significantly since the 1950's. A 75 channel line-up means having a choice of more than 10,000 programs a week, with more than 1000 movie titles. Printed magazines just can't keep up. As channel line-ups grow longer, TV magazine publishers have to keep cutting the amount and accessibility of program detail. The alternative is to mail out a phonebook-size magazine every week - or transmit the listings electronically. Chances are that you are missing programs and movies you want to see (and are paying to see) because you forgot they were on at a particular time - or didn't know they were on in the first place. Now that you have the Personal Entertainment Guide, you can have unprecedented control of your TV watching and taping schedule. What are the advantages of using the Personal Entertainment Guide? First, the Personal Entertainment Guide provides complete listings - with more channels and program information than any single source currently available. Second, the Personal Entertainment Guide provides program listings earlier than most weekly magazines. In most cases, the Personal Entertainment Guide subscriber is able to view listings up to three weeks in advance of air-time. Third, the Personal Entertainment Guide provides unprecedented detail. For example, the listing for most movies in the Personal Entertainment Guide contains a synopsis, year of release, MPAA rating, quality rating, director and six actors. The Personal Entertainment Guide includes episode titles and descriptions of even the oldest syndicated shows. Finally, because the Personal Entertainment Guide is implemented on a computer, it can be used to perform database-type searches and produce customized listings. You can set up permanent "folders" to search for movies and programs of interest to you. In this way, you can decide what to watch on television without even looking at a TV program listing. The Personal Entertainment Guide is not an on-line service. Once a week, at a convenient day and time, you must download the next issue of the magazine. The data is delivered to your personal computer via telephone and modem from CompuServe's Consumer Electronics Forum (type GO CEFORUM). This weekly transmission is highly concentrated so that the details of the 10,000 programs can be sent to you in only 5 minutes at 9600 baud (best deal!) or 20-25 minutes at 2400 Baud. Once you receive your issue of the Personal Entertainment Guide, you do not have to use the telephone and modem again to access the television listings, folders and feature articles - they are immediately available to you on your personal computer. 1.2 Computer Requirements 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The Personal Entertainment Guide has the following minimum hardware and operating system requirements: - IBM-compatible XT, AT, 386, 486, PS/1, PS/2 Personal Computer, running DOS 2.1 or greater, - 640K of memory (runs in 512K with DOS 5.0), - a hard disk with approximately 3 MB of free space, - CGA, EGA or VGA or compatible monitor (please note, mono and Hercules adapters are NOT supported) - in your CONFIG.SYS file, files should be at least 20, (FILES=20), and buffers should be at least 20 (BUFFERS=20), the more the better. Disk cache software is very useful and highly recommended for making the Personal Entertainment Guide run faster. The Personal Entertainment Guide is compatible with WINDOWS 3.0, 3.1 (with certain restrictions), various TSR programs, networks and system configurations. Conflict may arise if programs or drivers use too much 640K memory for the Personal Entertainment Guide programs to run. 1.3 Installation 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 In order to run The Personal Entertainment Guide, you must prepare the PEG database. Step 1. Make a unique directory in which to work with PEG. All PEG files must be placed in this directory, and this directory must be the default directory when running any PEG programs. Example: \PEG2. Step 2. Download or copy the file PEGWAR.EXE to the PEG directory. Optionally, download or copy PEGFOL.EXE if you want PEG's more advanced functions. Step 3. Decompress the files by executing them - they are self-extracting LHARC files. Step 4. Download or copy one, two or three TV listings files. Each file contains a week's worth of listings. The format for these files is "ccwww.EXE" where cc is a city designator, and www is a week number. For example, the New York Metropolitan area file for the week of 5/9/92 is NY121.ZIP. The file for 5/16/92 is NY122.ZIP, etc. Decompress these files by executing them. Step 5. Type PEGBATCH at the DOS prompt. The first screen will show you your authorization, and when it expires. If you got to this screen, your authorization has not expired. Press ENTER and the program will show you what TV listing files it recognizes on the hard disk, whether they are current (by your CPU's date), and what files are available from Lookahead Communications, Inc. (again, according to the date in your CPU). If the files are current, press ENTER and a batch procedure will then build a PEG database for you. When this process is finished, run PEG from the DOS prompt, and enjoy the world's first and only TV listing magazine that runs on a computer. Please note that should you interrupt the PEGBATCH procedure, you will probably get a corrupt PEG database, and PEG will not run. 1.4 Authorization File 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 An authorization file (PEG.KEY) is pre-configured at Lookahead Communications, Inc. to include certain information that you cannot change. If this information is incorrect, you must contact PEG customer service. The authorization file contains: - Your name and address (if registered), - Your city or metro area prefix, - Your registered or demo account number, - Your authorization expiration date. If your software does not work properly, it may be due to an incorrect value in one for one of these items. 1.5 Personal Entertainment Guide Procedures 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The Personal Entertainment Guide consists of three main procedures: - PEG View Feature Articles View Program Listings Setup And View Folders Setup And View Personal Listings - PEGBATCH Maintains The PEG Database - PEGPRINT Format and Print Personal Listings Typing PEG, PEGBATCH or PEGPRINT from the DOS prompt will initiate these procedures. Again, please Note: These commands MUST be run with the Personal Entertainment Guide as the default directory (e.g. C:\PEG2). You may wish to set up a .BAT file which takes care of this automatically. 2. BASIC CONCEPTS 2.1 Weekly Cycle 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 There are two basic parts to The Personal Entertainment Guide. The first is the PEG program which is used to view program listings, folder listings, personal listings, feature articles or setup folder and Personal Listing criteria. To access this program, you type "PEG" from the DOS prompt, and follow the instructions on the screen. Screen navigation is handled with function keys that are listed on the bottom of each screen. At any point, you can press F1 which displays help information. Once every one, two or three weeks, depending on what files are on your disk and your downloading preferences, you must download new listings. After a successful download and decompression of the new file(s), you must use the second part of PEG, which is the database reorganization procedure PEGBATCH. PEGBATCH will ask if you want to delete any obsolete or inconsistent TV listings files, and then build a new database with the new information. The Personal Entertainment Guide week begins 12:00 A.M. Friday night/Saturday morning and ends 11:55 P.M. Friday night. Depending on what type of modem you use, a normal week's transmission of 70 channels will take about 5 minutes at 9600 baud and 20-25 minutes at 2400 baud. The database maintenance and folder recalculation take another few minutes - depending on how fast your computer is and how many folders you keep. There is one other utility provided for your use, namely PEGPRINT. This utility is used to print a Personal Listing to a file or a printer. You might want to run PEGPRINT once a week to provide a hard-copy of your Personal Listings. In this way, you won't have to go to your computer when you want to view your customized TV listing. 2.2 Time Period Covered 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 You are able to view up to 3 weeks of television listings and feature articles at a time with the Personal Entertainment Guide. The Main Title screen lists the first and last day of coverage of the PEG database. 2.3 Availability Of Listings 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Television listings are available no earlier than SUNDAY at 6:00 PM for the week that is 2 weeks in the future. Three weeks of files are maintained at all times on CompuServe's Consumer Electronics Forum (GO CEFORUM). It is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 2.4 Backing Up The System 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 It is not necessary to backup the entire PEG system. If you lose the PEG program files, they will be available from major BBS's or the PEG BBS. If you lose the PEG database, you can get these files from the same sources as the software. The only files not replaceable are the folder files with the criteria *you* set up for folders. There are six files, and they are completely interlocked. They can be accessed as "FOLDERS.*". All folders files must be backed-up and restored together. For example, to backup the folder files to a floppy disk, you might type: copy C:\PEG\FOLDERS.* A:*.* To restore the folder files, you might type: copy A:FOLDERS.* C:\PEG\*.* After restoring the folder files, it is essential to run PEGBATCH which recalculates the folders based upon the lastest database. 2.5 A Word About Programs And Categories 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Some programs have the same program titles but different program types and categories, or descriptions. Some examples are: - L.A. LAW - the movie - L.A. LAW - the syndicated program - L.A. LAW - the series - Dennis The Menace - the movie - Dennis The Menace - the cartoon show - Dennis The Menace - the syndicated program - Tarzan, The Ape Man - the movie starring Bo Derek - Tarzan, The Ape Man - the movie starring Johnny Weismuller 2.6 Screen Fields 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Screen fields may contain any printable character including letters, numbers and special symbols. Uppercase and lowercase are maintained for display purposes only. All processing is case insensitive. Except for leading and trailing spaces, all other spaces are counted as part of the value of the field. You may enter information into fields that are unprotected on the screen. Leading and trailing spaces are ignored in all cases. Enclosed spaces are considered part of the field. All enterable fields are translated to uppercase. Pressing Esc clears the field to its former entered value if one existed. Pressing Esc again clears the field to an "unentered" status. 2.7 Database Searches 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 On several screens, you have the ability to search the database for programs of interest to you. These searches inspect program titles only, not the channel, program type, category or any part of the program description. These database searches should not be confused with folder searches for which different rules apply (see Section 5. FOLDERS AND PERSONAL LISTINGS). Depending upon which screen you are using, the searches work in the following ways: On screens that are chronological in nature (Rolling Log, Electronic Grid, and Personal Listing) the value entered into the Find field is compared with all parts of program titles. For example, the search for the value "LUC" will match "Mr. Lucky" as well as "I Love Lucy". The spelling and punctuation for that portion of the title that is entered must be exact. For example, the value "ZAN, THE" would match "TARZAN, THE APE MAN", however, "ZAN THE" would not because of the missing comma. The search is case insensitive. On screens that are alphabetical in nature (Alphabetic Program Listing, Title Folder Criteria and Folder Contents), the value entered into the search field is used to advance the listing to the first program title not less than the search field. The search is case insensitive. 2.8 Personal Entertainment Guide Directory 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The Personal Entertainment Guide software is designed to use ONLY the files in its directory. If you used the recommended directory, that directory would be C:\PEG2. No software supplied by Lookahead Communications, Inc. will create a directory, or load files into any directory other than the Personal Entertainment Guide directory. The only exception is the PEGSET.COM utility which creates the PEG directory during disk installation. Also, no software supplied by Lookahead Communications, Inc. can access any file not in the Personal Entertainment Guide directory. 2.9 Personal Entertainment Guide Screens 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The Personal Entertainment Guide screens are standardized. Each screen contains: Top Line Of Screen: - Current Date - Current Time - Name Of Application (Personal Entertainment Guide) - Status of the System: 'System Ready', 'System Busy', or 'Press [ENTER]'. Title Of Screen Various Protected And Unprotected Fields Advertising / Trivia Panel Bottom Line - List Of Active Function Keys 2.10 Standard Function Keys 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 There is a set of standard function keys that is available on every screen. In some cases, in order to save space, the listing of some of these keys is omitted. Even when not listed, these keys are always active. Function keys that are unique to a screen are always listed on the bottom line of the screen. The standard function keys are: F1 - Help - displays the appropriate help screen. This key is always listed. F2 - Exit - cancels the current screen, displays previous screen. This key is always listed. F4 - Go To Main Title Screen - cancels the current screen, and displays Main Title screen. This key is never listed. F6 - Quit - cancels the current screen, exits to DOS. This key is always listed. F9 - moves cursor to first field on screen. This key is never listed. The function keys unique to an individual screen are always listed across the bottom line of the screen. 2.11 Cursor Control Keys 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The keys that control the cursor on Personal Entertainment Guide screens are: TAB or DOWN ARROW - positions the cursor to the next field on the screen page. SHIFT+TAB (REVERSE-TAB) or UP ARROW - positions the cursor to the previous field on the screen page. F9 - moves cursor to first field on screen. In no case do keys that control the cursor cause paging or scrolling. 2.12 Advertising / Trivia Panels 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 PEG has a Trivia / Advertising panel at the bottom of each screen. This panel contains PEG Trivia, advertising and announcements from Lookahead Communications, Inc. This panel changes automatically and does not require intervention. If you wish to repeat a panel or skip ahead faster than the normal rate, you can use the INS and DEL keys. When INS is pressed, the next panel is displayed. When DEL is pressed, the previous panel is displayed. Whenever you go to the Main Title screen or the Table Of Contents screen, the Trivia / Advertising Panel sequence is temporarily interrupted. The system displays the Volume and Issue Number, Cable Company edition, and range of dates covered by the television listings database. Upon returning to other PEG screens, the system displays the Trivia / Advertising panel that was previously in effect. 2.13 The Personal Entertainment Guide Main Title Screen 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The PEG software starts by displaying the Main Title screen. Pressing any key will display the next screen. The Main Title screen provides the following information: Version Number - The version number of the PEG software. Copyright - The Lookahead Communication, Inc. copyright. Your License - This copy of the software, if registered, is exclusively licensed to the person named on the screen. If your name or address is incorrect, please contact PEG customer service. In the Advertising / Trivia Panel: - Volume Number and Issue Number - PEG is a computerized magazine. This is the volume and issue number. - City Edition - PEG can be customized for your city or cable system. If the the edition specified is incorrect, please contact PEG customer service. - TV Listings Date Range - The range of dates of TV Listings currently available in the PEG database. 2.14 Table of Contents Screen 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The Table of Contents screen is a menu that allows you to access all system functions. To access a function, you can either highlight a menu selection with the cursor and press ENTER, or press the number or letter key (not a function key) that is associated with the menu selection. Feature Articles - Press 1 - provides access to feature articles. Rolling Log - Press 2 - provides a continuous listing of all program events by starting date and time. Electronic Grid - Press 3 - provides a listing of program events which are being shown at a particular time (regardless of starting time), and for each event, the next event on that channel. Alphabetic By Type / Category - Press 4 - provides a alphabetical listing of programs by program type and category. Folders and Personal Listings - Press 5 - provides the ability to create and view folders based on selection criteria, and view personal listings. Quit - Press Q - ends the PEG session and returns to DOS. 3. FEATURE ARTICLES 3.1 Feature Articles Date Menu 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The Feature Articles Date Menu provides a list of dates representing the feature articles available in the Personal Entertainment Guide. The dates correspond to the first day of the week represented. The articles and their contents are specific to the week selected and vary from week to week. To access the set of feature articles for a particular date, you can either highlight a date with the cursor and press ENTER, or press the number or letter key (not a function key) associated with the date. 3.2 Feature Articles Menu 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The Feature Articles Menu provides a list of the feature articles available for the date selected in the Feature Articles Date Menu screen. To access a feature article, you can either highlight the feature article with the cursor and press ENTER or press the number or letter key (not a function key) that is associated with the feature article. 3.3 Feature Article Screen 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The Feature Article screen provides the ability to view a selected feature article. The paging control keys available for this screen are: PAGE DOWN - positions the screen to the next page of text. PAGE UP - positions the screen to the previous page of text. HOME - displays the first page of text. END - displays the last page of text. 4. PROGRAM LISTINGS 4.1 Types Of Program Listings 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The Personal Entertainment Guide contains complete television program listings for the period specified on the Main Title screen. These programs include all movie, program, and sports events. There are three ways of viewing the complete set of program listings. The first two ways, the Rolling Log and Electronic Grid, are chronological listings, that is, each program event is listed in date, time and channel order. When either of these listings is selected, the appropriate screen is displayed with the listing "opened to" the current date and time. The third way of viewing the complete set of program listings is Alphabetic By Type / Category. In this case, all of the programs in the database are listed alphabetically. Sub-sets of the alphabetical listings can be displayed by choosing specific program types and categories on the Program Types Menu and Program Categories Menu. If a particular program is of interest, it can be highlighted with the cursor, and by pressing ENTER, a chronological list of associated program events can be displayed (see Program Showing Times screen). 4.2 Rolling Log 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The Rolling Log is a listing of program events in chronological order, grouped by starting time. This listing is similar to a television magazine program listing. To view the details associated with a program event listed on this screen, position the cursor to highlight the program event and press ENTER. To place a program in one of your favorite title folders, position the cursor to highlight the program event and press F3. The screen may be positioned using the Date, Time and Search fields. To position the screen to a different time or date, enter a new value in the Time or Date fields and press F7. The Date and Time fields may be changed individually or together. To find the next occurrence of a string value in the Rolling Log listing, enter the value in the Find field and press F8. The system will place the cursor on the next occurrence of a program title that in some part matches the value in the Find field. Subsequent pressing of F8 searches for the next occurrence of the Find field value until the end of the database is reached. The information provided on the Rolling Log screen is: - A heading entitled "Rolling Log For" followed by the day of week, calendar date and time. - Page - the number of the page of the program listing within the date and time displayed. - Program events with the following information: - Station / Network Id - the mnemonic of the station or network, for example: HBO, PPV, WCBS. - Program Title - the title of the program, movie, or sports event. If the program event is a movie, the prefix "MOVIE:" is added to the beginning of the program title. This prefix is not inspected in searches. - Category - the program category of the program listed, such as MUSICAL, PUBLIC AFFAIRS, COMEDY. - Minutes - the duration of the program expressed in minutes (rounded to 5 minute intervals). Up to 8 program events can be displayed on a page of the Rolling Log. The paging control keys available for this screen are: PAGE DOWN - positions the screen to the next page of program events. PAGE UP - positions the screen to the previous page of program events. CTRL-PAGE DOWN - positions the screen to the displayed date and time plus 24 hours. CTRL-PAGE UP - positions the screen to the displayed date and time minus 24 hours. HOME - positions the screen to the beginning of the displayed week. If the HOME key is pressed again, the screen is positioned to the beginning of the previous week. Repeated pressing of the HOME key positions the screen to the beginning of previous weeks until the first week of data is reached. END - positions the screen to the end of the displayed week. If the END key is pressed again, the screen is positioned to the end of the next week. Repeated pressing of the END key positions the screen to future weeks until the last week of data is reached. CTRL-HOME - positions the screen to the beginning of the first week of data. CTRL-END - positions the screen to the end of the last week of data. The special function keys available for this screen are: F3 - Folder - provides the ability to add the highlighted program to a favorite title folder. The Add To Favorite Folder screen is displayed. For a description of the Add To Favorite Folder screen, please refer to Section 5. - FOLDERS AND PERSONAL LISTINGS. F7 - Time - positions the screen to the date and time in the Date and Time fields. The first page of the listing for that date and time is displayed. F8 - Find - searches the database for a match of program titles with the value specified in the Find field. ENTER - Detail - displays details about the highlighted program event. 4.3 Electronic Grid 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The Electronic Grid screen is a listing of program events showing at a particular time. This screen is similar to a window of a "grid" found in television magazines. The window may be scrolled up and down to view a full range of channels, or right and left to view different time periods. This screen is most useful for seeing what is on a given channel at a particular time. For example, if you turn on the TV and want the details on a movie on HBO that is in progress, you need only display the Electronic Grid screen and look at HBO. Even though the movie may have been on for a period of time, you don't have to search backwards in the program listing to find it. Another use of this screen is to check for TV watching or taping schedule conflicts. For example, if you wanted to tape a particular movie, you can use the Electronic Grid screen to see if there are other programs that you might want to view or tape showing at the same time. If there is a conflict, you can use the the Program Showing Times screen to see all other times that each of the programs is on, so that you can plan an optimal taping schedule. To view the details associated with a program event listed on this screen, position the cursor to highlight the program event and press ENTER. To place a program in one of your favorite title folders, position the cursor to highlight the program and press F3. The screen may be positioned using the Date, Time and Search fields. To position the screen to a different time or date, enter a new value in the Time or Date fields and press F7. The Date and Time fields may be changed individually or together. To find the next occurrence of a string value in the Electronic Grid listing, enter the value in the Find field and press F8. The system will place the cursor on the next occurrence of the program title (or any portion of the program title) matching the value in the Find field. Subsequent pressing of F8 searches for the next occurrence of the Find field value until the end of the database is reached. This screen can be displayed in two formats. Pressing F5 toggles between the two formats. The information common to both formats is: A heading entitled "Electronic Grid For" followed by the day of week, calendar date and time. Page - the number of the page of the program listing within the date and time displayed. Program events with the following information: - Station / Network Id - the mnemonic of the station or network, for example: HBO, PPV, WCBS. - Program Title - the title of the program, movie, or sports event showing on this channel at the displayed date and time. - The default format consists of: > Minutes Until - the number of minutes from the displayed date and time until the time that the next program event will be shown on this channel. > Next Program Title - the title of the next program event that will be shown on this channel. - The alternate format consists of: > Begin - the time that the current program started. This is expressed in hours and minutes followed by AM or PM. > Elapsed - the number of minutes that have elapsed since the start of the program. For example, if the displayed time is 8:30 PM and the program had started at 8:00 PM, the Elapsed field would contain 30. If the program had started at 8:05 PM, the Elapsed field would contain 25. > Next - the number of minutes until the next program starts. For example, if the displayed time is 8:30 PM and the next program starts at 9:00 PM, the Next field would contain 30. If the next program starts at 8:35 PM, the next field would contain 5. Up to 8 channels can be displayed on a page of the Electronic Grid screen. The paging control keys available for this screen are: PAGE DOWN - positions the screen to the next page of channels. PAGE UP - positions the screen to the previous page of channels. "+" - positions the screen to the next time period (also works with "="). "-" - positions the screen to the previous time period (also works with "_"). CTRL-PAGE DOWN - positions the screen to the displayed channels on the displayed date and time plus 24 hours. CTRL-PAGE UP - positions the screen to the displayed channels on the displayed date and time minus 24 hours. HOME - positions the screen to the beginning of the displayed week. If the HOME key is pressed again, the screen is positioned to the beginning of the previous week. Repeated pressing of the HOME key positions the screen to the beginning of previous weeks until the first week of data is reached. END - positions the screen to the end of the displayed week. If the END key is pressed again, the screen is positioned to the end of the next week. Repeated pressing of the END key positions the screen to future weeks until the last week of data is reached. CTRL-HOME - positions the screen to the beginning of the first week of data. CTRL-END - positions the screen to the end of the last week of data. The special function keys available for this screen are: F3 - Folder - provides the ability to add the highlighted program to a favorite title folder. The Add Title To Favorite Folder screen is displayed. For a description of the Add To Favorite Folder screen, please refer to Section 5. - FOLDERS AND PERSONAL LISTINGS. F5 - Format - toggles the display between the default and alternate formats. F7 - Time - positions the screen to the date and time in the Date and Time fields. The first page of the listing for that date and time is displayed. F8 - Find - searches the database for a match of program titles with the value specified in the Find field. ENTER - Detail - displays details about the highlighted program event. 4.4 Alphabetic By Type / Category 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Programs showing in the weeks covered by the Personal Entertainment Guide database can be displayed alphabetically either in their totality or segregated by program type and category. When Alphabetic By Type / Category is selected from the Table Of Contents screen, the system displays the Program Types Menu. You can either select ALL TYPES, or one of the program types (e.g. MOVIES), and press ENTER. The system then displays the Program Categories Menu. You can either select ALL CATEGORIES or one of the categories on this screen (the screen is pagable) and press ENTER. The system displays the Alphabetic Program Listing screen which is a pagable alphabetic listing of all programs matching the type and category you've selected. If you wish to see the showing times of one of the programs in the Alphabetic Program Listing, highlight the program with the cursor and press ENTER. The system will display the Program Showing Times screen. 4.5 Program Types Menu 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The Program Types Menu provides the ability to select a program type currently in the database. To select a program type listed on this screen, position the cursor to highlight the program type and press ENTER. The special function key available for this screen is: ENTER - Detail - displays a list of program categories associated with the program type selected. 4.6 Program Categories Menu 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The Program Categories Menu provides the ability to select a program category currently in the database that is associated with the program type previously selected. If there are more categories than can fit on one page, you can use the PAGE DOWN or PAGE UP keys to view categories on other pages of the screen. The current page number and total number of pages are listed in the screen heading. To select a program category listed on this screen, position the cursor to highlight the program category and press ENTER. The special function key available for this screen is: ENTER - Detail - displays a list of programs associated with the program type and category selected. 4.7 Alphabetic Program Listing 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The Alphabetic Program Listing screen displays all of the programs in the database in alphabetical order that are of the type and category previously selected. This screen can be paged backward or forward. To skip to a particular program, enter the beginning letters in the search field and press F8. To view a list of showing times for the program, highlight the program with the cursor and press ENTER. To place a program in a favorite title folder, highlight the program with the cursor and press F3. The information provided on this screen is: Heading - the program type and category previously selected Program Information, which includes: - Program Title - the name or title of the program, movie, or sports event. - Program Type - the type of the program. - Program Category - the category of the program. Up to 8 programs can be displayed on a page. The paging control keys available for this screen are: HOME - positions the screen to the beginning of the program list. END - positions the screen to the end of the program list. The special function keys available for this screen are: F8 - Search - searches the list of programs for the title beginning with the search field. Either the entire title or the beginning letters of the title can be entered. ENTER - Detail - displays the Program Showing Times screen for the highlighted program. 4.8 Program Showing Times 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The Program Showing Times screen displays all showing times (events) associated with a program. The screen can be paged backward and forward. If a program has more than 200 showings, only the first 200 showings will be displayed. To see further details on a program showing, highlight the showing time with the cursor and press ENTER. When first displayed, the Showing Times screen represents a single program, with a unique type and category. It may be desirable to see the showing times of other programs with the same name but different types, categories or descriptions. If there is a potential that other such programs exist, the system will display "F8-Other Times" at the bottom of the screen. If this caption is displayed, pressing F8 will cause the system to add to the current list of program showing times, the showing times of all programs with the same name but different types, categories or descriptions. The fields on this screen are: Heading - the title of the program previously selected. Total Showings - the total number of times that the selected program will be shown during the time period covered by the database. Showing Times - the showing times (events) associated with the program. The showing times are numbered in chronological order. The following information is provided for each showing time entry: - Date and Time - the day of the week, calendar date, and time that the selected program, movie, or sport program or event is scheduled. - Channel/Id - the number and/or mnemonic of the channel showing the selected program. - Short Description - a half-line of description of the program, movie, or sports event for identification purposes. The description format depends on the program type. The episode or sub-title is provided for programs. The year, country and leading actor/actress are provided for movies. The team and city are provided for sports events. Up to 8 showing times can be displayed on a page. The paging control keys available for this screen are: PAGE DOWN - positions the screen to the next page of program showing times. PAGE UP - positions the screen to the previous page of program showing times. HOME - positions the screen to the beginning of the program showing times. The special function keys available for this screen are: F8 - More Pgms - adds to the list of program showing times displayed on this screen the showing times of all programs in the database with the same name but different types, categories and descriptions. ENTER - Detail - displays the Program Detail screen for the highlighted program showing time. 4.9 Program Detail or Program Description 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The Program Detail screen provides complete detailed information for the specified program event. Only one program is listed on a screen. The screen provides two sets of information. The first set of information is standard for every program type: Program Title - the title of the movie, program, or sports event that was selected. Date - the date of the program event. Time - the time of the program event. Channel/Id - the number and/or mnemonic of the channel showing the selected program, movie, or sports event. Duration - the length of the program event expressed in minutes. Category - the category of the program event. Type - the type of the program event. The second set of information varies depending on the program type. The detail provided for each type is: Movie - Quality Stars - the number of stars assigned to the movie. The possible values range from .5 to 4.0, at intervals of .5. - Year - the year that the movie was released. - Country - the country of origin of the movie. - Synopsis - a synopsis or description of the movie. - Actor / Actress - the name of an actor or actress in the movie. Up to six actors and actresses are maintained. - Director - the name of the director. There may be more than one director. - MPAA Rating - the MPAA rating assigned to the movie. Only movies on pay channels are listed with a MPAA rating. The possible ratings are G, PG, PG-13, R, NC-17, X, and NR. - Expanded Rating - a descriptive explanation of the MPAA rating, for example, SEXUAL SITUATIONS, LANGUAGE, NUDITY, VIOLENCE, etc. Program - Episode or Sub-Title - the title of the episode or the sub-title of the program. - Description - the description of the program. - Host / Guests / Performer - specific host, guests, or performers listed for a program. Sports Event - Team - the name of the sports team. - City - the sports team's city or the city in which the sports event takes place. - Description - the description of the sports event. - Host / Guests / Athletes - specific host, guests, or athletes listed for a program. The special function key available for this screen is: F8 - Other Times - displays the Showing Times screen for the displayed program. 5. FOLDERS AND PERSONAL LISTINGS 5.1 Introduction 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 One of the most useful features of the Personal Entertainment Guide is its ability to maintain a comprehensive database of a subscriber's television viewing preferences. Using these preferences, the software is able to pick out programs of interest as well as provide customized listings. The mechanism for this is the Folder and Personal Listings functions. There are 14 screens in the Personal Entertainment Guide that support these functions. 5.2 Folders 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 A folder consists of: - A user specified name, e.g. "Kevin Costner Movies", - User specified program search criteria, such as a movie actor or sports team, referred to as the "criteria" of the folder, - A list of programs that meet the specified criteria, referred to as the "contents" of the folder, - Optionally, a reference to a Personal Listing. When you first create a folder, the system searches the entire database to find programs that match the search criteria you specify. A folder may contain as many programs as fit the search criteria. Once specified, the folder's contents may be displayed without having to re-search the database. When a new issue of the Personal Entertainment Guide is loaded onto your disk, the system recalculates all of the folders so that they reflect current programs. There are four types of folders: MOVIE, SPORTS, PROGRAM and TITLE. The first three types: MOVIE, SPORTS and PROGRAM correspond to the three types of programs (MOVIE, SPORTS and PROGRAM), and use search criteria specific to the type of program. MOVIE folders have search criteria relevant to movies, such as year of release, director, MPAA rating, etc. SPORTS folders have search criteria such as team and city. PROGRAM folders have general description criteria. The fourth type of folder, TITLE, is different, in that it may contain unrelated programs of any type. The search criteria for a TITLE folder is a set of program titles. The purpose of the TITLE folder is to hold programs that can't be categorized in any other way, for example "PROGRAMS I WANT TO TAPE". TITLE folders are handy for building folders from other folders, or from any of the listings screens. For example, if you are going through all of the science-fiction movies and you see one or more favorites, you can place those favorites in a folder which might be called "MY FAVORITE SCI-FI MOVIES" by highlighting the movie, and pressing F3. There is a maximum of 255 folders permitted. Each folder can hold as many programs as fit the folder criteria. A folder can be associated with only one Personal Listing. 5.3 Folder Database Searches 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 When using a MOVIE, SPORTS or PROGRAM type folder to search the database, the values entered into search fields are matched against ALL parts of applicable fields contained in the program description. For example, if the value "DREW" is entered into the actor/actress field, it would match "Dana Andrews", "Andrew Stevens", and "Drew Barrymore", etc. The spelling and punctuation of titles, names and other criteria fields must have an exact match in the database. For example, the value "ZAN, THE" entered in the title search field would match the title "TARZAN, THE APE MAN", however, "ZAN THE" would not because of the missing comma. In order for a program to be selected in a folder database search, ALL fields entered must have valid matches. For example, if, in a MOVIE folder, "PG-13" is entered for MPAA Rating, and "DRAMA" is entered for category, only movies that are BOTH rated PG-13 and are dramas will be selected. Search fields not entered do not play a part in the database search. Helpful Hint: You should always start with as broad a folder search as possible, using as little information or as few words as you can. If the folder search finds more matches than you want, you can go back to the criteria screen and enter more specific information. One problem that you might have when searching for an actor/actress is that some actors/actresses list themselves with different stage names at different points in their career. For example, the actor "SAM JONES" is sometimes listed as "SAM J. JONES". Other examples include the inconsistent use of nicknames such as "BILL" instead of "WILLIAM" or "BOB" instead of "ROBERT", etc. If you're not sure how a name or some other search value is spelled or punctuated, use a part of the name or value as a first cut, for example "JONES". Once you establish how an name or value is spelled in the database, use that spelling. When using a TITLE type folder to search titles, the title of the program must be spelled COMPLETELY and EXACTLY, including punctutation. For example, "Tarzan, The Ape Man" and "Car 54, Where Are You?" must contain proper punctuation. 5.4 Title Folders And Favorite Folders 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 There are two methods provided in the Personal Entertainment Guide for adding titles to TITLE folders. The first method is to use the Add To Or Update Title Folder screen. To use this screen, you type the title of the program you wish to be used as folder search criteria. This is the only method of entering the title of a program that is not currently showing. For example, if you are interested in a movie such as "THE TEN COMMANDMENTS" whose next showing date may not be for 6 months, you would have to use the Add To Or Update Title Folder screen. The second method of adding titles to a TITLE folder is to use an existing program or folder contents listing. The idea behind this is to allow you to view the Rolling Log screen, the Electronic Grid screen, the Alphabetic By Type / Category screen or the Folder Contents screen of any type of folder, choose programs of interest, and directly add their titles to one or more TITLE folder. In this way, you can go through listings and make up folders of programs you want to watch or tape and place them in folders with functional names such as "FAVORITE SCI-FI MOVIES", "MUSIC PROGRAMS TO TAPE", etc. To select a program, highlight it on one of the above mentioned screens with the cursor and press F3. The system will display the "Add To Favorite Folder" screen. This screen is a menu containing the names of up to 10 TITLE folders that you can set to any folder names you want. By selecting a folder name from this menu, you can directly add the desired title to the TITLE folder. Because this menu of TITLE folders can list only 10 names, the TITLE folders listed on this screen are called "Favorite Title Folders" or "Favorite Folders". Any TITLE folder can be a favorite folder. Other than their presence on this screen, there is no difference between Favorite Title Folders and ordinary Title Folders. 5.5 Personal Listings 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 A Personal Listing is a chronological listing of program events associated with one or more folders with a specific Personal Listing name. Its format and functions are the same as the Rolling Log screen. The relationship between programs, folders and Personal Listings is setup by the user in the folder. There is a field for every type of folder called "Personal Listing Id". This name is the cross-reference between folders and Personal Listings, and the link between different folders for a family member. When you display a Personal Listing, you are actually displaying the combination of all programs selected by all folders referring to the Personal Listing. Personal Listings may be combinations of any type of folder, and as many folders as you like - even all of the folders. 5.6 Folders And Personal Listings Menu 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The Folders And Personal Listings Menu is used to access folder and Personal Listing functions. To select a function, either highlight the function with the cursor and press ENTER, or press the number or letter key (not the function key) associated with the function. The functions available from this screen are: View Personal Listings - Press 1 - displays the Personal Listings Menu screen. View or Modify Folders - Press 2 - displays a list of the folders that can be displayed or modified. Create Folder - Press 3 - displays the Create Folder Menu. Delete Folder - Press 4 - displays a list of folders that can be deleted. Exit - Press X - returns to the Table of Contents screen. The special function key available for this screen is: ENTER - Proceed - accesses the function highlighted by the cursor. 5.7 Folder List 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The Folder List screen displays folders in alphabetical order. It can be paged forward or backward. To skip to a particular folder, enter the beginning letters in the Search field and press F8. Folder contents can be displayed by highlighting a folder with the cursor and pressing ENTER. Folder criteria can be displayed by highlighting a folder with the cursor and pressing F5. The screen displayed for folder criteria is dependent on the type of folder selected. To update a MOVIE, SPORTS or PROGRAM folder, use the "Criteria" function (F5). When the appropriate folder criteria screen is displayed, you can make updates and recalculate the folder. There are two functions provided for updating TITLE folders. In either case, a folder must be highlighted with cursor. To add a title to the folder or update the Personal Listing cross-reference name in the folder, use the "Add To" function (F3). This will display the Add To Or Update Title Folder screen, from which the title folder can be updated. The "Add To" function will only work for TITLE folders. To delete a title from the folder, use the "Criteria" function (F5). This will display the Title Folder Criteria screen. You can highlight and delete individual program titles from this screen. The information provided on this screen is: Total Folders - the number of folders currently in the system. Folders Entries - for each folder listed, the following information is provided: - Name - the name of the folder. - Type - the type of folder. The types available are PROGRAM, MOVIE, SPORTS and TITLE. - Last Update - the date and time that the folder was last modified by you (not the system). - Pgms - the number of programs that are in the folder because they satisfy the criteria of the folder based on the current program listings. - Id - the Personal Listing name assigned to the folder. Up to 8 folders are displayed on a page. The paging control keys available for this screen are: PAGE DOWN - positions the screen to the next page of the folder list. PAGE UP - positions the screen to the previous page of the folder list. HOME - positions the screen to the beginning of the folder list. END - positions the screen to the end of the folder list. The special function keys available for this screen are: F3 - Add To - provides the ability to add a title to or modify the Personal Listing name of TITLE folders. This function will not work with MOVIE, SPORTS or PROGRAM folders. F5 - Criteria - displays either the Movie Folder Criteria, Sports Folder Criteria, Program Folder Criteria, or Title Folder Criteria screen for the highlighted folder. The screen displayed depends on the the type of folder selected. F8 - Search - positions the screen to the folder name beginning with the value in the "Search For" field. ENTER - Contents - displays the contents of the folder highlighted by the cursor. 5.8 Create Folder Menu 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The Create Folder Menu is used to select the type of folder you wish to create. To select a folder type, either highlight the folder type with the cursor and press ENTER, or press the number (not the function key) associated with the folder type. The information provided on this screen is: Title Folder - Press 1 - displays the Add To Or Update Title Folder screen. Movie Folder - Press 2 - displays the Movie Folder Criteria screen. Sports Folder - Press 3 - displays the Sports Folder Criteria screen. Program Folder - Press 4 - displays the Program Folder Criteria screen. Exit - Press X - returns to the Folders and Personal Listings Menu. The special function key available for this screen is: ENTER - Proceed - displays the the "Movie Folder Criteria", "Sports Folder Criteria", "Program Folder Criteria", or "Add To Or Update Title Folder" screen depending on what folder type is highlighted. 5.9 Add To or Update Title Folder 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The Add To Or Update Title Folder screen is used to display, update or create a title folder. If a title is entered, it must be spelled EXACTLY and COMPLETELY as it appears in the program listing, including punctuation. If there is any doubt, check the spelling in the listing. This screen can also be used to add or update the Personal Listing name associated with the folder. To add or update the folder, enter applicable fields on the screen and press F8. The fields on this screen are: Folder Name - a unique name assigned to the folder. Only one folder can be assigned this name. The name should be descriptive because it is used to identify the folder on other screens and the PEGPRINT printout. Program Title - the title of the program. The spelling and punctuation must be exact. The entire name must be entered, including punctuation. Personal List Id - the Personal Listing name to be assigned to this folder. The contents of this folder and all other folders with the same Personal Listing name will be combined in a Personal Listing with that name. The special function keys available for this screen are: F5 - Criteria - displays the Title Folder Criteria screen for this folder. F8 - Update - Creates or updates the folder with the information entered. If a program title was entered, searches the current database for the title and displays the status of that search. F10 - Contents - displays the contents of the folder highlighted by the cursor. 5.10 Movie Folder Criteria 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The Movie Folder Criteria screen provides the ability to display, add or update MOVIE folders with selection criteria, and recalculate the contents of the folder if necessary. The criteria is specific for movies and the system will search only movies in the database. The following fields are provided on this screen: Movie Folder Name - a unique name assigned to the folder. Only one folder can be assigned this name. The name should be descriptive because it is used to identify the folder on other screens and the PEGPRINT printout. Personal List Id - the Personal Listing name to be associated with this folder. The Personal Listing name associated with this folder may be used with other folders of any type as well. Movie Title - the title of the movie. Movie Category - the category associated with the movie. The current list of movie categories is available using the Categories Menu. The category does not have to currently exist in the database to be valid for this field. Description - a synopsis of the movie. Quality Stars - the number of stars assigned to the movie. The possible values range from .5 to 4.0, at intervals of .5. Actor / Actress - the name of an actor or actress in the movie. A maximum of six actors and actresses is maintained in the database. Director - the name of the director. There may be more than one director for a movie. Year (s) - the year that the movie was released. An inclusive range of years can be specified. Country - the country in which the movie was made. Since the country name is usually an abbreviation, check the program listings for the spelling of country names. MPAA Rating - the rating of the MPAA assigned to the movie. Only movies on pay channels have an MPAA rating. The possible ratings are G, PG, PG-13, R, NC-17, X, and NR. Expanded Rating - the description that provides greater detail on the reason behind the MPAA rating. This expanded rating includes SEXUAL SITUATIONS, VIOLENCE, NUDITY, LANGUAGE, etc. The value entered into this field can be preceded by the word "NOT" followed by a space. This indicates that you want to select movies that do NOT have the expanded rating specified. For example, if you want to select certain movies, but you want to exclude those movies with nudity, you would specify "NOT NUDITY". The special function keys available for this screen are: F8 - Save/Search - 1) Creates or updates the folder with the criteria entered. 2) Searches the current database for movies matching the selection criteria. If any movies are found, the Folder Contents screen with a list of all movies that meet the criteria specified is displayed. F10 - Clear - clears all the fields on the screen. 5.11 Sports Folder Criteria 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The Sports Folder Criteria screen provides the ability to display, add or update SPORTS folders with selection criteria, and recalculate the contents of the folder if necessary. The criteria is specific for sports and the system will search only sports events in the database. The following fields are provided on this screen: Sports Folder Name - a unique name assigned to the folder. Only one folder can be assigned this name. The name should be descriptive because it is used to identify the folder on other screens and the PEGPRINT printout. Personal List Id - the Personal Listing name to be associated with this folder. The Personal Listing name associated with this folder may be used with other folders of any type as well. Program Title - the title of the sports event. Sports Category - the category associated with the sports event. The current list of sports event categories is available using the Categories Menu. The category does not have to currently exist in the database to be valid for this field. Team - the name of the sports team. City - the sports team's city, or the city in which the sports event takes place. Description - a description of the sports event. Host / Guests / Athletes - specific host, guests, or athlete listed for a sports event. The special function keys available for this screen are: F8 - Save/Search - 1) Creates or updates the folder with the criteria entered. 2) Searches the current database for sports events matching the selection criteria. If any sports events are found, the Folder Contents screen with a list of all sports events that meet the criteria specified is displayed. F10 - Clear - clears all the fields on the screen. 5.12 Program Folder Criteria 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The Program Folder Criteria screen provides the ability to display, add or update PROGRAM folders with selection criteria, and recalculate the contents of the folder if necessary. The criteria is specific for programs (i.e. not MOVIE or SPORTS) and the system will search only non-movie, non-sports events in the database. The following fields are provided on this screen: Program Folder Name - a unique name assigned to the folder. Only one folder can be assigned this name. The name should be descriptive because it is used to identify the folder on other screens and the PEGPRINT printout. Personal List Id - the Personal Listing name to be associated with this folder. The Personal Listing name associated with this folder may be used with other folders of any type as well. Program Title - the title of the program event. Episode Or Sub-Title - the episode or sub-title of the program event. Program Category - the category associated with the program event. The current list of program categories is available using the Categories Menu. The category does not have to currently exist in the database to be valid for this field. Description - a description of the program episode. Host / Guests / Performers - specific host, guests, or performer listed for a program event. The special function keys available for this screen are: F8 - Save/Search - 1) Creates or updates the folder with the criteria entered. 2) Searches the current database for program events matching the selection criteria. If any program events are found, the Folder Contents screen with a list of all program events that meet the criteria specified is displayed. F10 - Clear - clears all the fields on the screen. 5.13 Delete Folder List 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The Delete Folder List screen displays folders in alphabetical order. It is the same as the Folder List screen except that the F3 function is used to delete folders. In order to delete a folder, highlight it with the cursor and press F3. Remember to be careful when using this screen as the system does not ask for confirmation when deleting a folder. When a folder is deleted, the folder criteria, folder contents and personal listing references are also deleted. Once deleted, there is no way of restoring the folder other than by re-entering the folder data all over again. For all other functions of this screen, please refer to the Folder List screen. 5.14 Folder Contents 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The Folder Contents Screen displays all of the programs in the database that match the folder criteria. This screen can be paged backward or forward. To skip to a particular program, enter the beginning letters in the search field and press F8. To view a list of showing times for the program, highlight the program with the cursor and press ENTER. To place a program in a favorite title folder, highlight the program with the cursor and press F3. The fields provided on this screen are: Heading - the title 'Contents of Folder: ' followed by the name of the folder. Search For - the value used to search for a program Program Information, which includes: - Program Title - the name or title of the program, movie, or sports event. - Program Type - the type of the program. - Program Category - the category of the program. Up to 8 programs can be displayed on a page. The paging control keys available for this screen are: PAGE DOWN - positions the screen to the next page of the program list. PAGE UP - positions the screen to the previous page of the program list. HOME - positions the screen to the beginning of the program list. END - positions the screen to the end of the program list. The special function keys available for this screen are: F8 - Search - searches the list of programs for the name beginning with the search field. Either the entire name or any portion of the name can be entered. ENTER - Detail - displays the Program Showing Times screen for the highlighted program. 5.15 Title Folder Criteria 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The Title Folder Criteria screen provides the ability to view or update the program titles that are the criteria for title folders. The titles displayed in this screen should not be confused with the folder contents, which are also titles. The difference is that the titles on this screen are the titles SEARCHED FOR by the system. The titles in the folder contents screen are the titles FOUND by the system. Besides being able to display the program title criteria for a title folder, you can also use this screen to delete a title from the folder criteria. To delete a title, highlight the title with the cursor and press F3. Remember to be careful when pressing F3 because the system does not require confirmation when deleting titles. The information provided on this screen is: Heading - the title 'Criteria For Title Folder: ' followed by the name of the folder. Search For - the value used to search for a program title Program Titles - the name or title of program, movie, or sports events. Up to 8 titles can be displayed on a page. The paging control keys available for this screen are: PAGE DOWN - positions the screen to the next page of the program titles. PAGE UP - positions the screen to the previous page of the program titles. HOME - positions the screen to the beginning of the program titles. END - positions the screen to the end of the program titles. The special function key available for this screen is: F8 - Search - searches the list of programs for the title beginning with the search field. Either the entire title or any portion of the title can be entered. 5.16 Add To Favorite Folder 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The Add To Favorite Folder screen is used to add the program selected in the previous screen to one of your favorite title folders. To add the program to the folder, either highlight the folder with the cursor and press ENTER, or press the number (not the function key) that corresponds to the folder. If the folder did not exist, it is created. To change the list of favorite folders, press F8, tab to and change the desired line, and then press F8 again to save the changes. The Add To Folder screen consists of the following fields: Heading - "Add " followed by the name of the previously selected program followed by "To Favorite Folder". List of a maximum of 10 folders. The highlighted program can be added to any of these folders. Cancel/Exit - Cancels the current screen and returns to the previous screen. The special function keys available for this screen are: F8 - Change Folders - Provides the ability to add, modify, or delete folders from this screen. When F8 is pressed, the Update Favorite Folders screen is displayed with the folder names unprotected and the function key F8 changed to "Save Changes". Pressing F8 again saves any additions, deletions, or modifications made to the list of favorite folders. ENTER - Proceed - adds the program title to the folder name highlighted by the cursor. If the folder did not exist, it is created. 5.17 Update Favorite Folders 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The Update Favorite Folders screen is used to add, modify or delete folder names from the Add To Favorite Folders screen. To update the screen, tab to and change the desired line and press F8 to make the change permanent in the database. The Add To Folder screen consists of the following fields: Heading - "Update Favorite Folders". List of a maximum of 10 folders. The special function key available for this screen is: F8 - Save Changes - saves the updated screen to the database. 5.18 Personal Listings Menu 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The Personal Listings Menu is used to select which Personal Listing to display. To display a Personal Listing, either highlight the Personal Listing name with the cursor and press ENTER, or press the number (not the function key) associated with the Personal Listing. To change the Personal Listing names on this menu, press F8, tab to and change the desired line, and then press F8 again to save the changes. The Personal Listings Menu has space for 10 Personal Listing names. This allows ample room for various family members to have one or more Personal Listings. Although this screen only allows 10 names, you can actually have up to 255 Personal Listing names referenced in folders. The names on this screen are user defined. If you attempt to view an "empty" Personal Listing, the system will display an error message. A Personal Listing is empty if 1) the system cannot find any folders that cross-reference the Personal Listing name, or 2) the folders that do cross-reference the Personal Listing name do not have any contents. The special function keys available for this screen are: F8 - Add/Change Id - provides the ability to add, modify, or delete a Personal Listing name from this screen. When F8 is pressed, the same screen is displayed with the Personal Listing names unprotected and the function key F8 changed to "Save Changes". Pressing F8 again saves any additions, deletions, or modifications made to the screen. ENTER - Proceed - displays the Personal Listing highlighted by the cursor. 5.19 Personal Listing 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The Personal Listing is a listing of program events in chronological order, grouped by starting time. These program events are associated with the combined contents of all folders that cross-reference the Personal Listing name. The functioning of this screen is the same as the Rolling Log listing with the exception that the heading is entitled "Personal Listing (XXXXXXXX) For" followed by the day of week, calendar date and time. The "XXXXXXXX" represents the Personal Listing name. Please refer to the Rolling Log screen for details on how to operate this screen. 6. FILE MAINTENANCE 6.1 Introduction 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The Personal Entertainment Guide requires new information downloaded from the source of PEG Weekly Update Files and integrated into the database on your PC at least once every three weeks. You can get updates as often as once per week. The procedure for accomplishing this is called "PEGBATCH". 6.2 The PEGBATCH Procedure 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The PEGBATCH procedure is run whenever you add or delete a PEG Weekly Update File, or restore the folder files. To start the procedure, type PEGBATCH at the DOS prompt. You may interrupt PEGBATCH at any point during the process by pressing Ctrl-C. Please note that once you have allowed PEGBATCH to begin the database reorganization process, pressing Ctrl-C almost guarantees a corrupt database, and you won't be able to run PEG until you run PEGBATCH start to finish. When you start PEGBATCH, the following steps are executed: Step 1 ------ The details of your authorization file are displayed which include: - if this is a registered copy, your name and address, - if this is an un-registered copy, the caption "DEMO" - your account number, or a demo account number, - the PEG file prefix which you are authorized to decode. Each city or cable system will be assigned a PEG file prefix (see PEG File name conventions in Appendix C). You are only able to decode PEG update files which begin with that file prefix. If your authorization has expired or is invalid, the PEGBATCH will stop with an error message and you will not get to this screen. If you want to exit from PEGBATCH, press Ctrl-C, otherwise press ENTER. Step 2 ------ The PEGBATCH procedure checks the PEG directory for incorrect file names (internally, the program executes "DIR *.PEG"). If any are found, the program will ask you if you want to delete them. If you answer "N" for no, PEGBATCH cannot proceed and you will be returned to the DOS prompt. If you answer "Y" for yes, then PEGBATCH will delete all *.PEG files that don't conform to the .PEG file name standard. If you want to exit at this point, you can press Ctrl-C at any point. PEGBATCH will keep asking you to delete files until there are no inconsistant file prefixes, at which point PEGBATCH will proceed to the next step. Step 3 ------ The directory is checked again for inconsistant file prefixes. You cannot mix different listing files from different cities. If found, the program will ask you if you want to delete the inconsistant files. If you answer "N" for no, PEGBATCH cannot proceed and you will be returned to the DOS prompt. If you answer "Y" for yes, then PEGBATCH will prompt you file by file for permission to delete. If you want to exit at this point, you can press Ctrl-C at any point. PEGBATCH will keep asking you to delete files until there are no inconsistant file prefixes, at which point PEGBATCH will proceed to the next step. Step 4 ------ The PEGBATCH procedure checks the PEG directory for more than 3 *.PEG files. If any are found, the program will ask you if you want to delete them. If you answer "N" for no, PEGBATCH *can* proceed and will use only the three most recent files, as determined by the file name (each file has a 3 digit number representing what week the file contains listings for). If you answer "Y" for yes, then PEGBATCH will delete all of the extra files and continue to the next step. If you want to exit at this point, you can press Ctrl-C. If you want to proceed, press ENTER. Step 5 ------ PEGBATCH will then execute 4 to 5 programs which reorganize the PEG Database. You can interrupt after this point by pressing Ctrl-C, but if you do, you are almost guaranteed a corrupt database and PEG cannot run. 7. PRINTING PERSONAL LISTINGS (PEGPRINT) 7.1 Introduction 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The Personal Entertainment Guide provides a method for formatting and printing a hard-copy version of any Personal Listing. The format is a compressed version of the Personal Listing screen. The hard-copy listing is designed to be printed once per week and placed besides your television(s) for easy and immediate reference. An example of a hard-copy listing is given in Appendix B. 7.2 The PEGPRINT Utility 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The program responsible for formatting the hard-copy version of the Personal Listing is PEGPRINT. To start this utility, type "PEGPRINT" from the DOS prompt. If you don't enter any parameters, the PEGPRINT program will ask for a Personal Listing name, and a destination. The Personal Listing name can be any valid Personal Listing name - even one not referenced on the Personal Listing Menu. The default destination is LPT1: which is the name of your first printer. To select the default destination, press ENTER, or you can enter either another device name, or the name of a file. If a file name is entered, PEGPRINT will create a standard DOS ASCII file. If you wish, you can enter the Personal Listing name and the destination on the DOS command line. This is handy if you want to place the PEGPRINT command in a .BAT file. The format is: PEGPRINT "Personal Listing Name" "Destination" For example: PEGPRINT MY_FAVS MY_FAVS.LST PEGPRINT JOESLIST LPT2: APPENDIX A. SUMMARY OF CONTROL KEYS 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 FOR ALL SCREENS F1 - Help F2 - Return to previous screen F4 - Return to Main Title Screen F6 - Quit Personal Entertainment Guide program and return to DOS F9 - Move cursor to first field on screen Up Arrow - Move cursor to previous field Down Arrow - Move cursor to next field Tab - Move cursor to next field Reverse Tab - Move cursor to previous field Space - On menu screens, and in menu areas of other screens, move cursor to next field Left Arrow - Move cursor one space to left, or beginning of previous field if at beginning of field Right Arrow - Move cursor one space to right, or beginning of next field if at end of field Backspace - Destructive backspace Esc - Clear field Ins - Display next trivia / advertisment panel Del - Display previous trivia / advertisment panel FOR SCREENS WITH PAGABLE LISTS Page Up - Display previous page Page Down - Display next page Home - Display beginning of list or text. Home - In Rolling Log, Personal Listings and Electronic Grid, display first page of current week. End - Display last page of list or text. End - In Rolling Log, Personal Listings, and Electronic Grid, display last page of current week. + - In Electronic Grid, display next time period. - - In Electronic Grid, display previous time period. The following keys are used in the Rolling Log, Personal Listings and Electronic Grid: Control-Page Up - Display listings for displayed time minus 24 hours. Control-Page Dn - Display listings for displayed time plus 24 hours. Control-Home - Display first page of first week of listings. Control-End - Display last page of last week of listings. APPENDIX B. SAMPLE PERSONAL LISTING 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Personal Entertainment Guide Personal Listing --------------------------------------------- (C) 1991 Lookahead Communications, Inc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Family Member: MARK Page 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Time Channel/ID Program Title Folder Name -------- ---------- ----------------------------------- --------------------- SATURDAY - February 8, 1992 --------------------------- 2:00 AM 46 DISN She Wore a Yellow Ribbon JOHN AGAR 2:35 AM 42 SHO Eve of Destruction SCI-FI 4:20 AM 42 SHO Frankenhooker NEW YORK 11:30 AM 45 MAX Beneath the Planet of the Apes SCI-FI 12:00 PM 43 TMC Eve of Destruction SCI-FI 2:00 PM 38 NASH Championship Rodeo RODEO 6:00 PM 20 LIFE After Hours NEW YORK 7:00 PM 43 TMC Eve of Destruction SCI-FI 8:00 PM 20 LIFE One Police Plaza NEW YORK 8:00 PM 45 MAX Outland SCI-FI 8:00 PM 55 WLIG King of the Gypsies NEW YORK 11:00 PM 46 DISN The Thing SCI-FI SUNDAY - February 9, 1992 ------------------------- 9:00 AM 2 WCBS Olympic Winter Games OLYMIC - SKI 9:30 AM 45 MAX Conquest of the Planet of the Apes SCI-FI 1:00 PM 48 AMC She Wore a Yellow Ribbon JOHN AGAR 7:00 PM 46 DISN Not Quite Human SCI-FI 8:00 PM 2 WCBS Olympic Winter Games OLYMIC - SKI 11:40 PM 42 SHO Extreme Prejudice NICK NOLTE MONDAY - February 10, 1992 -------------------------- 2:00 AM 38 NASH Championship Rodeo RODEO 4:30 AM 46 DISN Not Quite Human SCI-FI 7:00 AM 2 WCBS Olympic Winter Games OLYMIC - SKI 1:00 PM 18 TNT Olympic Winter Games OLYMIC - SKI 8:00 PM 2 WCBS Olympic Winter Games OLYMIC - SKI 9:00 PM 46 DISN Fort Apache JOHN AGAR 9:00 PM 48 AMC The Lost Weekend BILLY WILDER 11:30 PM 45 MAX Aliens SCI-FI Personal Entertainment Guide Personal Listing --------------------------------------------- (C) 1991 Lookahead Communications, Inc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Family Member: MARK Page 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Time Channel/ID Program Title Folder Name -------- ---------- ----------------------------------- --------------------- TUESDAY - February 11, 1992 --------------------------- 2:30 AM 46 DISN Fort Apache JOHN AGAR 2:45 AM 48 AMC The Lost Weekend BILLY WILDER 3:30 AM 45 MAX Blue Steel NEW YORK 7:00 AM 2 WCBS Olympic Winter Games OLYMIC - SKI 1:00 PM 18 TNT Olympic Winter Games OLYMIC - SKI 8:00 PM 2 WCBS Olympic Winter Games OLYMIC - SKI 8:00 PM 55 WLIG Stir Crazy NEW YORK WEDNESDAY - February 12, 1992 ----------------------------- 12:30 AM 24 HBO Moon 44 SCI-FI 1:25 AM 42 SHO Eve of Destruction SCI-FI 7:00 AM 2 WCBS Olympic Winter Games OLYMIC - SKI 8:00 AM 45 MAX Planet of the Apes SCI-FI 10:00 AM 45 MAX Beneath the Planet of the Apes SCI-FI 11:30 AM 45 MAX Conquest of the Planet of the Apes SCI-FI 1:00 PM 18 TNT Olympic Winter Games OLYMIC - SKI 8:00 PM 2 WCBS Olympic Winter Games OLYMIC - SKI 10:00 PM 46 DISN She Wore a Yellow Ribbon JOHN AGAR 10:05 PM 43 TMC King of New York NEW YORK THURSDAY - February 13, 1992 ---------------------------- 1:55 AM 45 MAX Crash and Burn SCI-FI 4:00 AM 46 DISN She Wore a Yellow Ribbon JOHN AGAR 7:00 AM 2 WCBS Olympic Winter Games OLYMIC - SKI 1:00 PM 18 TNT Olympic Winter Games OLYMIC - SKI 8:00 PM 2 WCBS Olympic Winter Games OLYMIC - SKI FRIDAY - February 14, 1992 -------------------------- 4:30 AM 45 MAX Outland SCI-FI 8:05 PM 17 WTBS Casablanca HUMPHREY BOGART 11:00 PM 48 AMC The Thing SCI-FI APPENDIX C. FILE NAME CONVENTIONS 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The weekly update files distributed by Lookahead Communications, Inc. are of form "ccwww.EXE" when compressed, and "PEGccwww.PEG when uncompressed. There are up to three weeks of these files loaded onto your hard disk. The compressed file is a LHARC self-extracting file and must be execute to be decompressed. c - City Code (e.g. NY for New York Area, LA for Los Angeles) www - Week number (see Week Number Table) Example: PEGNY121.PEG or NY121.EXE is New York Area file for week of 5/2/92 At any given time, the Personal Entertainment Guide can hold 3 weeks of information, which would mean having three PEG?????.PEG files on your disk.