What is the red button on DIRECTV?

Everyone knows that the red button on your DIRECTV remote does a little something more than just that – it provides you with features, information and shortcuts that you might find helpful while watching TV. When you push this red button, you gain access to extra service features that cannot be accessed through the normal direct television channels menu.

So allow me to explain what happens when you hit the red button. A small window will appear at the bottom of your screen and will be positioned on top of the current channel or menu you are in. This is referred to as the Quicktune window. Below this red translucent box, there are six icons that depict various aspects of DIRECTV that you can make use of. These are some of the icons which provide one button command features such as mini-guide, search, messages, DIRECTV CINEMA among others.

The first one on the left has a symbol of what resembles a small television set inside a circle. This is a small icon If you scroll over it and click select it opens the Quicktune mini-guide. It provides you with a list of channels to browse through without having to change the program you are watching. But if you want to know what else is on while still watching your show, then the mini guide is very useful. It is also possible to switch to any other channel that you have accessed without actually exiting from what you are watching fully.

The next icon to the right resembles a very small magnifying glass. This button is for going straight to the search option on the site. Here you can search for programs by their title, the actors or directors or even the type of genre. It lets you browse through movies, television programs, pay-per-view programming, and DIRECTV CINEMA choices. The search helps you look for something particular that you would wish to watch. And if one chooses a particular search result, it will either switch your set to that program if it is on air, or give instructions on how to record the program or buy the required if it is a pay per view event.

The third Quicktune icon is a small bubble with an icon inside, which is called DIRECTV Messages. This feature provides user-specific information regarding the changes in the account, information related to recordings expiring soon, and recommendations of programmes that the user may like based on the history of programmes that the user has watched. It is a means through which DIRECTV can get to its customers with vital information alerts on how they can go about their programming choices. There is also a tab where one can check messages of the recent system test conducted by the provider.

The image used for the DIRECTV CINEMA icon is a film projector surrounded by a circle. This button selection takes you to the DIRECTV Cinema where you can view more than ten thousand new release movies without having to pay for late fees. This pay per view service is that you can view all the newest movies that were released in theater for one price per movie. The Quicktune icon is very convenient when one would like to watch one of these on demand movies immediately.

The second icon from the right is a musical note located inside a circle. This is a shortcut of audio only music channels which are in offer by DIRECTV. Just rolling over and clicking on this icon immediately opens up an audio feed that plays all sorts of music including; rock, country, jazz and many more. It means that you can place this music channel and run it in the background as you get to perform other activities.

The last icon present on the Quicktune bar is circle with three dots inside of it. Picking this mystery icon has no concrete purpose in particular, but it stands for more shortcuts that could be introduced in the future. DIRECTV probably the same has this placeholder activated when developing new Quicktune features as technology advances and customers shift their viewing habits.

Thus, in conclusion, the helpful red button allows DIRECTV viewers to easily and quickly get to the desired functions without wandering through the numerous menus. If you need to glance at what else is on, look for something in particular, see messages in your account, or get to DIRECTV CINEMA, the Quicktune window is the quickest way to use these convenient features. These icons allow the visitor to easily go to the most frequently accessed customer needs with just one click. The red button and what Quicktune has to present is a whole new and facile way to have all that the DIRECTV service can provide. Its handy shortcuts go down well with those who tune in occasionally as well as those who watch it regularly.