Using TV Agent for the first time

                   Welcome to TV Agent !

Now you will be able to find the TV programs you are interested in more
quickly, without having to hunt for them among many channels you don't
receive and listings that are a waste of time to read.

You start TV Agent the first time by typing "TVAGENT":

C:\TVAGENT> TVAGENT

This announcement you are now reading will appear on your screen. Click on
the "PRINT" button to PRINT IT OUT because IT WILL BE DELETED after the
first display. (If you aren't using a mouse notice that all the controls
have a hilited letter or number in their legend, like the white "P" in
"PRINT". If you hold down the ALT key and press that hilited letter before
releasing the ALT key, that works like clicking the control with a mouse.)

You will set up a user name in your first session with TV Agent. Click on
the "User" button (or type ALT-U) to do this.

After the first session you can skip the opening menus and go straight to
the listings if you include an existing user name in the command line,
like:

C:\TVAGENT> TVAGENT JOE

If you're not on Eastern time you'll set your time zone in your first
session by clicking on the "Set Up" button.

Don't waste your time looking at ALL the listings; make TV Agent do the
work for you by deleting TITLES of programs you are never interested in.
You can eliminate many listings at once by deleting uninteresting programs
by TYPE (like "GAME SHOW"). Each user can also eliminate listings by
CHANNEL; or you can eliminate channels for all users at once by using the
"Set Up" button on the Main Menu.

The "HELP" button is the way to learn how to use TV Agent. Sometimes it
shows you context sensitive help but you should "PRINT ALL" the help and
read all the topics.

Here are the channels currently contained in the listings on 8/19/96:

                         satellite ID ___    ___ channel number
                                         |   |
                                abbrev.
    ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT         A & E   G5-23
    AMERICA ONE TV               A1TV    S3/24
    ACTION                       ACTN    G7-3    When you look at the
    AMERICAN INDEPENDENT NETWK   AIN     T3/7    details of the listings
    AMERICAN MOVIE CLASSICS      AMC     F4-1    you will sometimes see
    BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV       BET     G5-20   other channels listed
    BRAVO                        BRAVO   F4-7    that often carry the
    CARTOON NETWORK              CART    G1-8    same signal as the
    CANADIAN BRDCAST ATLANTIC    CBC-A   A2/9    main channel listed
    CANADIAN BRDCAST MONTREAL    CBC-E   A2/1    here.
    CANADIAN BROADCAST PACIFIC   CBC-P   A2/13
    CBS EAST                     CBS-E   G7/19   When the satellite ID
    CBS WEST                     CBS-W   G4-16   and the channel number
    CHANNEL AMERICA              CHAM    T4/2    are separated by a "/"
    CINEMAX EAST                 CIN-E   G1-19   ( like "F3/2" ) that
    CINEMAX WEST                 CIN-W   G5-16   means the programming
    CINEMAX 2                    CIN2    G3-17   is "In The Clear", no
    CONSUMER NEWS & BUSINESS     CNBC    G5-13   subscription is needed.
    CABLE NEWS NETWORK           CNN     G5-5
    CABLE NEWS INTERNATIONAL     CNNI    S3-16   A "-" separator means
    COMEDY CENTRAL EAST          COM-E   F3-21   you must subscribe to
    COMEDY CENTRAL WEST          COM-W   G1-1    the channel to get an
    CSPAN HOUSE                  CSPAN   F3/7    unscrambled picture
    COMPUTER TELEVISION NETWRK   CTVN    G9/23   (eg  HBO G5-15 ).
    DISNEY EAST                  DIS-E   G5-1
    DISNEY WEST                  DIS-W   G1-7
    DISCOVERY CHANNEL EAST       DISCE   F4-21
    DISCOVERY CHANNEL WEST       DISCW   G5-12
    E! ENTERTAINMENT TV          E!      F3-23
    ENCORE                       ENCR    G1-3
    ESPN                         ESPN    G5-9
    ESPN 2                       ESPN2   G5-14
    FAITH AND VALUES NETWORK     F&V     F3/5
    FAMILY CHANNEL EAST          FAM-E   G5-11
    FAMILY CHANNEL WEST          FAM-W   F3-1
    FLIX                         FLIX    F4-22
    FOX EAST                     FOX-E   T1/13
    FOX NATIONAL                 FOX-N   S4-10
    FOX WEST                     FOX-W   T4/13
    FX EAST                      FX-E    G7/4
    FX WEST                      FX-W    G7/5
    FOX MOVIES                   FXM     G7-23
    GAME SHOW NETWORK            GAME    G7-6
    THE GOLF CHANNEL             GOLF    G7-7
    HBO EAST                     HBO-E   G5-15
    HBO WEST                     HBO-W   G5-8
    HBO 2 EAST                   HBO2E   G3-16
    HBO 2 WEST                   HBO2W   G3-20
    HBO 3                        HBO3    G3-19
    HOME & GARDEN TELEVISION     HGTV    G1-20
    THE HISTORY CHANNEL          HIST    F3-12
    HOME TEAM SPORTS             HTS     S3-23
    INDEPENDENT FILM CHANNEL     IFC     G7-14
    INTERNATIONAL TV             INTL    G7-24
    KCNC (CBS DENVER)            KCNC    C1-6
    KDVR (FOX DENVER)            KDVR    C1-5
    KMGH (ABC DENVER)            KMGH    C1-2
    KNBC (NBC LOS ANGELES)       KNBC    S4-6
    KOMO (ABC SEATTLE)           KOMO    S4-8
    KPIX (CBS SAN FRANCISCO)     KPIX    S4-24
    KRMA (PBS DENVER)            KRMA    C1-3
    KTLA (WB LOS ANGELES)        KTLA    S3-15
    KUSA (NBC DENVER)            KUSA    C1-14
    KWGN (WB DENVER)             KWGN    C1-23
    NICK AT NITE TV LAND         LAND    F3/18
    LIFETIME EAST                LIF-E   F4-4
    LIFETIME WEST                LIF-W   F3-4
    MIND EXTENSION UNIVERSITY    MEU     G5/21
    MADISON SQUARE GARDEN        MSG     F4-6
    MICROSOFT - NBC              MSNBC   G1/10
    MUSIC TELEVISION EAST        MTV-E   F4-17
    MUSIC TELEVISION WEST        MTV-W   G9-19
    MUCH MUSIC                   MUCH    G6-9
    MIDWEST SPORTS CHANNEL       MWSC    G6-15
    NBC                          NBC     C1/8
    NEW ENGLAND SPORTS           NESN    F3-14
    POLITICAL NEWSTALK NETWORK   NET     G6/7
    NEBRASKA EDUCATIONAL TV      NETV    S3/4
    NICKELODEON EAST             NIK-E   F4-3
    NICKELODEON WEST             NIK-W   G9-17
    THE NOSTALGIA CHANNEL        NOST    G1/22
    NEWSPORT                     NSPRT   F3-11
    THE OUTDOOR CHANNEL          OUTDR   T4/11   this is the only Ku-band
    PUBLIC BROADCASTING SVC 8    PBS-8   T1/8K <- channel currently
    PUBLIC BROADCASTING SVC X    PBS-X   T1/8    listed - rest are C-band
    PLAYBOY                      PLAY    G5-2
    PRIME NETWORK SPORTS         PRIME   C1-1
    PRIME SPORTS SHOWCASE        PSSC    F1/9
    PRIME SPORTS WEST            PSW     C1-7
    REQUEST TV 1                 REQ1    F4-16
    SPORTS CHANNEL CHICAGO       SCCH    C1-13
    SCIENCE FICTION CHANNEL      SCIFI   G5-4
    SPORTS CHANNEL NEW ENGLAND   SCNE    S2-21
    SPORTS CHANNEL NEW YORK      SCNY    S2-1
    SPORTS CHANNEL PACIFIC       SCPA    C1-4
    SPORTS CHANNEL PHILADELPH    SCPH    S2-11
    SHEPHERD'S CHAPEL            SHEP    G4/6
    SHOWTIME EAST                SHO-E   F3-15
    SHOWTIME WEST                SHO-W   G9-15
    SHOWTIME 2                   SHO2    F4-20
    SPICE PPV                    SPCE    T4-15
    STARZ!                       STARZ   S4-11
    STARZ!2 MOVIES               STRZ2   S4-2
    STARZ! WEST                  STRZW   S4-18
    SUNSHINE NETWORK             SUN     C1-24
    THE SUNDANCE CHANNEL         SUNDN   G9-14
    TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES        TCM     G1-16
    THE LEARNING CHANNEL         TLC     F3/2
    THE MOVIE CHANNEL EAST       TMC-E   F3-17
    THE MOVIE CHANNEL WEST       TMC-W   G9-18
    THE NASHVILLE NETWORK        TNN     G5-18
    TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION    TNT     G5-17
    THE TRAVEL CHANNEL           TRAV    F4-13
    TVN PPV THEATER 1            TVN1    G3-1
    TVN PPV THEATER 2            TVN2    G3-2
    TVN PPV THEATER 3            TVN3    G3-3
    TVN PPV THEATER 4            TVN4    G3-4
    TVN PPV THEATER 5            TVN5    G3-5
    UNITED PARAMOUNT NETWORK     UPN     T1/19
    USA EAST                     USA-E   G5-19
    USA WEST                     USA-W   G1-21
    VIDEO HITS 1                 VH1     F4-23
    VIEWERS CHOICE               VIEW    F3-3
    WARNER BROTHERS NETWORK      WB      G4/21
    WJLA (ABC WASHINGTON)        WJLA    G4-10
    WGN  (WB CHICAGO)            WGN     G5-7
    WNBC (NBC NEW YORK)          WNBC    G4-22
    WPIX (WB NEW YORK)           WPIX    S3-9
    WRAL (CBS RALEIGH)           WRAL    G4-14
    WSBK (UPN BOSTON)            WSBK    S3-3
    WESTERNS ENCORE 3            WSTRN   S4-4
    WTBS (IND ATLANTA)           WTBS    G5-6
    WWOR NATIONAL                WWOR    F4-15
                                         ^^ ^^                                  ^^ ^^
                         satellite ID ___| ^ |___ channel number
                                           |
                                          "-" means the channel requires
                                                  a subscription
                                          "/" means the channel is ITC
                                                  "In The Clear"

Here is a chart showing the relation of the 2-character satellite ID used
in the listings and the location of the satellite.

                                     Odd Channel
    ID   Longitude  Satellite        Polarity
    F5   139        SATCOM C5           V
    C1   137        SATCOM C1           H
    F4   135        SATCOM C4           V
    G1   133        GALAXY 1            H
    F3   131        SATCOM C3           V
    G5   125        GALAXY 5            H
    G9   123        GALAXY 9            V
    T3   120        TELSTAR 303         V
    M2   116.8      MORELOS 2           H
    A1   111.1      ANIK E1             H
    M1   109.2      SOLIDARIDAD 1       V
    A2   107.3      ANIK E2             H
    S4   101        SPACENET 4          V
    G4    99        GALAXY 4            H
    T1    97        TELSTAR 401         V
    G3    95        GALAXY 3            H
    G7    91        GALAXY 7            H
    T4    89        TELSTAR 402         V         Some satellites are
    S3    87        SPACENET 3          H         shown here even tho
    T2    85        TELSTAR 302         V         TV Agent is not carrying
    B1    79        BRASILSAT A1        ?         any listings on them
    G6    74        GALAXY 6            H         currently.
    S2    69        SPACENET 2          H

===========  END OF FIRST-TIME USE ANNOUNCEMENT  8/19/96  ================
