Create and edit your favorite channels with DISH

Here I will explain what a favorites list is and how it will improve your experience.

What are favorites lists?

These are listings of your favorite channels. You can create and change the lists, adding and removing channels as you wish. Your channels can be grouped into up to four lists.

• When using a Favorites List, the Program Guide and Navigation Banner show only the channels in the Favorites List. When you use the UP or DOWN ARROW on the remote to change channels, the receiver skips channels that are not on the list.
• The All Chan list contains all channels, including channels that are not in your current subscription. You cannot make any changes to All Chan.
• The All Sub list contains all the channels in your subscription. You cannot make any changes to All Sub except by changing your subscription.
• The All HD list contains all HD channels in your subscription, as well as digital over-the-air channels if your receiver is connected to an over-the-air antenna.
• Each has a unique color in the Program Guide. You can also give each list a name. The four lists are called List 1, 2, 3, and 4, until you change the name of the list. The list is empty until you add channels to it.
• If you choose a program using Themes or by entering a channel number using the remote controls, the receiver tunes to the channel for that program, whether or not that channel is active.
• You can include over-the-air channels in your List if an over-the-air antenna is connected to the receiver.

Create or change favorites lists

• You can create, add channels and delete channels. When you use only those channels in your list they are shown in the Program Guide and Navigation Banner.
• Press MENU on your remote. Select Preferences and then Favorites.
• Select the list you want to change
• Select Modify List
• With the SELECT button, add or remove channels from the list.
• Select Done

name favorites

You can name your Favorites whatever you want, up to eight characters.

1. Press Menu on your remote. Select Preferences and then select Favorites.
2. Select the list you want to rename.
3. Select Edit name
4. Enter the name you want
5. Select Done

Using favorites lists

Press GUIDE to open the Program Guide. Press GUIDE again to select the next favorites list. Press GUIDE repeatedly to scan all available ones.

Note: GUIDE only works this way if the Guide button is selected in MENU, Preferences, Favorites and Guide Options.

tips

• Two lists cannot have the same name
• Press GUIDE to switch favorite list functions only if you have added channels to favorite, press GUIDE switch to favorite list. If you have not created a favorites list, pressing GUIDE toggles the receiver between All Chan, All Sub, and All HD.

Questions

Why are there channels missing from the Program Guide?

• You may have a List that does not contain those channels. Press GUIDE until All Chan or All Sub appears.
• You may have blocked and hidden channels.

These tips will help improve the user experience by allowing users to search for what they are looking for at any time of the day.