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• Aesthetic improvements to the overall visual look of the Sky Guide.
• New Sky+HD Home Page accessed by pressing the TVGuide button, this page displays 8 tiles which are links to the following Sky features:
  • TVGuide – Displays your 7 day TVGuide.
  • Planner – Takes you to your Sky+ Planner.
  • CatchUp TV – Takes you to the CatchUp section of OnDemand.
  • TV Box Sets – Takes you to the Box Sets section of OnDemand.
  • New Series – Highlights all the latest shows in one place, allowing you to record the next episode or CatchUp on the previous ones through OnDemand.
  • Best of OnDemand – This tile takes you to Showcase where some content is available to play instantly.
  • Sky Movies OnDemand – Takes you to the Sky Movies tab within OnDemand.
  • Sky Store – Takes you to the Sky Store tab within OnDemand.
• The enhanced search feature is now accessed directly from the Home page, just start typing to search.
• To return to the currant channel being viewed in the TVGuide instead of 101 just press BackUp when watching live TV. (Note: you may sometimes need to press BackUp twice).
  • When watching live TV to jump to the last channel you were watching just press the left arrow on your Sky remote. (Note: The blue button still provides this function)
  • StandBy, Keypad, BackUp & Select buttons have been added to the Sky+ App’s media controller. (Requires R009 Firmware & Sky+App version 4.8 or newer)
  • The Sky Boxes MAC Address is now shown on the System Details screen.
  • Planner Disk usage is now measured to 1 decimal place (e.g. 0.1%), to give you a more accurate representation of disk usage.
  • HD content is now highlighted with yellow text in the Planner, just like the TVGuide when the relevant option is enabled in the settings.
  • To quickly access the TVGuide, just press the TVGuide button twice.
  • To exit the Sky Guide just press the “Sky” button.
  • Firmware rollout commenced Tuesday 18th March 2014

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