How to configure your preferences?

 The user-friendly menu makes it easy to change your terminal's language, configure your display settings, manage your parental control options and much more!

1. Start by pressing  on your remote.
2. Select and press the middle button to confirm.

From here, you can access the following submenus:

• My Account
• Preferences > General — Set up your preferred options, for example:
  • Recently viewed content
  • The Guide View
  • Auto-tuning to HD settings
  • Etc.
• Terminal Settings— Configure the terminal's settings, the screen saver, the power saver mode or the subtitles, among others.
• Remote Settings — Link your remote to your Helix TV terminal, your television and your sound system, and enable or disable speech recognition.
• Parental Controls — Restrict the content that is available on your television.
• Purchase PIN — Set up a PIN to restrict content purchases.
• Accessibility — Configure subtitles, voice guidance and accessibility settings.
• Help — See the help topics to troubleshoot your device or optimize your experience.
• Language — Set the terminal's default language.
• About — Check your remote's battery level, among other options.

1. Press the Helix button on your remote and select (Settings), then Device Settings.
2. Select Power Preferences, then use the down arrow to select Power Saver mode and enable or disable it. When you’re done, press  .

When in Power Saver mode, the device will go into sleep mode when it isn't being used and turn on again as soon as you press a button on the remote. Power Saver mode does not affect recordings.

You can configure your preferences to activate secondary audio programming (SAP) in one of the available languages and choose the audio mode.

Changing the menu language

1. press  on your remote and select (Settings).
2. Select Language > Menu Language > English or French and confirm, then press OK.

You can also change the Menu Language by using the voice command “Language” or from the search screen:

1. While watching television, you can enter the word “Language” with the remote’s numeric keypad (keys 52648). The search screen will appear.
2. With the  arrows, select Language Settings and confirm.
3. Use ou  to select Menu Language.
4. Select English, press OK and confirm.

Choosing the audio mode

1. Press on your remote and select (Settings).
2. Then select Device Settings, Audio and confirm.

Choosing the audio language

1. Press on your remote and select (Settings).
2. Use to select Language and select Secondary Audio Programming. Press the middle button to enable or disable this feature.
3. When enabling it, select SAP Language, choose a language from the list and confirm.

Using the remote to change the language

1. Say “Language” to the remote and select English with the , press OK, and confirm the language by pressing the middle button on the navigation pad.

1. Press  on your remote and select (Settings).
2. Use the down arrow to select Device Settings > Video Display > Video Output Resolution, then use  to select your desired resolution and confirm.
3. You can also toggle the zoom between Full and None, and then press  .

To make sure you always get the best picture quality possible, you can set your system to auto-tune to HD channels when you're searching for or tuning in to a channel.

1. Press  on your remote, select (Settings), then Preferences.
2. Select General, then Prefer Best Available Resolution. Press the middle button to enable or disable this feature.
3. When you’re done, press  .

Configuring the screen saver

It's easy to change the screen saver theme and the time it takes for it to appear when the system is inactive.

1. Press  on your remote, select (Settings)
2. Use  to select Device Settings, then Screen Saver.

To configure the HDMI audio output:

Select HDMI Audio Output and choose Stereo or Auto Detect, then press the middle button to confirm.

To configure the digital audio output:

Select Digital Audio Output and choose Stereo or Dolby Digital 5.1, then confirm. Press  when you're done.

Selecting the default Guide view

1. Press  on your remote.
2. Use the  arrows to select (Settings) and confirm.
3. Then select Preferences > General > Default Guide View and choose from the following options:
   • All Channels
   • Free to Me
   • HD Channels
   • Free
   • Favourites
   • Trending
   • Movies
   • Sports
   • Kids

Adjusting the brightness of your terminal's lights

1. Press  on your remote and select (Settings).
2. Use  to select Device Settings, then Device Lights.
3. Select Power Light Brightness and set the desired brightness with the arrows.
4. Press the middle button to confirm. The power light will dim or grow brighter as you change its settings. When you're done, press 

Changing the background darkness level

1. Press on your remote
2. Use the   arrows to select (Settings) and confirm
3. Use to go to Preferences, then General.
4. Use to go to Background Darkness Level.
5. Use the  arrows to choose your preferred darkness level, then press the middle button to confirm. When you’re done, press .

Adjusting when your screen saver appears

Select Screen Saver Starts After and choose when the screen saver will start–after 5, 15, 30 minutes or 5 hours of inactivity. Press the middle button to confirm.

You can set notifications to appear on your TV to get updates on sports, your account activity or other news about your services.

1. Press on your remote and select the .
2. The notification window will appear. Click on Notification Settings to enable or disable notifications.
3. When you’re done, press .