I think if you are talking about what i think you are talking about (theres gotta be a better way to say that) if you go to the program guide, then press the program gyide button again while at the screen it gives you the option of only seeing the channels you sub to or all the channels and the ones you dont have are in red but you can still see whats on. i often use this feature when i am lookin at dvr recorded show and since i took my premiums off of dish i see whats on voom and just switch over if i see something i like, but you probrobly didnt wanna know all that so i am just gonna stop typing......