guide is not see thru? why not?

is there a way to see thru the guide(5 channels in middle).  i can see some of the program a little above and below but not middle.  

i can see thru in other instances like in my recordings,settings etc....(ibackground darkness level on 1) but not when pressing guide, which was my main goal. 

reprogram that so it can,  thanks

*is there a way to program a skip forward button?  it has a reverse 15 seconds.   i can say ff 30 seconds or ff 2 minutes at least.