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Watching TV, Channel Surfing

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Watching and Recording TV with WinDVR Watching TV You can use your computer monitor like a regular television to view live TV (TV programs that are currently on). To watch TV: 1 Open WinDVR by pressing Power on the remote control. 2 AutoScan for available channels, if required. To do an AutoScan, click the Setup button on the TV Panel (shown on page 27), then click AutoScan on the Channel tab. 3 Select the channel you want, using the Control Panel, keyboard, remote control, or your set-top box controls. The channel you select appears in the Display Window. Note: You can click the Channel List button on the Control Panel at any time to select from a list of available channels. 4 Change channels and adjust volume, as you normally would when watching TV. 5 Close WinDVR when you're done. Channel Surfing To see what programs are playing on other available channels: 1 Press Scan on the remote control, or open the TV Panel on WinDVR and click Surfing. Still images from available channels appear in the Display Window. 2 Click on any image to preview that channel. 3 Double-click on any image to open that channel full-size in the Display Window. If you don't want to change channels, click Stop to end your Surfing session. (You can also click Scan again to end the channel scan.) 28

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Watching and Recording TV with WinDVR
Watching TV
You can use your computer monitor like a regular television to
view
live TV
(TV programs that are currently on).
To watch TV:
1
Open WinDVR by pressing
Power
on the remote control.
2
AutoScan for available channels, if required.
To do an AutoScan, click the
Setup
button on the TV Panel
(shown on
page 27
), then click AutoScan on the Channel tab.
3
Select the channel you want, using the Control Panel, keyboard,
remote control, or your set-top box controls.
The channel you select appears in the Display Window.
Note:
You can click the Channel List button on the Control
Panel at any time to select from a list of available channels.
4
Change channels and adjust volume, as you normally would
when watching TV.
5
Close WinDVR when you’re done.
Channel Surfing
To see what programs are playing on other available channels:
1
Press
Scan
on the remote control, or open the TV Panel on
WinDVR and click
Surfing
.
Still images from available channels appear in the Display
Window.
2
Click on any image to preview that channel.
3
Double-click on any image to open that channel full-size in the
Display Window.
If you don’t want to change channels, click
Stop
to end your
Surfing session. (You can also click
Scan
again to end the
channel scan.)