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Using the Television Program Guide

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Using the Television Program Guide In the Guide, you can scroll through a list of the current television programs and channels available from your television service provider. The Guide displays the channel and network, as well as the program title, scheduled time block, and a brief description of the program. The number of days displayed depends on your television service provider. By selecting a program title, a detailed description of the program appears at the bottom of the window. Important information about the Television Program Guide Television Program Guide data may not be available in your country or region. If there is no Guide data available when you try to download or search for Program Guide information, the following messages may appear: ■ The current lineup and/or location selected for the Guide is not supported. ■ The Guide information is either missing or corrupt. ■ Download Incomplete: We were unable to locate any Program Guide information for the following reason: Guide data is not available for the country or region setting you selected in the Control Panel Settings. ■ Search in My TV is unavailable because there is no Guide information. ■ No data available. ■ Channel information is currently not available. If you receive any of these messages, then the Guide data is not available in your country or region, and you cannot use Television Program Guide features. Check back periodically to see if Guide data has been provided. n The number of channels and calendar days of TV listings depends on your television service provider. Recording TV without a Television Program Guide You do not need the Television Program Guide to record TV. To record TV, set the recording manually: 1 Press the Start button on the remote control, select My TV, Recorded TV, and then select Add Recording. 2 Select Channel and time. 3 Enter the channel number using the numeric keypad on the remote control. 4 Select the (+) or (-) buttons and then press OK on the remote control to scroll through choices and enter the recording frequency, date, start and stop times, and storage and quality options. 5 To set the recording and return to the Settings window, select Record in the window, and then press OK on the remote control. 6 To return to the previous window, press Back on the remote control. Watching and Recording TV Programs 37

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Watching and Recording TV Programs
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Using the Television Program Guide
In the Guide, you can scroll through a list of the
current television programs and channels available
from your television service provider. The Guide
displays the channel and network, as well as the
program title, scheduled time block, and a brief
description of the program. The number of days
displayed depends on your television service
provider. By selecting a program title, a detailed
description of the program appears at the bottom of
the window.
Important information about the Television Program Guide
Television Program Guide data may not be
available in your country or region. If there is no
Guide data available when you try to download or
search for Program Guide information, the following
messages may appear:
Download Incomplete: We were unable to
locate any Program Guide information for the
following reason: Guide data is not available
for the country or region setting you selected
in the Control Panel Settings.
Search in My TV is unavailable because there
is no Guide information.
The current lineup and/or location selected for
the Guide is not supported.
The Guide information is either missing or
corrupt.
No data available.
Channel information is currently not available.
If you receive any of these messages, then the Guide
data is not available in your country or region, and
you cannot use Television Program Guide features.
Check back periodically to see if Guide data has
been provided.
Recording TV without a Television Program Guide
You do not need the Television Program Guide to
record TV. To record TV, set the recording manually:
1
Press the Start button on the remote control,
select
My TV
,
Recorded TV
, and then select
Add Recording
.
2
Select
Channel and time
.
3
Enter the channel number using the numeric
keypad on the remote control.
4
Select the (
+
) or (
) buttons and then press OK
on the remote control to scroll through choices
and enter the recording frequency, date, start
and stop times, and storage and quality
options.
5
To set the recording and return to the Settings
window, select
Record
in the window, and
then press OK on the remote control.
6
To return to the previous window, press Back
on the remote control.
n
The number of
channels and
calendar days of TV
listings depends on
your television
service provider
.