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Th
e Digit
a
l Elect
ro
n
ic
Prog
ramm
e Gu
ide
(EPG)
T
he
D
igi
tal
Elec
tro
nic
Prog
ram
me
G
u
id
e (EP
G
) a
llo
ws
you
to
:
a
) v
iew
p
rog
ram
me
inf
orm
ati
on f
or a
ll d
ig
ital
c
han
nel
s,
b
) s
o
rt p
rogr
amm
e
inf
orm
atio
n b
y
c
a
tego
ry,
c
) s
e
t r
e
mi
nd
ers
for t
he
TV to
aut
om
atic
al
ly
sw
it
ch
to
a p
rogra
mm
e
w
h
en
it s
ta
rts,
d
) rec
ord
pro
gram
m
e
s
T
he EPG is onl
y
a
v
a
ila
bl
e
in
di
git
al mod
e.
The Category pop-
up
list
T
he
C
a
teg
ory
po
p-up
li
st
all
ow
s
yo
u to
di
spl
ay
ch
an
nel
s i
n th
e EPG
b
y
c
ate
go
ry.
T
he
cat
ego
ries
a
v
ai
la
ble
in
clu
de
:
Rec
ording
1.
Wi
th
the
TV in
di
git
al
mo
de,
pres
s
the
bu
tton
to
dis
pl
ay
the
EPG
.
2.
To
Pr
e
s
s
M
o
v
e
a
roun
d th
e m
e
n
u
...
V
, v
, B
a
nd
b
butt
ons
.
Dis
pl
ay
the
pre
vi
ous
/ne
xt
fiv
e
c
han
ne
ls in the lis
t...
RED
bu
tton
(pre
vi
ous
),
GREEN
bu
tton
(ne
xt).
3.
Pre
ss
the
b
u
tto
n to
ret
urn
to n
o
rm
al
TV op
erat
ion
.
F
avo
urite
C
ont
ain
s al
l th
e c
han
nel
s y
ou
h
av
e s
tore
d as
a fa
vou
rite
(s
ee
pr
e
v
io
us
pa
g
e)
.
Al
l Cate
gories
C
ont
ain
s a
ll
av
ail
abl
e c
ha
nne
ls
.
Ne
w
s
C
ont
ain
s a
ll
new
s
c
han
nel
s.
1.
Wi
th the EPG on sc
reen
,
pr
ess
th
e
BL
U
E
but
ton
.
2.
P
res
s t
h
e
V
, v
, B
or
b
bu
tton
s t
o h
igh
lig
ht t
he r
equ
ired
ca
teg
ory
.
3.
P
res
s t
h
e
OK
bu
tton
. Th
e EPG
n
o
w
o
n
ly
s
how
s
c
han
nel
s f
rom
the
c
ate
gory
s
ele
ct
ed.
The
ca
teg
ory
na
me
is
di
sp
lay
ed
at
the
top
of
the
c
han
ne
l li
st
.
1.
Wi
th
the
EP
G
me
nu
on
s
c
reen
, p
res
s
the
V
, v
, B
or
b
b
u
tto
n to hig
hl
igh
t
a
futu
re p
rog
ram
me.
2.
P
res
s t
h
e
YELLO
W
butt
on t
o di
sp
lay
th
e Ti
me
r me
nu.
Thi
s m
en
u of
fers
th
e fo
llow
in
g op
tio
ns
:
a
) Tim
er REC*
H
ig
hl
igh
t ‘Ti
me
r R
E
C
’ and
pres
s th
e O
K
but
ton to
aut
om
atic
al
ly
set
y
ou
r
V
C
R
t
o
r
e
co
rd
t
h
e s
e
le
c
ted
pr
o
g
ram
me
.
b) Remi
nder**
H
ig
hl
igh
t ‘R
em
in
der
’ an
d pre
ss
OK i
f yo
u w
is
h y
our s
el
ect
ed fu
ture
p
rogra
mm
e to
a
uto
ma
tic
all
y a
ppe
ar on
s
c
reen
w
h
en tra
ns
mi
ss
io
n sta
rts
.
Wh
en
yo
u us
e t
his
op
tio
n th
e ti
me
r sy
mb
ol
*
app
ears
in
the
di
spl
ay
. If
you
a
re
w
a
tch
in
g
a
not
her pro
gram
m
e jus
t befo
re the
tra
ns
mi
ss
ion
i
s
due
to
b
egi
n, t
he T
V
w
ill
au
tom
ati
ca
lly s
w
itc
h t
o y
our
sel
ec
ted
pro
gram
m
e.
*F
or
Sm
ar
tlink V
CRs
only
. I
f y
our
VCR
does no
t
ha
v
e Sm
ar
tlink a m
essage will be
d
is
pl
a
y
ed
to
in
fo
rm
y
o
u.
P
ress t
he
RE
D
b
u
tt
o
n
to
s
e
t t
h
e
T
V
ti
me
r.
Y
ou
will
no
w ha
v
e to m
an
ually
set
y
our
V
CR t
im
e
r.
W
hen a
pr
og
ramm
e
h
a
s been set
t
o
recor
d,
a
solid red bar
appears
under t
he t
im
e
bar in t
h
e
EP
G
f
o
r
that
prog
ramm
e
,
and t
he record
sy
mbol
*
ap
pears in t
he displa
y.
T
he coloured bar s
h
o
w
s
the t
im
e
all
oc
at
ed f
o
r recor
di
ng and rem
inds y
o
u
that
y
ou are unab
le t
o
recor
d
ot
her
pr
og
ramm
es
dur
ing t
hat
t
im
e pe
ri
od.
O
nce
a
rec
ording
has
begun y
ou can put
t
he T
V
in
to
st
andb
y m
ode
,
b
u
t do not
s
wit
ch of
f
com
pl
et
ely or
the recording ma
y
be canc
el
led.
**I
f
y
ou ha
v
e placed t
he T
V
int
o
s
tandb
y,
it
wi
ll
aut
om
at
ic
al
ly t
ur
n i
tself
on when t
he ‘
R
eminder’
prog
ramm
e is
about
t
o
s
tar
t.
I
f
th
e T
V
receiv
es
no
c
o
mm
and,
it
wil
l ret
u
rn t
o
t
he
st
andb
y mode
.
*I
f
y
ou h
a
v
e
set
a
P
arent
al
Cont
rol a
ge limit
in
the
M
a
in
Menu,
and
the
progr
am
me e
x
c
eeds
that
limit,
y
ou will
b
e
ask
ed t
o
e
n
te
r y
our
PI
N
bef
ore
the pre
v
ie
w
is
allo
w
ed.
Pr
og
ramm
es t
hat
e
xceed
the
age li
m
it
are i
d
e
n
ti
fi
ed b
y
a
sym
bol.
In
it
iall
y
t
he P
IN
code
is
preset
t
o
1234.
R
e
fe
r
to
‘PI
N C
ode’ on
page 20
for m
ore
inf
or
m
at
ion.
The
‘D
igit
al
EPG’
.
A
d
van
ced Op
er
atio
n
Th
e ‘
C
a
teg
ory
po
p-up
li
st’
.
15
To c
a
nc
el
a re
cording
T
he
Tim
er
po
p-up
m
enu
a
lso
h
as
a
‘Ti
me
r li
st
’ o
pti
on.
Th
is
list
app
ea
rs
onl
y
afte
r
yo
u
ha
v
e
se
t a
p
rog
ra
mm
e
to
r
e
c
o
rd
o
r t
o
w
a
k
e
up
. I
f y
o
u
hi
g
h
lig
h
t ‘
T
im
er
li
st
’ a
n
d
pr
e
s
s
t
h
e
OK
bu
tton
, a
s
c
re
en
is
di
sp
lay
ed
s
how
ing
all
th
e p
rog
ram
me
s y
ou
h
ave
s
e
t fo
r rec
ordi
ng o
r
w
a
ke
u
p
. To
del
ete o
ne of
t
hes
e pro
gra
mm
es
, proc
ee
d as
fo
llo
w
s:
c
) M
a
nua
l tim
er REC***
Hig
hl
igh
t ‘M
anu
al ti
me
r R
E
C
’ and
pres
s
OK
if y
ou wis
h to
rec
ord a fu
ture
p
rogra
mm
e.
The
Ma
nua
l T
im
er d
isp
la
y a
ppe
ars
.
Pre
ss
th
e
V
or
v
b
utto
n to se
t
th
e day
of rec
ordi
ng,
th
en pre
ss
t
he
b
b
u
tto
n to
m
o
v
e
to
th
e s
tart
tim
e.
Rep
eat
thi
s
proc
ed
ure
to s
e
t the
s
tart
and
s
top
tim
es
an
d the
ch
ann
el
num
be
r, the
n p
res
s th
e
OK
bu
tton
to s
tore
a
nd re
turn
to
the
EPG
me
nu.
Pre
ss
the
but
ton to
re
mo
ve th
e EPG m
enu
. U
n
le
ss
y
ou
h
ave
a
SM
ARTLI
N
K
VCR, y
o
u
m
u
s
t no
w set
the ti
me
r rec
ordi
ng
f
unc
tio
n of
y
o
u
r
VC
R
t
o s
w
itc
h
on
and
of
f to
c
orres
po
nd
w
ith
the
pro
gra
mm
e
you
h
ave
s
tore
d fo
r rec
ord
ing
.
P
res
s t
h
e
OK
bu
tton
to d
is
pla
y
the
‘Ti
m
e
rs’
me
nu.
1.
P
res
s t
h
e
V
or
v
butt
on
to h
igh
lig
ht
the
prog
ram
me
yo
u w
ish
to d
ele
te.
2.
P
res
s t
h
e
OK
bu
tton
to c
o
n
firm
d
e
le
tio
n.
3.
Pre
ss
the
b
u
tto
n wh
en y
o
u
wis
h to
ret
urn
to n
o
rm
al
TV op
erat
ion
.
***T
he ‘
M
an
ual t
im
e
r RE
C’
feat
ure only w
o
rks if
y
ou ha
v
e
co
nnect
ed
y
our
V
CR t
o
t
he A
V
2 soc
k
e
t
i
2/
r
on t
he rear of
t
he T
V
.
A
ft
e
r y
ou
ha
v
e
progr
am
med a rec
ording y
ou can put
t
he T
V
int
o
st
andb
y m
ode
, b
u
t do no
t s
wit
ch of
f com
plet
ely
or t
he recor
di
ng
will
be
c
ancelled.
I
f
y
ou put
t
he
T
V
int
o s
tandb
y mode
, t
he st
andb
y indi
c
a
to
r
on
the f
ront
of
t
he
T
V
f
lashes
g
re
en per
iodically
to
rem
ind
y
ou a
re
cording has been
pr
og
ramm
ed.
A
d
va
n
c
ed
Op
er
at
io
n
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