Watching Channels - Philips 43PUD7437 User Manual

Channel List Sorting
You can do channel list sorting with all channels. You
can set the channel list to show only TV channels or
only Radio stations. For Antenna channels you can
set the list to show the Free or the Scrambled
channels.
To set a filter on a list with all channels...
1 - Press OK to open the current channel list.
2 - Press Yellow key for Select More.
3 - Select Operation > Sort and press OK.
4 - Select the filter you want and press OK to
activate. The name of the filter appears as part of the
channel list name on top of the channel list.
5 - Press Back to close the channel list.
Channel List Copy
Channel List Copy is intended for dealers and expert
users.
With Channel List Copy, you can copy the channels
installed* on one TV onto another Philips TV of the
same range. It can avoid a time-consuming channel
search by uploading a predefined channel list onto a
TV. Use a USB flash drive of minimum 1GB.
* Note: The Channel List Copy operation is not
allowed for the channels installed from the CAM.
Conditions
• Both TVs must be from the same year range.
• Both TVs have the same hardware type. Check the
hardware type on the TV type plate on the back of
the TV.
• Both TVs have compatible software versions.
Checking current software version
To check the current version of the TV software...
1 - Go to Channel > Channel List Copy and
press OK.
2 - Select Current version.
3 - The version, release notes and creation date are
shown.
4 - Press Back repeatedly if necessary, to close the
menu.
Copy a channel list to a USB flash drive
To copy a channel list...
1 - Switch on the TV. This TV should have channels
installed.
2 - Plug in a USB flash drive.
3 - Go to Channel > Channel List Copy and
press OK.
4 - Select Copy to USB and press OK.
5 - When the copying is done, unplug the USB flash
drive.
6 - Press Back repeatedly if necessary, to close the
menu.
Now you can upload the copied channel list onto
another Philips TV.
Upload a channel list to another Philips TV
To upload a channel list...
1 - Plug in the USB flash drive that holds the channel
list of the other TV.
2 - Go to Channel > Channel List Copy and
press OK.
3 - Select Copy to TV and press OK.
4 - The TV notifies you if the channel list has copied
to the TV successfully. Unplug the USB flash drive.
5 - Press Back repeatedly if necessary, to close the
menu.
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Watching channels

Tune to a Channel
To start watching TV channels, press SOURCES. The
TV tunes to the channel you last watched.
Alternatively, you can select Live TV from the Home
screen.
Change Channels
To change channels, press Channel + or Channel -.
If you know the channel number, type in the number
with the number keys. Press OK after you entered
the number to change immediately.
You can also tune to channels from a Channel List
by pressing OK.
Parental Controls
Lock and Unlock a Channel
To prevent children from watching a channel, you can
lock a channel. To watch a locked channel, you must
enter the 4 digit PIN code first. You cannot lock
programs from connected devices.
To lock or unlock a channel...
1 - Press MENU > Settings > Channel > Parental
Controls and press OK.
2 - Enter your PIN code if necessary.
3 - Select Channels Blocked and press OK.
4 - Press Navigation keys up or down to select the
channel you want to lock or unlock, and press OK.
5 - A locked channel is marked with a lock icon.
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