Watching Tv Channels - Pioneer PDP-5050SX Operating Instructions Manual

Basic Operations

Watching TV channels

Unless you set up TV channels that you can watch under the
current conditions, you cannot tune in those channels. For the
procedure, see "Setting up TV channels" on page 27.
• When watching a digital TV program, you may see emergency alert
messages scrolling at the top of the screen. Those messages are
broadcasted by TV stations as necessary when in emergency
situations.
Selecting the antenna
After confirming that the Mode switch on the remote control
unit has been set to "TV", press ANT on the remote control unit
to select antenna A or B.
• Make this selection depending on the connections to the
antenna input terminals on the Plasma Display (page 17).
Changing channels
To increase the channel number, press CH + on the remote
control unit. To decrease the channel number, press CH –.
• CHANNEL +/– on the Plasma Display operates the same as
CH +/– on the remote control unit.
• Press CH RETURN to switch the currently tuned channel to
the previously tuned channel.
Press CH RETURN again to restore the currently tuned
channel.
Using 0 – 9 and • (dot) on the remote control unit
Select channels directly by pressing buttons 0 to 9. To select
subchannels, also use the • (dot) button.
EXAMPLE
• To select channel 5 (1-digit channel), press 5.
• To select channel 25 (2-digit channel), press 2 then 5.
• To select channel 125 (3-digit channel), press 1, 2, then 5.
• To select subchannel 10.01, press 1, 0, • (dot), 0, then 1.
• To select subchannel 10.001 (for the cable TV), press 1, 0,
• (dot), 0, 0, then 1.
• After entering a channel or subchannel number, you may press
CH ENTER to tune in the channel more quickly.
• Each time you change a channel, such a channel banner appears
that shows information about the currently selected channel. To clear
the channel banner, press DTV INFO. For more information about
the channel banner, see "Viewing a channel banner" on page 22.
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Plasma Display
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CHANNEL +/–
Channel banner
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DTV 2 • 1002.102 A
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12:30pm — 2:00pm
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