Useful Features (Dtv); About Epg; Using The Epg; Using The Epg Timer - Sharp AQUOS LC-26D44E Operation Manual

Useful features (DTV)

About EPG

With the Electronic Programme Guide (EPG), you can
check the schedule of DTV and Radio events, view
detailed information about them, tune to an event
currently on-air and set a timer for future events.
General EPG screen
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EPG
070 BBC News
07:00 – 07:30 The Bold and Beautiful
***
*
Services
BBC News The B
BBC 1 ***
BBC 2 ***
CBBC Channel ***
Page l Page k
Select OK OK/Timer
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1 Service name
2 Event name
* Programme information
3 Picture window
4 Service list
• Shows the list of all services currently available. As
you scroll down the list, the rows in the Event name
list on the right will be refreshed correspondingly.
5 Event name list
• Shows the names of current events in a grid of
rows and columns. You can check scheduled event
information up to several days ahead, depending on
conditions.
• If a received programme does not contain a name,
either "No event name" or a blank space will be
displayed. However, the programme can still be
watched.

Using the EPG

1
Press EPG.
• Pressing RADIO will switch between DTV and Radio
mode.
2
Press a/b/c/d to access the desired service
or event.
• There is a slight lag from the time of the a/b/c/d
operations to the time the "Programme information"
and "Picture window" display is affected.
• The image shown in the picture window changes.
In the Service list:
1 Press a/b to scroll the page up/down. Or,
2 Press RED (Page l) or GREEN (Page k) to skip
to the previous/next page in one step.
In the Event name list:
1 Press c/d to scroll the page left/right. Or,
2 Press YELLOW (Prev. Day) or BLUE (Next Day) to
skip to the previous/next day in one step.
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Sun 16/04/2005 07:05:11
16/04/2005
07:00 08:00 09:00
*** *** *** ***
*** *** ***
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*** ***
Prev. Day Next Day
i+ DTV MENU END RADIO TV/Radio
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To watch an event currently on-air, press OK
(OK/Timer).
• The TV will show the image in full screen.
• Selecting an event that has not yet started will
activate the EPG Timer mode instead.
NOTE
• Pressing p opens the EPG Description screen that
provides more information about the selected event. Press
p or END to exit.

Using the EPG Timer

When the Timer is set, the TV automatically tunes to a
preset TV event when its on-air time begins.
1
Press EPG.
2
Press a/b/c/d to select the desired event
to be preset from the Event name list, and then
press OK (OK/Timer).
• Select an event not yet started.
3
Press RED (Timer Mode), and then press a/b
to select the desired parameter (Once, Daily,
Weekly, or Monthly), and then press OK.
• Once set, the preset event is indicated with an
orange background in the EPG event name list.
Timer
S.No Service name Mode
070 BBC News Once
Once
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Timer Mode
Select
DTV MENU
NOTE
• If using this function for recording, make sure to set the
timer of your recording equipment as well.
• Do not switch channels while recording using this function.
• This function cannot be set for locked services or when
Child Lock applies. (See pages 24 and 27.)
• Up to 8 events can be preset using the Timer function.
• If the TV is in standby mode when the preset on-air time
nears, it will output signals for recording without image
displayed on the screen.
• If you are watching another event, an alarm message
displays on the screen a few seconds before the preset
time.
• To cancel the preset, select the event to delete, press
GREEN (Delete Timer), press c/d to select "Yes", and
then press OK.
• An alert message displays when the preset events overlap
one another.
• The TV power may not come on for several seconds if you
preset an event using the EPG Timer and if the AC cord
has been disconnected.
• Once you preset an event using the EPG Timer, in DTV,
and then press B on the remote control to enter the
standby mode, the power consumption will be higher
than normal (about 33 W) until the programmed event is
broadcast. When pressing a on the TV to turn off the
power, the power consumption will be same as normal
standby consumption (about 0.9 W), and the EPG Timer
will not be in operation.
Date Time Duration
04/11/05 07:00 00:30
Delete Timer
OK END
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