Watching Digital Television; A) The Channel List; B) "What's On" Programme Guide; C) Programme Information And Interactions - NETGEM i-Player User Manual

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4. Watching Digital Television

a) The Channel List

The Channel List displays all the available digital television and radio channels as well as your favourite interactive services.
Digital channels and interactive services are displayed using three different colours:
• BLUE for television and Text services*
• YELLOW for radios and audio services
• GREEN for user-added favourite Interactive services and for the "What's On" programme guide
To watch a TV channel, to listen to a digital radio or to go to a favourite interactive service you can either:
• Press
to open the Channel List, select the channel using the arrow keys then press OK to access the channel
• Enter the channel number directly with the remote control or the optional keyboard (1 to 3 digits)
• Navigate through digital TV and radio channels with
* When available, digital Text may be presented as a channel that you can select as indicated above, but it may also be added to a
TV programme. In this case, pressing

b) "What's on" programme guide

The "What's on" programme guide displays information about the current and the following programmes (now and next) for any
digital television and radio service, when available. It can be accessed either by pressing 0 on the remote control or from the Channel
List or from the Interactive Menu.
• Use the arrow keys to highlight the desired digital service and to switch between now and next programme information
• Press OK to go to the highlighted channel
Additional services available from the "What's on" programme guide are:
• VCR Timers: Use this service to program your i-Player to automatically switch on and off when your VCR is programmed to record
digital channels. (This function does not program your VCR)
• Reminders: Use this service to set up an alarm on a coming programme (next). The reminder will alert you two minutes before the
programme starts.

c) Programme information and interactions

Channel information and interactions available while watching a digital programme or while using an interactive service are displayed
in the info bar and in the more info bar. They are presented only when they are available (may depend on the actual broadcasted
programme).
Info bar and more info bar
More Info Bar
Info Bar
on your remote control accesses digital Text.
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• Press
once to display the
info bar and twice to display
the more info bar. Press
again to close it. Note that
for interactive services, only
the
more
info
bar
is
displayed
• When the info bar or the
more info bar is displayed,
use right/left to switch
between the now and next
current programme informa-
tion and up/down to display
information related to other
channels
• You can press OK to go
directly
to
the
channel
displayed in the info or in the
more info bar.

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