Sharp LC-32D44E, LC-32D44S operation manual Useful features DTV, About EPG, Using the EPG Timer

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

Sun 16/04/2005 07:05:11

070

BBC News

16/04/2005

07:00 – 07:30

The Bold and Beautiful

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Services

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09:00

BBC News

The B

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BBC 1

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BBC 2

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CBBC Channel

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Page l

Page k

Prev. Day

Next Day

Select

OK OK/Timer i+

TV/Radio

DTV MENU

END

RADIO

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1Service name

2Event name

* Programme information

3Picture window

4Service 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.

5Event 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

1Press EPG.

•Pressing RADIO will switch between DTV and Radio mode.

2Press 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.

3To 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.

1Press EPG.

2Press 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.

3Press 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	Date	Time	Duration
070	BBC News	Once	04/11/05 07:00		00:30
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		Daily
		Weekly
		Monthly
	Timer Mode			Delete Timer
	Select	DTV MENU		OK	END

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.

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