Chapter 6: Using the TV’s features
Elements of the Channel Browser™
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1Current list (History, ANT, Inputs, Favorites, or
2Input type
3Channel or input currently being viewed
4Channel or input that is currently highlighted in the browser
5Channels stored in the History List
6Channel labels
To toggle among the available lists:
After opening the Channel Browser™, press B or b to toggle among History, ANT, Inputs, Favorites, and
Note:
•The Channel Browser™ opens in History List by default. Once another list has been selected, the Channel Browser™ will open in the last selected list.
•If all lists are turned off, pressing 3 C, # c, or nwill not
display the Channel Browser™. If Favorites List is turned off, nwill have no effect.
•Pressing nwill bring up the Channel Browser™ Favorites list regardless of the last selected list in the
Channel Browser™.
To tune to a channel or input in Browse mode:
1 While watching TV, press 3 C or # c to open the Channel Browser™ and surf back to a previous item or surf forward to the next item in the list.
In Browse mode, when you stop on an item in the Channel Browser™, it will be highlighted and the TV will automatically tune to the channel or input.
2 Press Oto close the Channel Browser™.
To tune to a channel or input in Select mode:
1 While watching TV, press 3 C or # c to open the Channel Browser™ and surf back to a previous item or forward to the next item in the list.
In Select mode, when you stop on an item in the Channel Browser™, it will be highlighted but you must press Tto tune the TV to the highlighted item.
2 Press Tto tune the TV to the highlighted item.
3 Press Oto close the Channel Browser™.
Adding and clearing channels and inputs in the History List
Adding channels and inputs to the History List:
As a channel or input is tuned, the Channel Browser™ adds it to the History List and displays it on the “right side” of the Channel Browser™. Previously tuned channels/inputs are “shifted” to the left, eventually moving off the left side. Press 3 C to surf backward through the previously tuned channels/ inputs. Any channel or input that is tuned repeatedly will not be repeated in the History List, but instead is moved to the end of the list on the right side of the Channel Browser™.
The Channel Browser™ will store the following channels:
•All channels that are tuned using the numeric buttons on the remote control.
•All channels that are tuned using <or ,on the remote control.
Note: Whenever an item is selected that cannot be tuned (for various reasons), the TV will automatically tune to the previously viewed channel or input.
Clearing channels from the History List:
•Reconfiguring the ANT input will clear the History List.
Note: See page 39 for details on configuring the antenna input.
•Once 32 channels or inputs are stored in the History List, the oldest item will be removed from the list when a new channel or input is tuned.
•If History List in the Channel Browser Setup is set to “Power Off Clear (On),” turning off the TV will clear the History List.
Setting the Channel Tuning Mode
This feature allows you to choose how tuning will be handled for analog and digital channels when the TV is in Antenna mode.
Note: To use this feature, the Input Configuration must be set to Antenna (- page 39).
The antenna tuning mode has three options.
•Standard: both analog and digital channels can be tuned normally (default)
•Auto: digital channels will have priority when manually entering a channel number using the Channel Number
on the remote control, analog channels can still be tuned by </ ,if available
•Digital: only digital channels can be tuned
Note: This mode will be most useful after analog channels are shut down by the government in 2009.
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