Watching and Recording TV with WinDVR

Watching TV

You can use your computer monitor like a regular television to view live TV (TV programs that are currently on).

To watch TV:

1Open WinDVR by pressing the Power button on the remote control.

2AutoScan for available channels, if required.

To do an AutoScan, click the Setup button on the TV Panel (shown on page 25), then click AutoScan on the Channel tab.

3Select the channel you want, using the Control Panel, keyboard, remote control, or your set-top box controls.

The channel you select appears in the Display Window.

Note: You can click the Channel List button on the Control Panel at any time to select from a list of available channels.

4Change channels and adjust volume as you normally would when watching TV.

5Close WinDVR when you’re done.

Channel Surfing

To see what programs are playing on other available channels:

1Press Scan on the remote control, or open the TV Panel on WinDVR and click Surfing.

Still images from available channels appear in the Display Window.

2Click on any image to preview that channel.

3Double-click on any image to open that channel full-size in the Display Window.

If you don’t want to change channels, click Stop to end your Surfing session. (You can also click Scan again to end the channel scan.)

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