Audiovox FPE6317P manual Channel Selection, Information about Atsc & Ntsc channel numbering

Channel Selection

Information about ATSC & NTSC channel numbering

=ATSC PSIP channel has two part channel number:
— Major channel number	For example: Channel: 5-1
— Minor channel number	Major channel number	Minor channel number

=In most situations the major channel number is same for both analog and digital channels. (It is equal to the NTSC channel number for existing broadcasters.)

=A minor channel number of zero is used for a broadcaster’s analog channel.

Channel Numbering Example

=Original NTSC Channels for Des Moines:

— 5, 8, 11, 13, 17

=Possible NTSC + ATSC Channels for Des Moines:

—5-0, 8-0, 11-0, 13-0, 17-0 (channel numbers for existing analog channels)

—5-1, 5-2, 8-1, 8-2, 8-3,8-4, 13-1 (channel numbers for digital channels )

Channel Selection

Using the Channel up/down buttons (CH+ or CH-)

Press the CH+ or CH- to cycle among available channels found.

Using the direct select buttons (0-9 and dash buttons)

Press the number buttons (0-9)and the dash button (-)to go directly to a channel.

For example, if you want to select channel 8-3, just key in ‘8’, ‘-’, ‘3’ on the remote control.

Note:

=When you use the number buttons, you can directly select any channel within the channel range .

=In some situations virtual channel numbers have no correspondence to physical frequencies.

=To select an analog channel, you may directly input its major channel number. It is unnecessary to input the minor channel number of zero.

Using the button

Press this button to switch between the current channel and the last viewed channel.

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