Channel selection

As soon as the automatic station search has found all of the TV or radio channels, the corresponding data appears in the display of the head-end station.

Bx 4A 01/10+ TV

Das Erste

Bx 4A PROVIDER:

ARD

Meaning of the terms displayed in this example:

“Bx 4A” Cassette 4, channel strip “A”.

“01/09” The 1st of 9 channels is displayed

“+ ” means that the sound of the TV programme cur- rently being shown is being broadcast in sev- eral languages.

“TV” TV channel type “Das Erste” Channel name

Further possible terms displayed:

“RA” Radio channel type

For radio stations, the background of the screen of the connected TV or test receiver is darkened. A menu appears on the screen informing you about the radio station currently selected, the name of the broadcaster, the current time, the title of the current programme along with what time it started and finishes, as well as the title of the following programme.

“* ” The star means that the TV or radio station se- lected is encoded. To enable the stations, the CA module and the appropriate smart card of the station provider are required.

—> If a service number (e.g. “131”) appears instead of “TV” or “RA”, this indicates that an unnamed station or an undefined data stream is being received.