Using the Channel Menu

If you skipped the Setup Wizard, or if the initial setup did not find all the available channels, use the Channel menu to automatically scan and find the channels. The scan continues until every channel is either found or confirmed as having no signal.

Use this menu to edit the program channel list to skip a channel when you use the Channel buttons on the remote control or the TV.

Channel menu

Options

 

 

Auto Scan

Antenna/Cable

 

 

Channel List

Show/Hide

 

 

Signal Strength

Shows the signal strength of

 

a digital channel as a bar

 

graph.

 

 

Searching for channels

In the Auto Scan menu, start an automatic search for channels by selecting the scan source, Antenna or Cable, and then pressing the OK button. Next, select Yes, and then press OK to begin the channel scan.

The scan continues until every channel is either found or confirmed as having no signal. You can stop the search by choosing the Cancel button on the screen, and then pressing the OK or Back button on the remote control.

Editing the channel listing

Use the Channel List menu to edit the program channel list to skip (hide) a channel when you use the Channel buttons on the remote control or the TV.

To edit the channel listing to skip a channel:

1In the Channel menu, press the Arrow buttons to select Channel List, and then press OK.

2Press the Arrow buttons to select the channel. You can press a Channel button to move one page forward or backward in the listing.

3Press OK. The TV tunes to the channel.

4Press the Sleep button. The channel listing for the channel now lists the channel as Hide, and the channel is skipped when you select the channel by using the Channel buttons.

To edit the channel listing to show a channel that is currently hidden, complete the same procedure selecting a hidden channel and pressing the Sleep button to show it.

Using the Parental (Control) Menu

The Parental (Control) menu enables and defines parental controls for TV and movies. Use it to select a password, and set the values for parental controls by TV rating, TV content, and movie ratings.

Parental menu

Options

 

 

 

Change Password

Password

 

Confirm Password

 

 

Enable

On/Off

 

 

 

MPAA (movie ratings

G

by the Motion Picture

PG

Association of

PG-13

America)

 

R

 

 

NC-17

 

X

 

NR

 

 

US TV Rating

Table of age-based

 

guidelines and content

 

values

 

 

 

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HP SL4778N 47 inch, SL4278N 42 inch manual Using the Channel Menu, Using the Parental Control Menu, Searching for channels

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