Mitsubishi Electronics 838 SERIES manual Setup, continued, Setup Channel, Enter, TV Menus

4. TV Menus 57

Setup, continued

Setup Channel

Ant Air,

Ant Cable

All Channels, Add only new channels

Scan

Edit

You must perform a channel scan to receive digital channels. The scan searches for broad- cast channels and adds them to TV memory. To start channel scan:

1.Highlight one of the input selections based on your connection to the ANT input:

•Air when connected to an indoor or outdoor antenna.

•Cable when connected to direct cable (no cable box)

2.Select the scan type.

•Select All Channels for an initial scan or after moving the TV to an new area with a differ- ent channel line-up.

•Select Add only new channels to search for channels newly broadcasting since the previous scan.

3.Pressto highlight SCAN.

4.Press ENTER to start channel memorization.

See below for additional notes on Scan.

After channel scan, Edit lets you add and delete memorized channels. Memorized channels are those you can tune using the CH key. Edit the channel list to limit tuning to channels you watch.

•Press CH/PAGE to jump to the next or previous page of channel numbers.

•Pressto move through all channel numbers, one at a time.

Adding/Deleting Channels Using the Channel Edit Menu

•Channels marked with a check are in memory.

•To add or delete a channel from memory, highlight the channel number and press ENTER.

•To add a single digital channel not in the list, see the notes under Scan on this page.

•Digital channels are listed by virtual channel number with the physical channel number shown in small gray text.

-- Virtual Channel Number (digital channels only). A channel number sent by a local broad- caster.

--Physical Digital Channel Number. The channel number officially assigned to the actual broadcast frequency; shown on screen in gray text.

Notes on Scan and Channel Memorization

•Channel memorization may take up to 15 minutes to complete.

•To stop channel memorization before completion, press CANCEL. Channels already added are retained.

•When watching TV, press CH to move through memorized channels. Press and hold CH to speed through channels.

•To add a digital channel that does not appear in the Edit menu without performing channel memorization:

1.Look up the physical channel number for the new digital channel. See the website www.antennaweb.org for help.

2.Press INPUT and select the Ant input.

3.Use the number and CANCEL keys to enter the physical channel number followed by “-1” and ENTER. For example, for physical channel 36,

3 6 1 ENTER.

The TV will search for a digital channel on the channel

36 frequency. When it finds the channel, it will:

a.Add the channel to memory.

b.Change the channel number to the virtual channel number sent by the broadcaster.

c.Add to memory any associated sub-chan- nels.

•Rememorize channels if you move the TV to a different geographic area with a different channel line-up.

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