Mitsubishi Electronics WD-57831 manual Channel Menu, Terminology

64Chapter 5. TV Menu Settings

Channel Menu

Settings for the Channel	FAV Memory	Signal-Strength
Number Shown	Banks	(digital channels only)

Figure 6. Channel menu

Antenna (Channel Menu)

Select either 1 (ANT 1 Main) or 2 (ANT 2 AUX) as the antenna source for the channels you wish to edit.

Channel (Channel Menu)

Select the affected channel number (shown in the Channel box) in any of three ways:

• Press CH  /  to select from channels already in memory. If you also wish to tune to the channel, press

ENTER.

•Highlight the channel box and press to move through all channel numbers, one at a time. If you also wish to tune to the channel, press ENTER.

•Highlight the channel box, enter the number directly, and press ENTER. Note that with this method, you must press ENTER for the screen to display settings for the selected channel.

Channel numbers can be one part, analog or digital (up to five digits long), or two part for digital channels. For a

two-part digital channel, press — on the remote to

CANCEL

enter a separator after the first, second, or third number, depending on the broadcaster’s channel information.

For digital channels, when the broadcaster has sent a virtual channel number, the virtual channel number is shown in the text box and the original physical digital channel is shown below on screen as a reference. One original channel number can be associated with several different virtual channels.

Memory (Channel Menu)

After the available channels have been memorized with Memorize Channels on the Setup menu, you can add weaker channels or delete unwanted channels using this option. For example, if you wish to see only digital chan- nels listed, use this menu to delete analog channels from memory.

Press CH  / to review the channels in memory. Press to select Added or Deleted for the channel shown in the Channel box.

To Add a New Digital Channel

1.In the channel menu, enter the physical channel number in

the Channel box, including the sub-channel number;

—

press CANCEL and then enter the sub-channel number.

If no sub-channel is specified, press — and 1.

CANCEL

2.Press ENTER to tune to the channel.

3.Highlight the Added radio button to add the channel to memory.

Name

Analog channels from ANT 1 and ANT 2 can be named with up to four characters. The name you enter here will appear on the TV screen as part of the on-screen status display. Digital channels may already be named if the broadcaster sends the information.

1.Press a number key repeatedly to cycle through the characters associated with the key. You can also use

to change a highlighted character.

2.Press ENTER to set the letter and move to the next letter position. Press CANCEL to move back one position.

Note: When the TV Guide On Screen system is enabled, the name displayed is the name provided by TV Guide On Screen instead of the name you assign.

Signal Strength (Channel Menu)

Displays the approximate signal strength of the currently tuned digital channel. Use this indicator to help you adjust the antenna direction for best signal reception. The taller the bar, the stronger the signal. This indicator applies only to digital channels.

To view the effects of antenna adjustments on digital channels, tune to the digital channel you wish to measure while remaining in this menu. To tune to a channel, either:

•Highlight the channel box, press CH  / or to display the desired channel number, and press ENTER.

•Enter the channel number on the remote control and press ENTER.

Terminology

Virtual Channel Number

A channel number used by a local broadcaster to help you identify their digital channel. Usually this is associ- ated with their traditional analog channel number. For example, a broadcaster may associate digital channel 2-1 with analog channel 2.

Physical Digital Channel Number

The channel number officially assigned to the actual broadcast frequency.