Activities, Watching Cable TV | Philips 9800i guide

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Activities

In ‘What You Should Know About Activity-Based Control’ on page 12, you can read the basics about Activity-Based Control. This will now be described in more detail.

Watching Cable TV

Tonight, a great movie is being broadcast. You’re going to have a cinema experience by watching it on your living room’s flat screen TV. With the RC9800i you select the cable box as the source that holds the content and the flat screen TV as the device you’ll be watching the movie on.

To do so, proceed as follows:

1On the Homepage, choose Watch.

The following screen will appear.

Note If you have multiple display devices in the room, the RC9800i will prompt you to select the display device you want to watch.

Note Icons in bottom bar may differ depending on the activities you have set up.

2Choose the cable box icon (the source that holds the content you

would like to enjoy).

The combined control screen will appear.

This indicates the number of pages available. Use the Page hard key to scroll through the pages.

These are the typical controls for watching television via a

cable box.

3Choose the digits corresponding to the channel you want to watch, the one that broadcasts the movie.

The RC9800i will send remote control codes to tune the cable box to the appropriate channel.

The RC9800i offers two ways to interact with the television and the cable box:

■Choose a soft button on the control button page;

■Press the hard keys on the RC9800i.

■Channel up/down to switch channels;

■Volume up/down/Mute to adjust the television’s volume;

■Home to go to the RC9800i Homepage.

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Philips 9800i user manual Activities, Watching Cable TV

Contents

Remark Website Safety PrecautionsImportant Information Contents of the Box Contents Contents Pick Up Your RC9800i and Take a Good Look First-Time Power OnOn and Off Everyday Use Home Press this hard key to return to the Homepage Touch ScreenHard Keys Cradle as Digital Music Media Adapter Network Activity IndicatorCharging the RC9800i USB Connector Controlling Legacy Audio/Video Devices Learning the Basics Home Networking and Connected Devices What You Should Know About Home Networking What You Should Know About Activity-Based Control Wireless Connectivity Listen Activities Watch Activities RC9800i Settings Getting the Settings RightCalibrating the Touch Screen End User License Agreement Next, you will be prompted to indicate what region you live Network SettingsSelecting Your Location Select Obtain IP automatically to use a dynamic IP address Change Network Settings Select Get time from Internet Choose NTP settings Date & Time SettingsNTP settings appear Select RC9800i Default Time Server from the list Set Up Rooms Set Up Rooms and A/V DevicesSet date and time yourself Set the date and time After adding all your rooms, choose Next Set Up DevicesChoose OK DVD Player Media Center PC CD CDR player Home Theater Tuner Cable Box Media AdapterPVR DVR, Tivo Tuner Radio Replay TV, … Learn & Match Autoscan Select & Try Power on questions Power on, channel switching and input selectionChannel switching questions Input selection questions Set Up Activities Homepage Your RC9800i is now fully set up and you can start using itGetting the Most Out of It Smart Navigation System Management AreaHome Hard Key Back Hard Key Choose Search Choose Watch Watching Cable TV Activities An example page of a combined control screen Watching PC content Listening to PC contentGood To Know Combined Control Screens Watching Broadcast TV Watching Satellite TVWatching DVD Watching PVR Good To Know Electronic Program Guide Watching a Program Using EPGWatching Video Tape Navigating the EPG Screen Switching ChannelsConsulting Program Information Watching a Program from EPG Searching Programs Watching Digital Pictures From Your PC on Your TVSearch Choose Go Watching Digital Pictures From Your PC on the RC9800i Listening to a CD Playing GamesGood To Know Changing the Room Choose Select a Different Room Listening to Broadcast Radio Listening to a DVDListening to Cable Radio Listening to Satellite Radio Listening to MP3 Files From Your PC via the RC9800i Listening to Audio Files From Your PC via Audio SystemPlay Song will start playing Synchronization Wizard DVD Player Amplifier Individual Device ControlChoose Individual Device Control Device Off Device Off, Activity Off and Room OffActivity Off Room Off Accessing the Settings Adjusting the SettingsRC9800i Setup Power Settings Screen Settings Set Up Rooms & A/V DevicesAudio Settings Date & Time Add/Edit A/V Devices Add/Edit RoomsAdding a Device Deleting a Device Moving a Device Changing the remote control codes of a deviceChoose Name/Room Choose IR Codeset Changing other device settings Service-related Settings on the PCSubscribing to the EPG Service Electronic Program Guide EPG Personalizing the EPG Settings on the RC9800iActivating the EPG on the RC9800i To activate the EPG on your RC9800i, proceed as follows ‘Services Setup’ screen will appear Choose Services Setup‘Electronic Program Guide Service Setup’ screen will appear Choose Program Guide Downloading EPG Data List of TV signal sources Using the EPGWhen you have finished, choose Next Assigning Lineups to Devices Advanced Philips Media Manager Use Installing the SoftwareInstalling Philips Media Manager Choose Software Updates Choose Settings ‘Settings’ screen will appear‘Software Updates’ screen will appear Upgrading the Firmware List of Symbols RC9800i device Tips and Troubleshooting Tips and Troubleshooting EPG General Specifications Technical Specifications Environmental Information Battery DisposalCommunications Regulation Information FCC Declaration of Conformity Declaration of Conformity DoC Marking Europe EU Declaration of Conformity Glossary Glossary Index Index