Watching TV

EPG

What is an EPG?

An “EPG (Electronic Programme Guide)” is a programme schedule, which is displayed on the TV screen. The EPG is broadcasted together with DTV. The TV screen shows the EPG when the viewer presses EPG on the remote control, provided that the TV is receiving the digital broadcasting signal. The EPG enables you to search for a programme, do timer recording or view the programme schedule in detail.

EPG display settings

EPG (Electronic Programme Guide) is a programme list that is displayed on the screen. With the EPG, you can check the schedule of DTV/RADIO/DATA, view detailed information about them, tune to an event currently on-air and set a timer for future events.

H Display range setup

The Display range setup allows you to select three types of time spans for display on the screen.

Selected item

Description

 

 

Mode1

Display six hours of programme

(Wide angle)

information.

 

 

Mode2

Display three hours of programme

(Zoom)

information.

 

 

Mode3

Change to the EPG display format with a

(Vertical

vertical time span.

angle)

 

 

 

H Genre icon setup

You can grey out or place a mark on desired genres and smoothly search for programmes you frequently watch.

1

Press MENU and the MENU screen displays.

 

 

 

 

2

Press c/d to select “Digital setup”.

 

 

 

 

 

MENU [Digital setup ... EPG setup ]

 

Digital setup

 

Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REC picture size

[16:9 TV]

 

 

Download Setup

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EPG setup

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subtitle

 

 

 

Time zone

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Press a/b to select “EPG setup”, and then

press ENTER.

 

 

 

 

 

4

Press a/b or c/d to select the desired item

or adjust the item to the desired level. Press

 

 

ENTER if necessary.

 

 

H EPG setup (setting for receiving EPG data)

EPG setup must be selected to “YES” to enable automatic capturing of data for all available channels while the TV set is in standby mode. If EPG setup is set to “NO”, only EPG data for the current channel will be updated.

Selecting EPG setup to “YES” will result in higher power consumption*.

Selecting EPG setup to “NO” will save power consumption.

NOTE

*Approximately 19W for 15-30 minutes (depending on number of channels tuned) after power off from remote

control.

EPG data will not update if the TV is turned off from the mains power switch.

Genre icon list

Icon

Genre

Icon

Genre

 

 

 

 

 

Movie

 

Arts/Culture

 

 

 

 

 

News

 

Current affairs

 

 

 

 

 

Entertainment

 

Education/

 

 

Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sport

 

Information

 

 

 

 

 

Children’s

 

Comedy

 

 

 

 

 

Music

 

Drama

 

 

 

 

NOTE

You can easily distinguish the Genre icons by darkening or lightening the icon’s shade.

Time zone

This function enables you to select your local time zone.

1

Press MENU and the MENU screen displays.

 

2

Press c/d to select “Digital setup”.

3

Press a/b to select “Time zone”, and then

press ENTER.

 

4

Press a/b to select the desired time zone

and then press ENTER.

 

This function lets you select the right time zone in case the time displayed in the EPG does not match the local time of your area.

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