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
1Press MENU and the MENU screen displays.
2Press c/d to select “Digital Setup”.
MENU [Digital Setup ... EPG Setup]
Digital Setup | Information |
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REC Picture Size
EPG Setup
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3Press a/b to select “EPG Setup”, and then press ENTER.
4Press a/b or c/d to select the desired item or adjust the item to the desired level. Press ENTER if necessary.
w Display Range Setup
The Display range setup allows you to select three types of time spans for display on the screen.
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Mode1 | Display six hours of programme |
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Mode2 | Display three hours of programme |
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Mode3 | Change to the EPG display format with a |
(Vertical | vertical time span. |
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w Genre Icon Setup
You can grey out or place a mark on desired genres and smoothly search for programmes you frequently watch.
Genre Icon List
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| Movie |
| Arts/Culture |
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| News |
| Current Affairs |
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| Entertainment |
| Education/ |
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| Sport |
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| Children’s |
| Comedy |
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| Music |
| Drama |
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w 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.
•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.
1Press MENU and the MENU screen displays.
2Press c/d to select “Digital Setup”.
NOTE
*Approximately 45W for
•EPG data will not update if the TV is turned off from the mains power switch.
3Press a/b to select “Time Zone”, and then press ENTER.
Press a/b to select the desired time zone
4and 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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