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Note that iGuide provides channel groups so that series links can span multiple channels. To choose a channel group, select a standard broadcast channel, and then press [CH+]. This will select the first appropriate channel group for the base channel. [CH+] and [CH-] will take you through appropriate channel groups, and/or back to the base channel:

[LEFT/RIGHT] BBC2 [LEFT/RIGHT] ITV1 [LEFT/RIGHT] C4 [LEFT/RIGHT]

		
[CH+/CH-]	[CH+/CH-]	[CH+/CH-]
		
ALL BBC CHANNELS	ALL ITV CHANNELS	CHANNEL 4 GROUP
		
[CH+/CH-]	[CH+/CH-]	[CH+/CH-]
		
ALL CHANNELS	ALL CHANNELS	ALL CHANNELS

Available channel groups can also be found at the end of the channel list.

By default five channel groups are provided: “All channels”, “All BBC channels”, “All ITV channels”, “C4, E4, More4, Film4" (the Channel 4 group) and “five, five life, five US" (the channel five group). Other channel groups can be created by editing the configuration files (see below).

DAYS: The days on which to search for matching programmes. By default this is every day, but can be changed to any individual day, weekdays, weekend or weekdays + Saturday using the [LEFT/RIGHT ARROW] keys.

PERIOD: A block of time on the identified days in which to search for programmes – a programme is deemed to be in a block if it starts or ends in the block. By default this block is the quadrant of the day (0000-0600, 0600-1200, 1200-1800 or 1800-0000) in which the original programme appears, or two such quadrants if it spans them. This default sorts out most things – e.g. it’ll get all the weekday episodes of EastEnders but not the Sunday omnibus – but it can be changed at will. Use [OK] to swap focus between the start and end periods, and [LEFT/RIGHT ARROW] to change these times (it’ll make more sense if and when you try it). If end time is less than start time, the block is deemed to be overnight.

KEYWORDS: A series of keywords (actually phrases) separated by commas. If this list exists, the pattern matches on the existence of all keywords in a programme’s title and/or description. A keyword can be preceded by a minus sign, in which case the pattern will fail to match any programme whose title or description contains the remainder of the keyword.

Examples:

Keywords to match	Possible matching programme titles
Who, Doctor	Doctor Who
–Who, Doctor	Doctor Kildare

Note that if keywords are defined for a pattern, they supercede the title pattern: this means that any programmes, regardless of their name, will be captured by the series link if they contain the appropriate keywords. Beware!