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Watching and Recording TV with WinDVR
Watching TV
You can use your computer monitor like a regular television to
view live TV (TV programs that are currently on).
To watch TV:
1 Open WinDVR by pressing the Power button on the remote
control.
2 AutoScan for available channels, if required.
To do an AutoScan, click the Setup button on the TV Panel
(shown on page 25), then click AutoScan on the Channel tab.
3 Select the channel you want, using the Control Panel, keyboard,
remote control, or your set-top box controls.
The channel you select appears in the Display Window.
Note: You can click the Channel List button on the Control
Panel at any time to select from a list of available channels.
4 Change channels and adjust volume as you normally would
when watching TV.
5 Close WinDVR when you’re done.
Channel Surfing
To see what programs are playing on other available channels:
1 Press Scan on the remote control, or open the TV Panel on
WinDVR and click Surfing.
Still images from available channels appear in the Display
Window.
2 Click on any image to preview that channel.
3 Double-click on any image to open that channel full-size in the
Display Window.
If you don’t want to change channels, click Stop to end your
Surfing session. (You can also click Scan again to end the
channel scan.)