64 Chapter 5. TV Menu Settings
Channel Menu
Settings for the Channel
Number Shown
FAV Memory
Banks
Signal-Strength
(digital channels only)
Figure 6. Channel menu
Antenna (Channel Menu)
Selecteither1(
ANT 1 MAIN
)or2(
ANT 2 AUX
)asthe
antennasourceforthechannelsyouwishtoedit.
Channel (Channel Menu)
Selecttheaffectedchannelnumber(showninthe
Channelbox)inanyofthreeways:
• Press
CH
/ toselectfromchannelsalreadyin
memory.Ifyoualsowishtotunetothechannel,press
ENTER
.
• Highlightthechannelboxandpress tomove
throughallchannelnumbers,oneatatime.Ifyou
alsowishtotunetothechannel,press
ENTER
.
• Highlightthechannelbox,enterthenumberdirectly,
andpress
ENTER
.Notethatwiththismethod,youmust
press
ENTER
forthescreentodisplaysettingsforthe
selectedchannel.
Channelnumberscanbeonepart,analogordigital(up
tofivedigitslong),ortwopartfordigitalchannels.Fora
two-partdigitalchannel,press
—
CANCEL
ontheremoteto
enteraseparatorafterthefirst,second,orthirdnumber,
dependingonthebroadcaster’schannelinformation.
Fordigitalchannels,whenthebroadcasterhassenta
virtualchannelnumber,thevirtualchannelnumberis
showninthetextboxandtheoriginalphysicaldigital
channelisshownbelowonscreenasareference.One
originalchannelnumbercanbeassociatedwithseveral
differentvirtualchannels.
Memory (Channel Menu)
Aftertheavailablechannelshavebeenmemorizedwith
Memorize ChannelsontheSetupmenu,youcanadd
weakerchannelsordeleteunwantedchannelsusingthis
option.Forexample,ifyouwishtoseeonlydigitalchan-
nelslisted,usethismenutodeleteanalogchannelsfrom
memory.
Press
CH
/ toreviewthechannelsinmemory.Press
toselectAddedorDeletedforthechannelshownin
theChannelbox.
To Add a New Digital Channel
1. I
nthechannelmenu,enterthephysicalchannelnumberin
the
Channelbox,includingthesub-channelnumber;
press
—
CANCEL
andthenenterthesub-channelnumber.
Ifnosub-channelisspecified,press
—
CANCEL
and1.
2. Press
ENTER
totunetothechannel.
3. HighlighttheAddedradiobuttontoaddthechannel
tomemory.
Name
Analogchannelsfrom
ANT 1
and
ANT 2
canbenamed
withuptofourcharacters.Thenameyouenterherewill
appearontheTVscreenaspartoftheon-screenstatus
display.Digitalchannelsmayalreadybenamedifthe
broadcastersendstheinformation.
1. Pressanumberkeyrepeatedlytocyclethroughthe
charactersassociatedwiththekey.Youcanalsouse
tochangeahighlightedcharacter.
2. Press
ENTER
tosettheletterandmovetothenextletter
position.Press
CANCEL
tomovebackoneposition.
Note: WhentheTVGuideOnScreensystemisenabled,
thenamedisplayedisthenameprovidedbyTV
GuideOnScreeninsteadofthenameyouassign.
Signal Strength (Channel Menu)
Displaystheapproximatesignalstrengthofthecurrently
tuneddigitalchannel.Usethisindicatortohelpyouadjust
theantennadirectionforbestsignalreception.Thetaller
thebar,thestrongerthesignal.Thisindicatorappliesonly
todigitalchannels.
Toviewtheeffectsofantennaadjustmentsondigital
channels,tunetothedigitalchannelyouwishtomeasure
whileremaininginthismenu.Totunetoachannel,either:
• Highlightthechannelbox,press
CH
/ or to
displaythedesiredchannelnumber,andpress
ENTER
.
• Enterthechannelnumberontheremotecontroland
press
ENTER
.
Terminology
Virtual Channel Number
Achannelnumberusedbyalocalbroadcastertohelp
youidentifytheirdigitalchannel.Usuallythisisassoci-
atedwiththeirtraditionalanalogchannelnumber.For
example,abroadcastermayassociatedigitalchannel
2-1withanalogchannel2.
Physical Digital Channel Number
Thechannelnumberofficiallyassignedtotheactual
broadcastfrequency.