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Watching TV channels
Unless you set up TV channels that you can watch under the
current conditions, you cannot tune in those channels. For the
procedure, see Setting up TV channels on page 37.
Note
• When watching a digital TV program, you may see emergency
alert messages scrolling at the top of the screen. Those
messages are broadcasted by TV stations as necessary when
in emergency situations.
Selecting the antenna
After confirming that the Mode switch on the remote control unit
has been set to “TV”, press ANT on the remote control unit to
select antenna A or B.
• Make this selection depending on the connections to the
antenna input terminals at the rear of the plasma display (page
24).
• While watching a broadcast, press ANT to view the image
received from the other antenna.
•Pressing ANT while watching in the multiscreen mode (TV
image and video image) with TV selected will display the TV
image of the other antenna.
•Pressing ANT while watching in the multiscreen mode with
two TV images displayed will not have any effect.
Changing channels
To increase the channel number, press CH + on the remote
control unit. To decrease the channel number, press CH –.
• CHANNEL +/– on the plasma display operates the same as CH
+/– on the remote control unit.
•Press CH RETURN to switch the currently tuned channel to the
previously tuned channel.
Press CH RETURN again to restore the currently tuned
channel.
Using 0 to 9 and • (dot) on the remote control unit
Select channels directly by pressing buttons 0 to 9. To select
subchannels, also use the • (dot) button.
EXAMPLE
• To select channel 5 (one-digit channel), press 5.
• To select channel 25 (two-digit channel), press 2 then 5.
• To select channel 125 (three-digit channel), press 1, 2, then 5.
• To select subchannel 10.01, press 1, 0, • (dot), 0, then 1.
• To select subchannel 10.001 (for cable TV), press 1, 0,
• (dot), 0, 0, then 1.
Note
• After entering a channel or subchannel number, you may
press CH ENTER to tune in the channel more quickly.
• Each time you change a channel, a channel banner appears
that shows information about the currently selected channel.
To clear the channel banner, press INFO.
• If you do not setup the TV Guide On Screen™ system, the
channel banner may not display certain types of program
information.
DTV 2 • 1002.102 A
12:30pm — 2:00pm
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12:33pm
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Plasma display (right side view)
CHANNEL +/–
Channel banner
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