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Formatting a request e-mail
Recognized tags
When you send an ADD, DELETE, GET, or HELP request
e-mail to the TV, the TV will recognize only the tags listed
below. These tags (and their accompanying data) must be listed
in the body of the request e-mail in the following order:
ID*
Your ID (required only if you set the “ID Required” field to On*)
COMMAND
ADD —or— DELETE —or— GET —or— HELP
INPUT
ANT-1 —or— ANT-2 —or— CABLE BOX
CHANNEL
Channel number of the recording or reminder
DATE
Date of the recording or reminder
START TIME
Start time of the recording or reminder
DURATION
Length of time of the recording or reminder
TYPE
RECORD —or— REMIND
Chapter 11: Using the THINC™ home network feature
G. Using e-mail scheduling
Sending a request e-mail to the TV
To send a request e-mail to the TV:
1. Format the e-mail according to the instructions under
“Formatting a request e-mail” below.
2. Send the e-mail to the TV.
3. After the TV receives and processes the e-mail, the TV will
send a reply e-mail to your PC indicating whether the
e-mailed request succeeded or failed. See “Receiving an
e-mail from the TV” on page 119.
Tag and data formats
The data for each tag can be formatted in various ways, as
described in the following table:
Tag formats Data formats
ID* [6- to 16-character alphanumeric code]
MyID1234 … MYID1234 … myid1234
COMMAND ADD
CMD DELETE … DEL
GET
HELP
INPUT ANT1 … ANT-1 … Antenna-1
INP ANT2 … ANT-2 … Antenna-2
CABLE BOX … cablebox … CB
SET-TOP BOX … settopbox … STB
CHANNEL For cable channels: 4 … 38 … 100
CH For digital channels, use a hyphen: 5-1 … 102-2
DATE [If the year is not specified, the current year is assumed.]
7-4 … 7/23 … 7-16-05 … 12/4/05 … 12/19/2005
START TIME 8am … 4:45pm … 8:30AM … 9PM
START Noon: 12:00pm … Midnight: 12:00am
DURATION 15m … 15min … 15minutes … 2h … 2hr …
DUR 2h15m … 2hr15min … 2:15
TYPE RECORD … REC … Rec … recording
REMIND … REM … Rem … reminder
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* The ID is case sensitive. The ID tag is required only if you created an ID in the
“ID” field
and set the “ID Required” field to On. If you set the “ID Required”
field to
Off, you do not need to include the ID tag line in your request e-mail.
See “Description of fields in the E-mail Scheduling Setup window” on pages
115–116.
You can use the e-mail scheduling feature to schedule and delete
recordings and reminders by sending a “request e-mail” to the
TV’s e-mail address from any PC.
The four commands the TV will accept are ADD, DELETE,
GET, and HELP, as described in this section.
If you have not already done so, follow the instructions in
sections A and B , pages 107–109, and in section F, pages
113–116, before proceeding.
When a recording is scheduled via e-mail, the recording device
used will be the first of the following attached devices found by
the network (in this order):
1) an AVHD recorder connected to one of the TV’s
IEEE1394 ports (see page 26); or
2) a D-VHS recorder connected to one of the TV’s IEEE1394
ports (see page 26); or
3) a VCR connected to the TV’s analog A/V OUT terminals
(see item 4 on page 11 for the location of the A/V OUT
terminals; see Chapter 2 for various VCR connection
examples).
E-mail parameters
• The maximum allowable e-mail size is 16 KB. E-mails over
16 KB will be automatically deleted.
• E-mails sent to the TV cannot contain any attachments.
The TV will automatically delete any e-mail with an
attached file.
• E-mails can be formatted either Plain Text or Rich Text
Format (HTML style).
• E-mails sent to the TV that are not properly formatted,
are from the wrong e-mail address, or have the wrong ID
(if specified) will be deleted.
• All e-mails sent to the TV will be deleted eventually.
Note:
• Toshiba is not responsible for any damage or loss caused directly
or indirectly by the failure of the e-mail scheduling feature to record
content intended to be recorded.
• Toshiba is not responsible for, nor has any control over, any content
recorded and/or viewed using the e-mail scheduling feature.
Further, the e-mail scheduling feature is not meant to be used
for unauthorized recording and/or viewing of copyrighted works.
• The unauthorized recording, use, distribution, or revision of
television programs, videotapes, DVDs, and other materials is
prohibited under the Copyright Laws of the United States and
other countries, and may subject you to civil and criminal liability.