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3.4.4 Channel management using 10 favourite lists
Digital television technology provides viewers with a wide range of channels. Depending on the
number of satellites that can be received, up to 1000 TV and 1000 radio channels are available.
To manage this (extremely) large number - who can remember several hundred channels and
the associated channel numbers? - the user has ten custom definable favourite lists, enabling
him to manage and sort the channels clearly.
A favourite list is a list in which channels selected from a channel pool can be organised.
By default the names of the favourite lists are pre-defined similar to the following example.
However, the name of the favourite list can be changed according to individual preferences.
Each favourite list has the available channel numbers P000....P999.
Favourite list
Name sorted channels (example)
Example:
F0: ALL
(e.g. all free channels from the channel pool)
F1: NEWS
(e.g. PHOENIX, n-TV, N-24, Bloomberg etc.)
F2: SPORT
(e.g. DSF, EuroSport, Motors-TV etc.)
F3: MUSIC
(e.g. MTV, VIVA, VIVA 2, Video Italia, Hit-Channel etc.)
F4: TRAVEL
(e.g. Canal Canarias, Travel-Channel etc.)
F5: SHOPPING
(e.g. Home Shopping, QVC, Wishline, ONYX etc.)
F6: CHILDREN
(e.g. KIKA + other children’s channels etc.)
F7: MISCELLANEOUS (e.g. - all channels not previously allocated)
F8: ABC
(e.g. ...)
F9: XYZ
(e.g. ...)
The desired channels can be taken from the channel pool, which contains all channels in
alphabetical order, and copied into the target, i.e. one of the 10 favourite lists.
All free channels from the channel pool as stored by default in the favourite list 0 = «ALL».
Favourite list Fav 0 = ALL thus corresponds to the channel allocation you may already be familiar
with from satellite receivers.
Some of the channels transmitted by the Astra 19 and Eutelsat Hotbird 13 satellites are also
already contained in various favourite lists.
Selecting a favourite list is done by pressing the F key and one of the allocated number keys
0...9.
N.B.:
After selecting a channel the following message is displayed:
3.5 SWITCHING BETWEEN TV AND RADIO
Switching between radio and TV is done using the R or TV keys. Both keys also affect the
switching impulse voltage of the TV SCART socket. If you also receive channels on your TV set
via antenna or cable, you can switch between the channel received by your TV set or by the
satellite receiver using the TV key provided that the switching impulse voltage is detected and
processed by your TV set.
N.B.:
All channel functions available for TV (last channel, zapper function,
favourite lists, channel lists and channel pool etc.) are also available
separately for 1000 radio channels.
TV : F0 : ALL Mon. 31.05. 19:48
P 132 Channel name F A Sat 1
19:30 - 20:00 News programme
Channel
Satellite (1....8)
F = free / $ = encrypted
Number and name of favourite list currently selected.
A = two or more language channels
available (key A)
