Setting
the
Channel
Tuning
Mode
Adding
and
clearing
channels
and
inputs
in
the
History
List
This feature allows you to choose how tuning will be handled
for analog and digital channels when the TV is in Antenna
mode.
Note:
To
use this feature, the Input Configuration must be set
to
Antenna
(I@'
page
29).
The channel tuning mode has three options.
To tune to the next programmed channel:
Press
(cii;)
or
~
on the remote control or TV control panel.
Note:This feature will not work unless you program channels
into the
TV's
channel memory
(I@'
page
30).
Tuning digital channels:
Press the Channel Number
(0-9)
on the remote control,
followed by the dash
(@2) button and then the sub-channel
number. For example, to select digital channel 125-1, press
1,
2,5,
-,1,
then
8.
Note:
If
a digital channel
is
not
programmed-either
through
the automatic channel scan
(I@'
page
30) or the channel
add/
delete function
(I@'
page
30)-you
will have
to
tune the RF
channel using the Channel Number
and
dash (@2))
on
the
remote control.
Tuning
to
the
next
programmed
channel
Tuning analog channels:
Press the Channel Number
(0-9)
on the remote control. For
example, to select channel 125, press
1,2,5,
then
8.
Tuning
to
a
specific
channel
(programmed
or
unprogrammed)
To set the Channel Tuning Mode:
1 From the Setup menu, highlight Installation and press
8.
A new set
of
Installation menu icons will appear.
2 Open the Terrestrial menu, highlight Channel Tuning
Mode, press
~
and'"
T to select your desired mode, and
then press
8.
Note:
•
The
Channel Add/Delete & Channels Block windows as well
as the Channel Browser ANT/CABLE list will be updated
automatically when you change the mode. Also, the History
List will be cleared, but the Favorites List will be saved.
• Even
if the Channel Tuning Mode
is
set
to
Digital. analog
channel
3 will still
be
the default channel
to
prevent the initial
case where no digital channels have been found
in
prior
channel scans. (Channel Add/Delete will not have anything
listed until a scan
is
done.)
Both analog and digital channels can be
tuned normally
Standard
Clearing channels from the History List:
• Reconfiguring the ANT/CABLE input will clear the
History List.
Note: See page
29
for details on configuring the antenna
input.
• Once 32 channels or inputs are stored in the History List, the
oldest item will be removed from the list when a new
channel or input
is
tuned.
• Turning off the TV will clear the History List.
Adding channels and inputs to the History List:
As a channel or input
is
tuned, the Channel
Browser™
adds it
to the History List and displays it on the "right side"
of
the
Channel Browser"'. Previously tuned channels/inputs are
"shifted" to the left, eventually moving offthe left side. Press
;;
....
to surf backward through the previously tuned channels/
inputs. Any channel
or
input that
is
tuned repeatedly will not
be repeated in the History List, but instead is moved to the end
of
the list on the right side
of
the Channel Browser™.
The Channel
Browser™
will store the following channels:
• All channels that are tuned using the numeric buttons on the
remote control.
• All channels that are tuned using
(cii;)
or
~
on the remote
control.
Note: Whenever an item
is
selected that cannot be tuned (for
various reasons), the
TV
will automatically tune
to
the
previously viewed channel
or
input.
Auto
(default)
Digital channels will have priority when
manually entering a channel number using
the Channel Number
(0-9) on the remote
control, analog channelscan still betuned by
(cii;)
/
~
if
available
Digital
Only digital channels can be tuned
Note: Digital mode will be most useful afteranalog channels
are shut down
by
the government
in
2009.
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