With TV4PC, you can enjoy TV, teletext, and music
programs. Use the menu on the left or click
on any area of the image below to read information about selected TV4PC features.
When the TV4PC viewer appears, you will see a program list which forms a large column on the right side of the screen. This is called the Program Guide. To watch TV, browse teletext, or listen to audio, select any program by clicking the program’s title.
The program will display in the large Media Player box on the left side of the screen.
Beneath the box are graphic Media Player buttons
Stop , Play
, and Full
Screen
, for controlling the display.
Directly below the Media Player window and control buttons you will see the title of the current program, a list of the program’s available audio languages, and a TV show summary to the right.
The bottom of the window will display the time and title of TV shows available on the program. Click on the show name to see its summary appear to the right.
The audio language menu controls the language you hear. When a TV show plays on the TV4PC viewer, at the base of the screen, you will see the title of the current program and a pull-down list of the program’s available audio languages. If available, select the desired language from the pull-down menu.
The right hand column is the Program Guide. Clicking
any program name on the list allows you to watch the program. Colorful category
icons to the right of every program name graphically display whether the program
is television , teletext
,
or music
. When
the title is clicked on the Program Guide, TV appears in the Media Player window
to the left. Teletext viewing requires pushing the Teletext
button. For audio, the Media Player window remains black.
(Satellite digital receivers only!) To view a list of all available programs, select All Satellites from the pull-down menu above the Program Guide.
To view program listings for only one satellite, select that satellite in the Satellite pull-down menu. The names of the programs will fill the Program Guide.
You can view the Program Guide by category. To enjoy only TV, only music, only favorites or all, select the appropriate category from the buttons located at the bottom of the Program Guide. The Program Guide will display only the selected category.
The Program Guide is scrollable.
You can scroll up or down the list of programs by using the Up or Down arrows at the top of the Program Guide. Between the Up and Down arrows is an alphabet menu. To alphabetize program titles, select the desired first letter in the alphabet menu. Titles in the Program Guide will appear in alphabetical order beginning with titles that begin with the letter which you have selected.
To the right side of every program listed on the
Program Guide are two icons. The first icon informs whether the program is a
TV, teletext, or music by displaying the following icons: a television for TV
; a television with a T for teletext
,
or; a yellow screen with a musical note for music
.
The icon located on the far right of the program
informs whether or not the program is on the Favorites list. If the program
is on the Favorites list, it will display a yellow file folder with a blue star
in the middle . If it is not on the Favorites
list, it will display an empty yellow folder.
Adding to the Favorites List
To add a program to the Favorites list, find the program in the Program Guide and click its yellow file folder icon so that it changes to a yellow file folder with a blue star in the middle.
To view favorites, select the favorites button from the buttons located at the bottom of the Program Guide. The Program Guide will display favorites for the currently selected satellite.
The currently selected satellite can be changed using the Satellite pull-down menu at the top of the Program Guide.
Beneath the Media Player on the TV4PC viewer are several control buttons.
Click Stop or Play
to freeze and unfreeze the program. Click Full Screen
to make the video take up the entire computer
screen and press your PC’s escape key to return to the TV4PC viewer.
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