Using TV4PC Viewer

Enjoying TV, Teletext, and Music

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.


Selecting a Program

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.

Program Information:

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.

Selecting a Language

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.

Using the Program Guide

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.

Viewing Program Listings

(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.

Viewing by Category

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.

Scrolling the Program Guide

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.

Category Icons: TV, TeleText, Music, and Favorites

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.

The Favorites List

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.

Viewing the Favorites List

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.

Media Player Control Buttons

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.

Viewing Teletext

  1. To select a teletext program from the Program Guide, click on any listed program that is accompanied by an icon of a television with the letter T on it.

  2. After selecting a teletext program from the Program Guide, click Teletext at the bottom of the Program Guide in order to view the teletext.


  3. The Program Guide disappears, replaced by a teletext screen.


  4. The page will display as shown above. The page number (page/subpage) will be displayed in the top left hand corner of the page. Also appearing on the top line is the program name and the time.

  5. To navigate to any page, click any hypertext link. Alternately, you can use the textbox at the bottom of the teletext display. Enter the page number in the textbox and click Go, or press Enter on your keyboard. You can navigate to a subpage by typing the page number followed by a slash or a period followed by the subpage number. For example, to get to page 112, subpage 4, type “112/4 or “112.4” and click Go, or press Enter on the keyboard. Use the navigation arrows at the bottom of the teletext to backtrack or go forward. Press Guide to redisplay the Program Guide.

 

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