Help: Electronic Program Guide (EPG)

# Electronic Program Guide (EPG)

Your EPG brings you a comprehensive overview on the TV and Radio schedules. You can even compare several programs at a glance.

## Display the EPG

Please click the EPG icon on the Program setup section of
's user interface to open the EPG dialog window showing the program of the station currently tuned in. Every program is characterized by its broadcasting time, duration, title, and a short information if available.

### Getting additional program information

Many programs come with extended information. Appearing as a Tooltip it fades out after a few seconds. To make it permanently visible just click the program entry. To hide it again click once more.

## Control

### Select program column

At first, the program currently tuned in is diplayed only. On the left hand side is a list containing all stations offering a scheduled EPG. This enables you to open up to six EPGs side by side and easily compare programs. Therefore, the dialog window is infinitely scalable.
Use the number squares on the left top to activate the desired column. Clicking a listed station next time will fill the active column with the corresponding EPG. The number of the column currently active is yellowed.

### TV/Radio and Favorites

Choose the stations to be listed.

Hint: When there is EPG schedule information broadcasted by the TV or Radio station it will be received and saved when the station is tuned in first time a day. In other words, only the stations of which the present-day EPG has been submitted are listed. If you're missing a certain station in the list you first have to tune in to it and wait until the EPG icon appears (can take a couple of seconds). If it does not, it is safe to assume the station does not broadcast EPG data.

### Synchronization

Use the time selector to synchronize all the program columns. Thus, you conveniently can compare several offered programs at a certain time of the current day.

### Lock/Unlock column

A left-click on the headline with the station name locks that column, i.e., it cannot be replaced by another program. This makes sense as it prevents from unintended overwriting the column and enables you to keep a certain program to compare it to others. Names of locked stations appear in red.
To unlock a column click the station name once more and it will be in yellow again. This column is activated at the same time and the next program selected from the station list will be loaded into it.

### Print

You can send the schedules to your printer. It'll output the daily program of the first column as well as all columns being locked (see above) on one sheet, starting at the time you selected.
You're enabled to print a single column individually, too. Therefore, right-click the station name (column headline) to get the entire contents of that column, including available programs of days to come, ignoring the selected time.

Hint: In the printer dialog window, select the option "Only the selected frame" (if provided) and choose the paper format (portrait/landscape) as you like.

## Capturing a program

Clicking the broadcasting time of a program calls the Timer dialog window already containing proper parameters for recording the certain program.
You can edit the record parameters (start/end time) in the dialog window. Furthermore, the name of the file to be recorded can be changed. Apply the task and Close the window.

Hint: A time controlled recording can only start if your computer is turned on at record time and when is !NOT! running. Start and end time have to be different and different recordings must not overlap. If necessary, correct the automatically generated start/end time to ensure a space of at least two minutes separating two successive tasks. The timer function is only applicable when the Windows Task Scheduler is activated.

## Revision of EPG data

As a rule, TV stations update their EPG data once a day, so collects and saves it when the station is tuned in first time a day. Sometimes stations broadcast further EPG versions in the course of the day, sometimes EPG data is absurd or missing. In those cases you can update the EPG manually: Close the EPG dialog window, then right-click the EPG icon of 's Program setup section. After a few seconds it will be visible again and you're enabled to click it to get the latest EPG revision of the current station.