Using The Channel Menu; Using The Parental (Control) Menu - HP MediaSmart CHPTOH-0711 User Manual

Using the Channel Menu

If you skipped the Setup Wizard, or if the initial setup
did not find all the available channels, use the Channel
menu to automatically scan and find the channels. The
scan continues until every channel is either found or
confirmed as having no signal.
You can also use this menu to edit the program channel
list to skip a channel when you use the Channel buttons
on the remote control or the TV.
Channel menu
Auto Scan
Channel List
Signal Strength
Searching for channels
On the Auto Scan menu, start an automatic search for
channels by selecting the scan source, Antenna or
Cable, and then pressing the OK button. Next, select
Yes, and then press OK to begin the channel scan.
The scan continues until every channel is either found
or confirmed as having no signal. You can stop the
search by choosing the Cancel button on the screen,
and then pressing the OK or Back button on the remote
control.
Editing the channel listing
Use the Channel List menu to edit the program channel
list to skip (hide) a channel when you use the Channel
buttons on the remote control or the TV.
To edit the channel listing to skip a channel:
1
On the Channel menu, press the Arrow buttons to
select Channel List, and then press OK.
2
Press the Arrow buttons to select the channel. You
can press a Channel button to move one page
forward or backward in the listing.
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Options
Antenna/Cable
Show/Hide
Shows the signal strength of
a digital channel as a bar
graph.
3
Press OK. The TV tunes to the channel.
4
Press the Sleep button. The channel listing for the
channel now lists the channel as Hide, and the
channel is skipped when you select the channel by
using the Channel buttons.
To edit the channel listing to show a channel that is
currently hidden, complete the same procedure,
selecting a hidden channel and pressing the Sleep
button to show it.
Using the Parental
(Control) Menu
The Parental (Control) menu enables and defines
parental controls for TV and movies. Use it to select a
password, and to set the values for parental controls by
TV rating, TV content, and movie ratings.
Parental menu
Change Password
Enable
MPAA (movie ratings
by the Motion Picture
Association of
America)
US TV Rating
Options
Password
Confirm Password
On/Off
G
PG
PG-13
R
NC-17
X
NR
Table of age-based
guidelines and content
values