3.d Channel parameters


To rename a channel (e.g. "Das Erste" to "ARD") please select the channel and choose from the channel menu the function "change data" (or double-click on the channel), then you get the channel data menu:



In the field "Name" you can now enter the name of the channel.

Furthermore you can change the transponder data (frequency, polarity, symbol rate, Net ID and TS ID), the PIDs and the Channel ID of the channel (see chapter 3.g).
For some transponder types these boxes will change. E.g. for DVB-C (cable) transponders there is no FEC and no polarity, but you have to enter the modulation.

With "PIDs" you can choose whether the PIDs are shown decimal or hexadecimal.

You can also mark channels as "scrambled", "locked", "skipped", "unwanted" or "extra" within this menu or remove these markings.

If you lock a channel this means you have to enter the parental pin to watch this channel. These channels will be marked in the channel list with a key symbol. A skipped channel is marked with an X and is skipped when you zap with the arrow keys, you can enter it directly in the receiver channel menu or by entering the channel number. Scrambled channels are marked with the following symbol:


Note: If you remove the scrambled symbol this does not mean that the channel can be watched for free. This is just the marking of the channel.

If you mark a channel as unwanted, this channel will be shown in the channel list with a grey font and will be marked with a red minus. Extra channels will be marked with a red plus.
You need those markings (Extra and unwanted) for the wish lists functions (see chapter 3.k).

Caution: If you save a settings file, all unwanted channels and transponders are deleted. And the markings for extra channels will disappear too.

In the field "Service Type" you can change the type of the channel (TV, radio or HDTV).
HDTV channels are marked with "HD" in the channel list.

Note: Channels that have the service type "TV channel" or HDTV channels only appear in the TV list, "Radio channels" only in the radio list.

With the function "mark as" from the channel list menu you can change the following properties for more than one selected channel at once. You can:
-Mark channel(s) as "(un)locked", "(not) skipped" or "(un)scrambled"
-Assign channel(s) to a service type
-Assign channel(s) to a FAV list or remove it/them from all FAV lists
-Mark channel(s) as "(not) linked", "(not) unwanted" or "(not) extra" (wish lists)
-Mark the transponders or the selected channels with all their channels as unwanted (wish lists)



Many channels are only shown in uppercase letters. To change this, you don't have to enter a new name for each channel. Simply select the channels whose name you want to change and select the function "DISNEY CHANNEL -> Disney Channel" from the channel menu.

The first letter of the individual words is never changed by this function. If mixed upper/lower case letters occur in the word, nothing is changed (example: EinsMuXx). Words with less than 4 letters are also not altered, so that abbreviations such as CNN stay unchanged.
In the file SetEdit.ini there are lists of exceptions (which can be changed) to these rules. There is a list of 10 words that are not converted although they contain more than 3 letters, (example: ESPN, CNBC) and a list of 10 words that are converted although they are shorter than 4 letters (example: "CO" so that from KRIMI&CO you get Krimi&Co).

The reasons why you might be interested in changing the channel names to lower case are that mixed-case writing is easier to read and lowercase letters are often narrower than uppercase letters, so that when you have more lower case letters in the channel name more letters can be shown in the channel list of the receiver. Channel names that do not fit within the channel list are truncated.


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