3.c Provider
In chapter 5.d there is a short summary of the provider functions.
It is possible to create new providers that can be used to combine channels that usually belong to different providers. This enables the SetEdit user to group channels without using the favourite lists.
To create a new provider, you have to click with the right mouse button in the provider list, you will see the following menu:

Now please click on "New", you get the following message:

Here you have to enter the name of the new provider (e.g. Sport).
The new provider is marked in red colour because it is empty.
You can also change the name of an existing provider. To do this, you have to select the provider and select the function "Change name" of the menu shown above (you can also make a double click on the provider). You get a dialogue, where you can enter the new name.
Because self-created providers are often used you can move this provider - same as channels - within the provider list. You can move it with the Drag&Drop function or while the Ctrl-key is pressed with the arrow keys of your keyboard and the keys Pos1 and End.
Now you can move channels from different providers to your new provider. It is recommended to select the satellite "all" to see all channels. Now select a channel you like to assign to your new provider and move it by Drag&Drop on the name of the desired provider.
You can also change the provider of a channel in the channel data menu, (see chapter 3.e).
Often you can't see all providers at once in the provider list, so you have to scroll the provider list. To do this while you try to drag a channel to a provider just move the mouse towards the border of the provider list, then the list will scroll towards this direction.
If you want to move many channels to one provider it is easier to fix the provider list. To do this click on the "F" in the frame round the provider list.

Now the provider list does not jump to the provider of the selected channel.
If you want that the provider list scrolls to the provider of the selected channel again, click on the "S" in the frame around the provider list.
A channel can only be in one provider. Sometimes you would like to have a channel in more than one provider. To do this you can create channel duplicates (which will have different channel numbers).
To create a channel duplicate please click on the channel you like to create a duplicate of, then open the channel menu and select "copy" from this menu. Now select the desired position of the duplicate in the channel list and select "paste" from the channel menu. The original channel and the pasted channel are now marked red to show you that this is a duplicate channel. If you don't want to open the channel menu every time you can also use shortcuts for these functions, Ctrl-C is for copy and Ctrl-V is for paste.
There are two ways to find such a duplicate later:
When you move the mouse over a channel that is marked in red, you get a hint showing the number of a channel that is a duplicate of this channel.
To find such a channel, first click on the channel list, then you can enter the channel number from the keyboard, so if you hit the key "1" channel 1 will be selected, "1" + "4" will select channel 14 etc. As with finding the channels by name, you have to enter the numbers within 3 seconds, otherwise the last entered number is taken as the first digit.
You also have the possibility of using the "Find duplicates" function. Click with the right mouse button in the channel list and select "Find duplicates" from the popup menu you get. You will see the following window:

All duplicates are shown. The different pairs of duplicates are marked in different colours. This function does not distinguish between different types of channels, i.e. it can happen that you see a pair of TV channel duplicates first and then a pair of radio channel duplicates. Relevant for this search are the transponder data and the channel ID, but not the name. If you activate the option "PIDs", the video, audio and PCR PIDs are compared too.
For the "Find duplicates" window there are the same functions as for the "Find channels" window, i.e. you can delete and move channels from this window into another list and select if the duplicates are searched on all satellites or only on the selected satellite.
To remove providers from the provider list there are three functions in the provider menu:
- You can use the "Delete all empty providers" function to delete all providers that don't contain channels.
- With "Delete" you can delete a selected provider with all channels that use this provider. You can also hit the "Del" key on your keyboard.
- With "Remove Providers" you can delete a provider from the provider list, without deleting the channels too. The channels, which used this provider, will stay in the channel list and are assigned to the provider "---".
If a provider only contains TV channels, it is shown in the provider list with a light blue background. Providers with only radio channels have a light green background colour. If a provider contains both channel types, it has a white background. Empty providers are marked with a red background colour.
When you have created a new provider with you 20 most important channels, the channel numbers will be more or less random in this provider. You have your most important channels at on glance when you open the channel menu in the receiver, but zapping is difficult. The solution for this problem is to move your new provider to the first position of the provider list, open the channel menu and select the function "sort" -> "sort channel list by providers". Now the channels are sorted in the order they appear in the providers. Your 20 most important channels for which you have created your own new provider are now channel 1-20 and in the next provider you will find channel 21 to ...
Another possibility to sort channels is to sort them by satellites (see chapter 3.b) or to sort them alphabetically or by frequency or polarity.
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