Audiovox FPE4216P - Manuel (Page 22)

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Channel Selection
Information about USA channel numbering
Using the Channel up/down buttons (CH+ or CH-)
Press the CH+ or CH- to cycle among available channels found.
Using the direct select buttons (0-9 and dash buttons)
Press the number buttons (0-9) and the dash button (-) to go directly to a channel.
For example, if you want to select channel 8-3, just key in ‘8’, ‘-’, ‘3’ on the remote control.
=When you use the number buttons, you can directly select any channel within the channel range .
=In some situations virtual channel numbers have no correspondence to physical frequencies.
Note:
Using the button
Press this button to switch between the current channel and the last viewed channel.
Channel Selection
=ATSC PSIP channel has two part channel number:
— Major channel number Þ Frequency
— Minor channel number Þ Sub channel on frequency
=In USA, the major channel number is same for both analog and digital frequencies. (It is equal to the NTSC
channel number for existing broadcasters.)
=In USA, a minor channel number of zero is used for a broadcaster’s analog channel.
Channel Numbering Example
=Original NTSC Channels for Des Moines:
— 5, 8, 11, 13, 17
=Possible NTSC + ATSC Channels for Des Moines:
— 5-0, 8-0, 11-0, 13-0, 17-0 (channel numbers for existing analog channels, all on original NTSC analog
frequencies)
— 5-1, 5-2, 8-1, 8-2, 8-3,8-4, 13-1 (channel numbers for digital channels on three new digital frequencies)