• Additional OTA Configuration
• Manual and Automatic Channel Matching

Additional OTA Configuration

Some OTA users will have missing channels once the setup scanning has completed. This is due to Windows Media Center not scanning the VHF frequencies during setup for ATSC signals which are the physical channels 2 – 13. For those missing channels, it will be necessary to manually add them in WMC.

To determine what the missing station physical channel is, along with what the digital channel is, it will be necessary to either look that information up, or use another source such as the tuner itself and its software package. Some resources include TV Fool, AntennaWeb, and RabbitEars

1. Select [settings]→[TV]→[Guide]→[Add Missing Channels] from the Tasks menu strip.
2. For each missing digital TV channel:
   1. Select [Add DTV Channel].
   2. Enter the digital/logical channel to add and click the [Next] button.
   3. Enter the assigned frequency (physical/real channel) and click the [Next] button.
   4. Enter the call sign of the station and click the [Add] button.
3. For each missing analog TV channel:
   1. Select [Add Channel].
   2. Enter the assigned frequency and click the [Next] button.
   3. Enter the call sign of the station and click the [Add] button.

Manual and Automatic Channel Matching

Manual Channel Matching

Individual channel matching, linking a guide channel with a lineup channel’s guide listings, can be accomplished by doing the following in the client GUI.

1. Select the lineup containing the channel listing to match from on the right side Lineup pull-down.
2. Select the channel on the right side to match FROM.
3. Right-click the guide channel on the left side to match TO.
4. Select the ‘Subscribe’ menu item.

Automatic Channel Matching

Matching an entire lineup’s channels with the guide channels can be accomplished by doing the following in the client GUI. Note that channel matching is done by channel numbers.

1. Select the lineup containing the channel listings to match from on the right side Lineup pull-down.
2. Click the Match by: [# Number] button above the left side channel listings.

Rules for Matching with the Client GUI

• The guide channels can be filtered by Scanned Sources
• The lineup services can be filtered by Lineup
• Match by [# Number] and [Call Sign] buttons are available to quickly scan the viewed lineup on the right and all viewable channels on the left
• The checkbox reflects the Enable/Disable state of the channel in the guide
• Multiple channels on the left can be selected for subscribing, unsubscribing, and deleting guide channels
• Only 1 channel on the right can be selected at a time for subscribing to a guide channel
• To subscribe a channel, at least 1 must be selected on the left and 1 selected on the right
• The labels toggle button is used to toggle between the original call signs and channel numbers with the custom call signs and channel numbers for matching.