HP PL4272N - Manual (Page 43)

Changing the T
V
Settings
Changing the TV Settings 33
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 no signal.
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.
Searching for channels
In 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 press OK to begin the channel scan.
The scan continues until every channel is either found
or confirmed as 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 In 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 (Ch) button to move one
page forward or backward in the listing.
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 set the values for parental controls by TV
rating, TV content, and movie ratings.
Channel menu Options
Auto Scan Antenna/Cable
Channel List Show/Hide
Signal Strength Shows the signal strength of
a digital channel as a bar
graph.
Parental menu Options
Change Password ■ Password
■ Confirm Password
Enable On/Off
MPAA (movie
ratings by the
Motion Picture
Association of
America) ■ G
■ PG
■ PG-13
■ R
■ NC-17
■ X
■ NR
US TV Rating Table of age-based
guidelines and content
values
Parental menu Options (Continued)