Channel Groups

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Channel Groups 1st draft

Once correctly set up, ARGUS TV offers the capabilty of being able to receive large numbers of channels from a wide variety of sources. For most this can be extremely beneficial but it can become unwealdy to manage. Fortunately the creators of ARGUS TV have offered the feature of channel groups, whereby channels can be grouped, displayed and managed, according to the users desires. Grouping of channels is very flexible and enables users to group channels according to usage, category or rating ie HD, SD, sport, favourites, news, local, national, genre etc. Although grouping is a manual process it is extremely simple to set up and very versatile in use.

Channels groups are configured from within ARGUS TV Scheduler Console under the Channel administration section. Following the selection of channel groups in the administration section of ARGUS TV Scheduler Console the above window is displayed. Selecting the create new button will add a new channel group to the left hand panel prompting the user to enter a name for the new group. All available channels for this new group will be presented in the right hand pane. The user is then free to select either individual channels or by use of control+mouse click multiple channels. Once highlighted these channels can be added to the new group by hitting the << button. These selected channels will appear within the newly created group. Channels can be added or removed from this group by highlighting the channel and use of the >> or << buttons until the desired selection is achieved. In addition the order of the channels within a row can be adjusted by the To Top, To Bottom, Move up and Move Down buttons.

Additional groups for both Radio and Television can be added or removed as necessary in a similar manner. Channels can reside with multiple groups or excluded from all groups according to users needs.

Once the desired groups have been created the user must save his configuration before exiting back to the main ARGUS TV Scheduler Console panel. The created groups will now be available for use within the main Electronic Programme Guide's drop down selection (at top of panel), in addition the newly created groups will appear in the Channels module of the ARGUS TV Recorder Console which will assist in channel management.

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