Getting real use out of a seven-day programme guide
Most people use an electronic programme guide as a channel list with the time printed on it. It will do considerably more than that if you spend ten minutes learning where it hides things.
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The most common problem and the quickest fix: swap the server address in your playlist link for one of your backup hosts. Video walkthrough, screenshots for every app, and your own backup servers listed on the page ready to copy.
Open the guide →Most people use an electronic programme guide as a channel list with the time printed on it. It will do considerably more than that if you spend ten minutes learning where it hides things.
Read itA season is nine months long and the fixture list moves constantly. The people who never miss a match are the ones who spend twenty minutes setting things up in August.
Read itA large line-up is the reason to buy the subscription and the reason the first evening feels overwhelming. The fix takes about fifteen minutes and you only do it once.
Read itThe on-demand library is bigger than the live line-up and gets a fraction of the attention. It rewards ten minutes of learning how it is filed.
Read itA line-up this size is never completely static. Here is how to tell the difference between a channel that has moved, a channel that is having a bad night, and a problem in your own house.
Read itWrong listings arrive in two shapes, and the shape tells you nearly everything. A round number of hours is arithmetic going wrong between the file and your screen. Nine minutes is a broadcaster running long.
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