User guide

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Channel Guide
The Live Broadcasts page has a list of streams and stations. The "Channel Guide" is simply
the list of stations (both custom stations and TV stations) shown at the top of the list.
Custom Stations are defined by an administrator at your site. TV Stations already have
program information provided by a third-party content provider. Other auto-discovered
streams on your network may be displayed but these do not include "programming" data and
are not considered to be part of the Channel Guide. The message "Program Unavailable" in
the Channel Guide means there is no programming data associated with the stream. It does
not mean the stream itself is unavailable. You can still click on the stream to launch it in the
preview window. The message "Sign Off" means a network TV Station (for example ABC or
CNN) does not have programming scheduled in that time slot. During "Sign Off" time, local
stations air their local content. You can perform all of the following tasks from the Channel
Guide:
• Navigate and view program information
• Play programs and record programs
• Schedule program recording
• View recording information
• View station information
Figure 2. Live Broadcasts (Channel Guide)
Note VBrick has partnered with a leading content provider, to provide news, information,
and entertainment content on the Portal Server. This is optional service that requires a
license and may not be supported at your site. The program listing includes some 80+
television programs. These programs are generally all "network" listings, such as ABC,
CBS, NBC, CNN, National Geographic Channel, etc. The programming is hosted on a
VBrick-maintained server.