The timeshift buffer will be kept even when changing channel. when you hit pause and resume afterwards).

Orange: The part of the show ahead from your current position that is covered by time shift (meaning you can fast forward until the end of the orange bar which is the live position of the current TV program.

Green: The part of the show that is covered by timeshift (meaning you could rewind until the spot where red and green meet).

Red: The part of the show that is not covered by timeshift (the timeshift buffer starts to fill from the moment you switch to that channel).

White Arrows: Your current position in the time line.

Whenever you pause, rewind or fast forward using the timeshift buffer, a timeline will display in fullscreen TV. MediaPortal supports timeshifting, which means your Live TV stream is saved to a buffer so you can pause, rewind and fast forward live TV like a video or recorded file.

Zap channels - using the channel up/down buttons to cycle through channels and display information about what is currently airing or showing next.

- from TV Home, press the Channel button, or press Enter/OK while watching TV Fullscreen.

TV Guide - select a program current airing and press Enter/OK to view it.

There are several easy ways to change channels and select a program to watch. See Configuration > TV Selecting Channels and Programs

You can choose to automatically turn on TV and even display it full screen when entering the TV Home screen. When you select TV from the Home or Basic Home window, you will see the TV Home screen. If not, don't despair, MediaPortal provides other ways to easily get your EPG data. If you use a DVB card and can get EPG data from your broadcast signal, then life is easy.

To get the most out of TV you also need to have Electronic Program Guide (EPG) data. For all the details, see Configuration > TV-Server. Before you can watch and record TV you need to scan for channels in TV-Server Configuration.

Mediaportal tv guide setup