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<blockquote data-quote="RonD" data-source="post: 914991" data-attributes="member: 117536">a couple of comments from another US MePo ATSC/OTA user. The way MePo handles channel numbers is not the way a US ATSC TV set handles channels.&nbsp;If you set SelectByIndex = On and ShowChannels = On, you see a list of channel index numbers based on your channel group (AllChannels, Favorites, etc) and is probably the more useful option since these are the &quot;channel numbers&quot; you can use to switch channels with a keyboard/remote.&nbsp;If you set SelectByIndex = Off and ShowChannels = On, you see the PhysicalChannel (RF) numbers that is not what most US ATSC users expect to see. With this setting you need to use the PhysChan to select channels and I don't think there is a way to select the SubChannel.&nbsp;On a TV set you tune the ATSC channels using the ATSC Virtual Channels (Chan.SubChan). In my SF area if I want to watch something on Fox, I use channel = 2.1 (Phys = 44), or CBS channel = 5.1 (Phys = 29), etc. Most people in the US never see or know about the PhysChan number. On my Samsung TV I use the ATSC Chan.SubChan to set channels and have to go through about 5 levels of menus to get to a signal strength view that shows the Phys channel and signal levels.&nbsp;To make life more interesting 2 of my SF area TV stations have 2 PhysChannels so when I scan I get 2 channels for&nbsp; Fox = 2.1 (Phys = 44 or 48) and 2 channels for ABC = 7.1 (Phys = 7 or 35). I get better reception with 2.1(44) and 7.1(7) and have to play games with MePo and the TV sets to make sure I'm using the better channels.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RonD, post: 914991, member: 117536"] a couple of comments from another US MePo ATSC/OTA user. The way MePo handles channel numbers is not the way a US ATSC TV set handles channels. If you set SelectByIndex = On and ShowChannels = On, you see a list of channel index numbers based on your channel group (AllChannels, Favorites, etc) and is probably the more useful option since these are the "channel numbers" you can use to switch channels with a keyboard/remote. If you set SelectByIndex = Off and ShowChannels = On, you see the PhysicalChannel (RF) numbers that is not what most US ATSC users expect to see. With this setting you need to use the PhysChan to select channels and I don't think there is a way to select the SubChannel. On a TV set you tune the ATSC channels using the ATSC Virtual Channels (Chan.SubChan). In my SF area if I want to watch something on Fox, I use channel = 2.1 (Phys = 44), or CBS channel = 5.1 (Phys = 29), etc. Most people in the US never see or know about the PhysChan number. On my Samsung TV I use the ATSC Chan.SubChan to set channels and have to go through about 5 levels of menus to get to a signal strength view that shows the Phys channel and signal levels. To make life more interesting 2 of my SF area TV stations have 2 PhysChannels so when I scan I get 2 channels for Fox = 2.1 (Phys = 44 or 48) and 2 channels for ABC = 7.1 (Phys = 7 or 35). I get better reception with 2.1(44) and 7.1(7) and have to play games with MePo and the TV sets to make sure I'm using the better channels. [/QUOTE]

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