Watch Live TV

Now that you know how easy the guide is to maneuver, let’s try to watch a live TV show. You can do this easily by simply clicking a currently playing show that you see in the guide. However, you can watch live TV in other ways too.

Use the Guide

First open the guide using any method you prefer. Click a currently playing show to watch live TV. When the show appears on your screen, open the guide again. The show you are watching will move to the background, so you’ll still be able to see it playing on your screen behind the guide.

Tip

To jump to a specific channel in the guide, press the numbered buttons on your remote control, or use the keyboard to enter a specific channel number.

To watch a different show, just move through the guide, ...

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