When you arrive at the channel that you want, simply wait MP changes to that channel after zap delay seconds have passed since the last press of the channel-up or channel-down button. As you skip through the channels, MP displays the zap OSD containing information about the successive channels, but without changing the channel that is currently being viewed. Zap delay (sec.) - Default: 2 You can change the channel being viewed by pressing the channel-up or channel-down button one or more times in quick succession.The behaviour of the zap OSD can be controlled by using the settings described below. To speed up channel surfing, MediaPortal offers a Zap OSD. The undesirable side effect causes the pause OSD to display the wrong information if you pause live TV immediately after switching to another channel via the TV guide. The reason for this is that a value of 0 has an undesirable side effect, whereas a large value such as 1000000 (one million) does not.

Note: if you want the OSD to remain on the screen until you remove it, it is better to specify for display timeout a very large value instead of 0. For the pause OSD, the OSD remains on the screen until play is resumed. For the info OSD, press the BACK button on the remote control, or the ESC key on the keyboard. A value of 0 means that the OSD remains on the screen until removed by the user.

Once this time has passed, MP removes the OSD from the screen. Display timeout (sec.) - Default: 0 This is the number of seconds that the OSD remains on the screen.You can also change these settings within MediaPortal see On-Screen Display Settings for more information. While watching TV or videos, you can get information on the currently watched item by opening either the TV On-Screen Display or the Video On-Screen Display.

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