Bt Youview User Manual
TV user guide
Job No. 3447
Client BT
Project BT TV G5 user guide v2 – DF
Revision 5-DR
Modied 20/01/17
Created 14/09/16
Hello
Use this guide to see what’s what with your new super-clear Ultra HD BT TV.
Or sneak a peek at bt.com/tv/welcome
Grab your remote and get going 4
The main menu 6
Watching live TV 8
Pausing live TV 10
Searching for programmes 12
Recording programmes 13
Watching your recordings 14
Players & Apps 17
BT Player, BT TV Store and My Zone 18
Help with set-up 24
Help with saving power 24
Help with Freeview 25
Help with extra channels 25
How to control your TV using your BT TV remote 26
Get to know your set-top box 27
Parental Controls and PINs 28
Accessibility tools 29
Here’s what’s in this guide Need some help?
And there’s more in Store
for you – see page 20
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FINDING DORY
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3 Welcome to BT TV
Want to contr ol yo ur T V us ing your
BT TV remote?
Sometimes it’s hard enough keeping track
of one remote, let alone two. Why not just
use one? To work your TV using your BT TV
remote, see page 26.
Grab your remote
and get going
Switch your box on or o
To nd out how to also control
your TV using your remote,
have a look at page 26.
Meet your new best friend – your
BT TV remote control. Use it to
wander around, see the sights,
pick what you’d like to watch.
Explore the BT Player
You’ll nd a huge library of on-demand entertainment, sport, lms, music
and kids’ shows, and the BT TV Store. See page 18
Open the main menu
It’s the home of BT TV and where you go to get on-demand programmes,
players, apps, your recordings and settings. See page 6
See more about a programme
For when you want more information about the show.
Pause live TV
You can pause, rewind and fast forward live TV, so you never miss a thing.
See page 10
Record
Press this to record a programme or series. See page 13
Your super-smart search tool
Use this to search across all TV and on-demand. See page 12
Open the TV guide
See what’s on and scroll back to catch programmes you might’ve missed.
See page 8
4 5 Grab your remote and get goingGrab your remote and get going
The main menu
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To open the main menu, press on
your remote
Use the and arrow keys and to
nd your way around.
Press
Back
go back a step, or to exit.
The preview bar
Below each menu item is a handy row of
shortcuts. For example: when Guide is
highlighted, you’ll see what’s on TV now.
You can then nd and jump straight to
a channel.
Press to get to this row, then use
and and to pick a shortcut.
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Manhattan
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Location, Locatio…
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Players & Apps BT Player SettingsMyTVGuide
Settings
Where you can manage your
box settings.
Guide
See what’s on, set recordings
and catch up on programmes
from the last seven days.
See page 8
Players & Apps
Find all the on-demand
players and apps, like
BBC iPlayer.
See page 17
MyTV
Watch and manage the
programmes you’ve recorded
or scheduled to record.
See page 14
BT Player
Explore the BT Player to watch a huge library of
on-demand entertainment, sport, lms, music and
kids’ shows. And remember to see what’s in the Store.
See page 18
Search
Use this handy, super-smart search tool to
nd what you want to watch across all your
channels and on-demand players.
See page 12
6 The main menu 7 The main menu
Watching live TV
To open the TV guide, press
on your remote
Use the arrow buttons to move up and
down through the channels and left and
right through the schedule. The selected
programme is highlighted.
Press when:
• selecting a programme that’s currently
on to jump to that channel
• selecting a past programme (which has
a icon) to play that programme
on-demand (this will open a player like
BBC iPlayer and play the programme)
• selecting a future programme to set
a reminder.
Press to get back to live TV.
The Guide
Subscribed lter
Use this lter to see
only the channels
included in your
subscription.
HD & Ultra HD lter
Use this lter to get
straight to your HD and
super-clear Ultra HD
channels.
Filter channels
by category
Press on your
remote and scroll left
or right to choose the
category you want.
Then press .
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Call the Midwife
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Dragons’ Den
James May's Cars of the PeopleDad’s Army
New: Big Star’s Little Star
The Jonathan Ross Show
Night at the Museum 2
Walk ing the Himalayas
The Wedding Date
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Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Skyfall
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Programme info
Press to nd out more about
the selected programme or to see if
it’s available in HD.
On now
If you’ve lost where you are, just
press to jump straight back to
now in the Guide.
Change day
Press and to skip backwards
and forwards by 24 hours.
Change page
Press P and P to move
quickly through the channels,
a page at a time.
Record
Press to record the selected programme.
If it’s a series, you’ll be able to choose to record
all its episodes once you’ve pressed .
Press twice to record the series while
watching the actual programme. See page 13
for more on recording.
Seven-day catch-up
If you see this symbol, it means the programme
is available on catch-up.
Scroll back over seven days to catch up on
programmes you might’ve missed. When you’ve
got to the programme you want, press to
get started.
Reminders
In the Guide, nd the programme you want
to be reminded about. Then press on
your remote.
To cancel a reminder, nd the programme and
press .
8 9 Watching live TVWatching live TV 9 Watching live TV
Now and next
To see what’s on next, press . The mini guide will show you what’s
coming up over the next 24 hours. Scroll up and down to see what’s on
other channels.
You can also record, set reminders and get more information on programmes
using the mini guide.
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Pausing live TV
You won’t miss a minute. You can pause the programme, rewind to catch the
bit you missed, then fast forward to catch up to live TV again.
Press to pause
You can pause live TV for up to two hours. To start watching again, press .
You can return to live TV at any time by pressing . If you change channel
while pausing, you’ll lose your paused position.
Where are you?
When you pause live TV, you can see when your pause started, where you
are now, and the programme start and end times.
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Press to rewind
Keep pressing it to change the rewind speed. To start watching again,
press . To skip back 15 seconds, press .
Press to fast forward
You can only do this when you’ve paused or rewound live TV. Keep pressing
it to change the forward speed. When you reach the bit you want to watch,
press . You can also skip forward 60 seconds by pressing .
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And there’s more in Store
for you – see page 20
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Programme
start
Previous
programme
Next
programme
Where you
started
watching
Where you
are now
The rest of the
recorded bit (you can
fast forward this)
Live TV Programme
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