If you watch BFBS TV via a Pace satellite receiveryou can now access a full 7-day EPG - Electronic Programme Guide - on screen at the touch of a button on your remote.

The BFBS 'Pace' satellite set top box, issued to viewers in Germany, Cyprus, and other locations in Europe and the Middle East (under the Eutelsat W3a footprint) is now able to access the EPG.

Users installing a new set top box should expect an on screen message 'Please Wait' and then 'Loading' following signal acquisition. The process can take up to 20 minutes, during which the receiver should be left alone. In particular do not de-power the receiver or disconnect the antenna until the process is complete.

To access the new 7-day EPG, press the 'Guide' button on the BFBS remote control, then use the arrow keys to navigate to the desired programme, and press 'Info' for more details. For more information please see the instructions below.

The EPG is also available to viewers who watch via BFBS digital cable systems in Germany, or have non-Pace satellite set top boxes.

For DTT viewers in Iraq and Afghanistan, the service is available at the COB in Iraq and Camp Bastion, Kandahar, Lashkar Gar and Gereshk in Afghanistan. Whether you can access the EPG or not will depend on which 'Freeview' box or USB DTT stick you have, so check your instruction leaflet.

Viewers outside the W3 footprint will not get the EPG at this time.

Instructions

All buttons referred to are on the remote control.

• Press Guide to display the EPG. The first time you do this after switching the box on, the displayed grid will take a few seconds to load up with programme titles. Afterwards, it will be instant.
• Navigate around the grid using the arrow keys. Programme titles in the past are displayed orange, those in the future yellow, and the current ones, green.
• The programme selected by the cursor is highlighted blue. If you select a programme, and then press OK, that programme (or channel if the actual programme is not on the air at present) will be tuned in.
• For more information about a programme, highlight it with the arrow keys, and press Info. To return to the grid display, press Exit or press Info again.
• You can vary how much time is covered by the display by using the volume control buttons. ( - + ). When displaying more than three or four hours, the titles will not be visible on the grid, but the title of the highlighted programme will still be seen towards the bottom of the screen. The Info button can still be used to get details.
• With the programme grid on the screen, the red button will take you back one day, the yellow forward one day, and the green return the reference point to the present time i.e. what is on now.
• To return to normal viewing, press Exit, or press Guide again.

Setting timers

You can set your BFBS set top box to "wake up" at a preset time on a preset channel so that you can record a programme.

• Important: You must also set your recorder to record at the required times, and make sure it is set to record from its "SCART" input, which must be connected to the VCR socket on the set top box with a suitable SCART to SCART cable.
• With the programme guide displayed, press blue (for "More") and a new menu will appear. Select the programme you want to record, and press 2. The details will be displayed so that you can edit them if you wish - for example to start a bit early so as to be sure not to miss the start of the programme. You can also change either the end time or the duration, and the other will be calculated. You do not need to set both. When you are happy, press OK.
• You can set the box to record multiple programmes on any of the channels, but only if they do not overlap in time on different channels. If you try to do this, a screen will ask you which one of two overlapping programmes you want to select.
• Programmes pre-set for recording will appear underlined in red on the EPG display.
• You can cancel a timer setting by selecting the programme on the EPG and pressing blue, and then 1 to "Stop Timer". Pressing 3 will allow you to see all the timers that have been preset. They can also be deleted or edited from this screen - follow the on screen instructions.
• When you've finished, you can put the BFBS set top box into standby, and it will turn itself on for the channels and programmes that you have selected.

REMEMBER TO SET YOUR RECORDER AS WELL!