To navigate the menu system, read the on screen prompts, they do provide instructions on getting to the favourite menus and other sub windows panels.<\/p>\n
To change from current language to English:<\/p>\n
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- Turn on TV and the OCN STB.<\/li>\n
- Make sure you are viewing an OCN cable channel on the TV.<\/li>\n
- Press the following buttons on the remote and you should then see a screen similar to those below.<\/li>\n
- Press arrows keys until the yellow menu highlight is on the 5th menu on the left (second from the bottom).<\/li>\n
- Press OK or Right to select the inner menu.<\/li>\n
- Press up or down arrows keys until the yellow menu highlight is on the menu second from the bottom left corner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Press\u00a0OK or right to select the User menu, then Enter password 1234.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Press Down arrow to select User parameters, then\u00a0press OK or right to enter the sub-menu.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Press down arrow to select 4th menu item, then press Left or Right arrows repeatedly, until the desired language appears.<\/li>\n
- Press Down to get to the OK, then press OK, then Guide, Exit, and finally Return.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
To switch from English back to Chinese, the process is the same, except of course choosing the other language.<\/p>\n
I have only tried this with the larger model that has the PVR functionality. The smaller STB & remote should work the same, and hopefully there is enough help here to get you going on that model.<\/p>\n
The additional English content is mostly education or language, but there are a LOT of channels & “radio” stations, you may well find some interesting things that suit your needs, I’ve only had a quick browse!<\/p>\n
I can confirm that the EPG is lacking a lot of detail. It really only lists the timeslot and type of show, there is no episode or movie information. For example you might see when a movie is playing, but it will not say what the movie is, and then a large portion of the EPG on the two English channels is still in Chinese. I guess the VOD (Video On Demand) button will work if you subscribe to the advanced services – maybe you also get better EPG content on those channels!<\/p>\n
The PVR function does work. I did manual and scheduled recordings, and the reserve function also works (this just switches to the show instead of recording it).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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- Press Down arrow to select User parameters, then\u00a0press OK or right to enter the sub-menu.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Press\u00a0OK or right to select the User menu, then Enter password 1234.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n