Recommended Initial Settings
Now that you have installed GetHD TIVI Mate Platform, it's time to start doing some customization.
Settings/Playlists
Go to your Playlist, click on Manage Groups, and turn off groups you don't want. It may make it quicker and easier to hide all groups then scroll though and just unhide the groups you want.
Go to Logos Prioirty, set to Prefer logos from EPG, what this does is changes the logo to what EPG you assign to the playlist or channel, it's very helpful if you are missing a logo.
You can also rename your playlist here if you want.
Settings/EPG
Go to Settings/EPG, click on Past days to keep EPG, set it to 1 unless you use catch-up. This saves past EPG information and takes up a lot of space.
Store Program Descriptions; on
Update intervals; 12 hours is good, but 24 is recommended as most EPG providers update every 24 hours.
Update on app start; on
Update on playlist change; on
Settings/Appearance/TV Guide
Preview; on
Channel Name Editor; on - This is where you can add prefixes and suffixes to be removed from the channel names to clean them up; this is explained here.
Show Channel Numbers; off - The channel numbers don't match the channels and are different in each group, confusing and unnecessary unless you only use one group, it is much easier to just reorder the channels so they are easy to find. If you want them numbered, edit the channel names with the number you want.
Settings/Player/Menu
This is where you enable/disable the buttons on the quick menu and sort them in the order you prefer.
From here you can reorder the buttons to move the Exit button to the front. This makes is easy to close our program by long pressing then short pressing the select button.
All other settings are personal preference.
Remember to always run a backup when doing customizations in case anything happens and you lose it, you can always go back to where you were by using your backup to restore to where you were.
NOTE: We all use different devices, different sound systems, different TV's, and different groups so what works great for one person, may not work good for you. When changing the settings on your program, it's best to make only a few changes at a time. Changes in things such as playback settings, audio, or video settings can drastically change the way your app works. If you make a lot of changes and it goes to crap on you, it will be difficult to determine which change is the one that messed up everything up. It's recommended to just change one thing at a time, give it a couple days, if everything is working fine, and then make another change.
