Setting up IceTV and ShowShifter

To set up the IceTV Guide for use with the ShowShifter software please follow the instructions below. If you have any technical problems then please contact Support.

Contents

  1. Download and Install ShowShifter
  2. Download IceGuide4ShowShifter
  3. Setting up your EPG
  4. Configure ShowShifter

1. Download and Install ShowShifter

Click the link below to download ShowShifter, you will need at least version 3.10 or higher:

http://showshifter.showshiftergroup.com/download/index.html

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2. Download IceGuide4ShowShifter

Download "IceGuide4ShowShifter Setup Program" from the link below:

Download IceGuide4ShowShifter Setup Program

Save this file to a known location on your computer. This program will be used later to configure ShowShifter to access the IceTV Guide.

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3. Setting up your EPG

Choosing the channels that you receive in the IceTV Guide is done in the "My Account" area of the IceTV website. If you have not already specified which EPG you want, complete the following steps:

  1. Go to the My Account > Guide Settings on the IceTV website.
  2. Enter your IceTV Member ID and Password if asked to login.
  3. Select your Region from the drop down menu.
  4. Confirm that the channels listed are the TV channels you receive in your location and then click on the "Save Settings" button on the page.

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4. Configure Showshifter

  1. Ensure that ShowShifter is not running.
  2. Run "IceGuide4ShowShifter" that was downloaded above.
  3. Choose the option that refers to your situation:
    1. Activate ShowShifter's EPG using an IceTV prepaid card - check your ShowShifter package for this card:
      1. Select this option if you have a prepaid card you need to redeem. Click "Next".
      2. Enter the Card Number and Security Code in the boxes provided. Click "Submit".
      3. The top of the window will show a confirmation for the length of the prepaid card.
        • If you do not have a previous IceTV account then enter your details in the section for "New Customer" and click "Submit". This will create your IceTV account. Then click "Next".
        • If you are an existing IceTV customer then type in your IceTV Member ID and Password. Click "Submit" and the prepaid time will be added to your account. Then click "Next".
      4. Ensure that the box "Enable daily automatic guide updates" is ticked. Select the time of day that ShowShifter should update its guide data. Click "Next".
      5. Click "Finish" to close the application and apply the changes.
    2. I am an existing IceTV customer - activate ShowShifter's EPG using my IceTV Member ID and Password:
      1. Seelect this option if you already have an IceTV Guide subscription.
      2. Enter your IceTV Member ID and Password. Click "Next".
      3. Ensure that the box "Enable daily automatic guide updates" is ticked. Select the time of day that ShowShifter should update its guide data. Click "Next".
      4. Click "Finish" to close the application and apply the changes.
    3. Don't configure ShowShifter's EPG now - just display sample EPG data:
      1. Select this option if you want to try the ShowShifter guide without getting an IceTV account. ShowShifter will be configured to display sample EPG data only. Note that a free trial is also available which provides the full EPG data.
      2. Ensure that the box "Enable daily automatic guide updates" is ticked. Select the time of day that ShowShifter should update its guide data. Click "Next".
      3. Click "Finish" to close the application and apply the changes.
  4. Open ShowShifter. When first run, ShowShifter will download the initial guide data.
  5. Configure whcih channels are shown.
    1. From the main menu, click "Settings" (a circuit board).
    2. Click "Showguide Settings".
    3. Click "Map Channels". This page allows you to specify which guide listing to use with each TV channel. For example, the guide listing might be called "Seven", but you might want to connect it to the TV channel that ShowShifter found during the channel scan called "7 Digital".
    4. For each of the ShowGuide channels on the left, click it and then click an appropriate ShowShifter channel on the right to connect the two together.
    5. After you've clicked each of the channels on the left, and assigned them to a channel on the right, click the checkmark to save the changes (there will most likely be extra channels on the right side that are never selected).
    6. Click "Organise Channels". This page allows you to de-select channels that you don't want to see in the ShowGuide.
    7. Highlight each channel that should not be shown in the ShowGuide (only select the channels that are already ticked) and click on the third button on the right hand side of the screen. The button will be makred "Toggle visibility of selected channels". This will remove the ticks from the highlighted channels.
    8. Click the checkmark to save the changes.
  6. View the guide
    1. Click the house button at the top of the screen to go back to the main menu.
    2. Click the "Browse ShowGuide" button (a book with "TV" written on it).
    3. Click "Grid View" and you should then be able to see all the TV guide listings. Use the left and right arrow buttons at the top to change the time, and the up and down buttons to move through th elist of channels on the left.
    4. If you go back and select "Single channel view" instead of "Grid view", use the left and right arrow buttons to select a channel and the up and down buttons to change the time.
  7. Use the guide to record shows
    1. From the guide listing page, click a program to view its details and then select one of the recording options. A red dot will then be displayed next to the show title in the guide listing to indicate that it will be recorded.
    2. You can go back a page and select "Todo list" to view the list of shows scheduled to be recorded.
    3. You can also search for shows based on title and description, and then schedule them to be recorded in the same way.
    4. You can also view show information and start a recording while watching a channel in full screen mode (after clicking the right mouse button). Press Ctrl-i to switch to the show's details page, and then Ctrl-g to return to full screen mode. Or press Ctrl-n to display what's playing now and what's playing next, and then Ctrl-n again to remove it.

You should now be all setup to view the guide in ShowShifter, if you do not see this then please check that you have followed all the above steps correctly. If problems still persist you can check our Frequently asked Questions for ShowShifter or contact Support.

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