VcrPlus+®
VCRPlus+® Code Calculator
Notes and Limitations: This program is only good for channel number 64 or less, and requires the use of start times and durations that are multiples of a half hour. The complete coding system is a trade secret of the patent holder, see notes below.
Number mapping - many stations are listed in local papers with code numbers given, these numbers may be remapped to different channel numbers by your VCR, for example broadcast channel 41 might be referred to by channel 27 in the VCRplus codes. Check your VCR for channel guide code mapping options.
So what about cable TV channels that have names instead of numbers? Many of them have been mapped to channel numbers for use with VCRplus. The problem then is that you may actually have a local station at that channel number, separate from the cable network channel reserved for that VCRplus channel number. And, of course, your local cable TV provider has probably mapped all the channels to different numbers anyway for the service they provide. Here's a chart of cable channels I know about:
NAME NUMBER DESCRIPTION
A&E 39 Arts & Entertainment Network
AMC 35 American Movie Classics
ASN 19 Arizona Sports Programming Network
BET 57 Black Entertainment Television
BRV 54 Bravo
CNN 42 Cable News Network
COM 24 Comedy Channel
CSP 30 C-SPAN
DIS 53 Disney Channel
DSC 37 Discovery Channel
E! 63 E! Entertainment Television
ESN 34 ESPN
FAM 47 Family Channel
HBO 33 Home Box Office
LIF 46 Lifetime
MAX 45 Cinemax
MTV 48 Music Television
NIK 38 Nickelodeon
SHO 41 Showtime
TBS 43 TBS
TLC 51 The Learning Channel
TMC 58 The Movie Channel
TNN 49 The Nashville Network
TNT 52 Turner Network Television
USA 44 USA Network
VN1 62 Video Hits 1
WGN 55 WGN, Chicago
And some others this software package can't use because the channel numbers
are too large:
AT 85 America's Talking
CAR 78 Cartoon Network
CNB 74 CNBC
ES2 76 ESPN2
FX 89 FX
SCI 87 Sci-Fi Channel
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