Instructions for using TV Listings

Here’s how it works. Pressing 8 on the NFB-NEWSLINE^® menu will bring you into TV listings.

Then, you must tell us where you are located and how you receive your television signal. Go through the prompts and enter your zip code, then select your service provider from the menu. Then select your time zone.

After you do these steps, NFB-NEWSLINE^® will retrieve your programming information. It will start at the first channel in your lineup. You then must navigate through the listings by pressing different commands on the keypad. For help with these commands at any time, press the pound key.

Pressing 1 will go back one channel

Pressing 3 will go forward one channel.

Pressing 2 will allow you to jump to a different time, date or channel.

Pressing 4 goes back in time to the previous program on the current channel.

Pressing 6 goes forward to the next program on the current channel.

Pressing 7 slows down the speaking speed, and pressing 9 speeds up the speaking sound as it does in newspaper articles.

Pressing 0 also pauses for 60 seconds as usual.

Remember to press the pound key for help at any time with these features. After you press the pound key, you must press the numbers on your keypad to find out what function they perform.

At the first menu in the TV listings, you can press 5 to create your favorite channels list. The system will then bring up your channel lineup that you have selected. You can then navigate through to the channels to find the favorite ones you wish to add by pressing 1 and 3. Pressing 4 will add the channel to your favorite channels list. At this point, you will be prompted to keep the channel number assignment or to change it.

For those of you who receive your television signal with an antenna, you can retrieve your listings. However, you will need to create a Favorites List in order to assign the proper channel number to your channel. Listen for the call letters of your local channel and then add that channel to your Favorites List. You will then have the opportunity to assign a number to that channel.

If you have a satellite company for your service provider the local antennae channels will be imported into the beginning of your lineup automatically. You can also do a Favorites List to assign a channel number to these channels. 

We, at NFB-NEWSLINE^®, are very pleased to add this new feature to the service and we hope you enjoy it. If you have any questions, please contact your state sponsor or call the national office toll free at 866-504-7300.