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How do I get a UK TV guide on my Palm?

I want to be able to set alarms for individual programmes, and choose
which channels to display (from Freeview only). I want offline-viewing
(I can't get online on my Palm). I'm happy to pay *once*, but given that
freeview boxes get a 14-day guide for free, I don't like the idea of
paying a subscription. Is there anything that hooks into the freeview
service or similar?

I've seen and dismissed the Radio Times guide (unless they've updated it
recently) - hard to use, ugly, doesn't utilise five-way nav,
feature-sparse, requires subscription.

-z-


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In article <1h0l27q.cju0nq1srz2i7N%me3@privacy.net>,
me3@privacy.net (zoara) wrote:

> How do I get a UK TV guide on my Palm?

I don't live in the UK but if you can find a guide on the net then
create a "custom channel" with that address at AvantGo.com. Good places
to look are TV stations and major news papers.

Just checking... There is allready an AvantGo channel available:
"myDigiGuide allows you to get customised UK and Irish televesion and
radio listings on a daily basis from your choice of over 220 major
Digital and Terrestrial channels. With advanced features such as
auto-searching and favourite programme highlighting, you won't miss
anything now with this great UK TV guide!"

Here you go :-)
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Martin Bech wrote:

> In article <1h0l27q.cju0nq1srz2i7N%me3@privacy.net>,
> me3@privacy.net (zoara) wrote:
>
>> How do I get a UK TV guide on my Palm?
>
> I don't live in the UK but if you can find a guide on the net then
> create a "custom channel" with that address at AvantGo.com. Good places
> to look are TV stations and major news papers.
>
> Just checking... There is allready an AvantGo channel available:
> "myDigiGuide allows you to get customised UK and Irish televesion and
> radio listings on a daily basis from your choice of over 220 major
> Digital and Terrestrial channels. With advanced features such as
> auto-searching and favourite programme highlighting, you won't miss
> anything now with this great UK TV guide!"
>
> Here you go :-)

Here is a place for you to start looking:

http://www.radiotimes.com/content/pdamobile/

I noticed this feature over a year ago when I was still watching TV on
occasions. I also was an avid AvantGo user, but never used it as a TV
guide. It is definitely something to consider. I can't recall any AvantGo
channels that provided UK TV listings, but the last time I looked was
around 2 years ago.

All the best,

Roy

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Martin Bech wrote:
> In article <1h0l27q.cju0nq1srz2i7N%me3@privacy.net>,
> me3@privacy.net (zoara) wrote:
>
> > How do I get a UK TV guide on my Palm?
>
> I don't live in the UK but if you can find a guide on the net then
> create a "custom channel" with that address at AvantGo.com. Good places
> to look are TV stations and major news papers.

Hmmm. I don't know very much about AvantGo but was under the impression
it was a kind of offline-browser for internet content. This doesn't
seem (to me) to be the sort of thing I'm after; sure, I can see a list
of selected channels but I can do that on my laptop at radiotimes.com.

Before I jump through the hoops required to get this working (if at
all) on Mac OSX [1] is it likely I'll be able to set alarms, view a
diary of programmes I'm interested in, etc etc? Or is it just going to
be a list?


> Just checking... There is allready an AvantGo channel available:
> "myDigiGuide allows you to get customised UK and Irish televesion and
> radio listings on a daily basis from your choice of over 220 major
> Digital and Terrestrial channels. With advanced features such as
> auto-searching and favourite programme highlighting, you won't miss
> anything now with this great UK TV guide!"
>
> Here you go :-)

Not sure if that describes the desktop version rather than the handheld
version. I'll give it a go, though it will probably have to wait until
the weekend because it looks like a big job.

It looks like all my choices are subscription-only. Bah.

Thanks for the help!

-zoara-


[1] https://my.avantgo.com/register/popup_mac.html

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Roy Schestowitz wrote:

> Here is a place for you to start looking:
>
> http://www.radiotimes.com/content/pdamobile/

That *is* the place I started looking. That's why my original post said
"I've seen and dismissed the Radio Times guide (unless they've updated
it recently) - hard to use, ugly, doesn't utilise five-way nav,
feature-sparse, requires subscription."

Thanks anyway,

-zoara-

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In article <1122897572.702545.235920@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
nettid1@fastmail.fm wrote:

> Before I jump through the hoops required to get this working (if at
> all) on Mac OSX [1] is it likely I'll be able to set alarms, view a
> diary of programmes I'm interested in, etc etc? Or is it just going to
> be a list?

It is quite easy to sync avantgo on OSX with help of Mal Conduit:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/ [...] &mode=info

I haven't tried this Avantgo channel but you can preview channels in
your browser at avantgo.com.
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zoara <me3@privacy.net> wrote:

> How do I get a UK TV guide on my Palm?
>
> I want to be able to set alarms for individual programmes, and choose
> which channels to display (from Freeview only). I want offline-viewing
> (I can't get online on my Palm). I'm happy to pay *once*, but given that
> freeview boxes get a 14-day guide for free, I don't like the idea of
> paying a subscription. Is there anything that hooks into the freeview
> service or similar?
>
> I've seen and dismissed the Radio Times guide (unless they've updated it
> recently) - hard to use, ugly, doesn't utilise five-way nav,
> feature-sparse, requires subscription.
>
> -z-

Haven't tried it, but for the TV listings have you tried Plucker to
download TV Listings from any of the sites for offline viewing?

Could be worth a look until you find something more suitable.

Anything on Version Tracker?

Best of luck in your search.

Peter
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Howaret Ings wrote:
> zoara <me3@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> > How do I get a UK TV guide on my Palm?
> >
> > I want to be able to set alarms for individual programmes, and choose
> > which channels to display (from Freeview only). I want offline-viewing
> > (I can't get online on my Palm). I'm happy to pay *once*, but given that
> > freeview boxes get a 14-day guide for free, I don't like the idea of
> > paying a subscription. Is there anything that hooks into the freeview
> > service or similar?
> >
> > I've seen and dismissed the Radio Times guide (unless they've updated it
> > recently) - hard to use, ugly, doesn't utilise five-way nav,
> > feature-sparse, requires subscription.
> >
> > -z-
>
I've managed to configure Pocket TV Viewer to run with xmltv grabber
which can download *free* listings from the UK Radio Times site. The
only info it doesn't include is the Videoplus code which is a shame.
You can select exactly which channels to diaplay and group them into
favourites / genre lists etc if you need to. See www.doublebit.com but
ignore the suggestions to sign up to ZaptoIt as this isn't required for
UK.

HTH

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On 4 Aug 2005 07:07:21 -0700, judy@inhowes.com wrote:

>> > How do I get a UK TV guide on my Palm?


>I've managed to configure Pocket TV Viewer to run with xmltv grabber
>which can download *free* listings from the UK Radio Times site. The
>only info it doesn't include is the Videoplus code which is a shame.
>You can select exactly which channels to diaplay and group them into
>favourites / genre lists etc if you need to. See www.doublebit.com but
>ignore the suggestions to sign up to ZaptoIt as this isn't required for
>UK.

Any good links on how to configure PTV to work with XMLTV for the UK?

Pete

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I used

http://www.doublebit.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=493

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<judy@inhowes.com> wrote:

> Howaret Ings wrote:
> > zoara <me3@privacy.net> wrote:
> >
> > > How do I get a UK TV guide on my Palm?
> > >
> > > I want to be able to set alarms for individual programmes, and choose
> > > which channels to display (from Freeview only). I want offline-viewing
> > > (I can't get online on my Palm). I'm happy to pay *once*, but given that
> > > freeview boxes get a 14-day guide for free, I don't like the idea of
> > > paying a subscription. Is there anything that hooks into the freeview
> > > service or similar?
> > >
> > > I've seen and dismissed the Radio Times guide (unless they've updated it
> > > recently) - hard to use, ugly, doesn't utilise five-way nav,
> > > feature-sparse, requires subscription.
> > >
> > > -z-
> >
> I've managed to configure Pocket TV Viewer to run with xmltv grabber
> which can download *free* listings from the UK Radio Times site. The
> only info it doesn't include is the Videoplus code which is a shame.
> You can select exactly which channels to diaplay and group them into
> favourites / genre lists etc if you need to. See www.doublebit.com but
> ignore the suggestions to sign up to ZaptoIt as this isn't required for
> UK.

Late following up to this, but it looks very promising. Thankyou, and
thanks to everyone else's suggestions as well.

-zoara-


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