Enable the Personal Video Recorder (PVR) features in XBMC. This requires that at least one PVR add-on is installed.
Synchronize channel groups with backends
Imports channel groups from the backend (if supported by the add-on and backend). Will delete user created groups if they're not found on the backends.
Always use the channel order from the backend(s)
Sorts the channels by channel number on the server, but uses XBMC's own numbering for channels.
Use backend channels numbers (only works with 1 enabled PVR add-on)
Use numbering from the backend, instead of configuring them manually over XBMC.
Channel manager
Opens the channel manager, which allows modifying the channel order, channel name, icon, etc.
Search for channels
Instruct the backend to search for channels (if supported by the add-on and backend)
Reset the PVR database
Delete channel/epg database and reimport the data from backend afterwards
Do not show 'connection lost' warnings
Hide the warning if xbmc lost the connection to the backend (for example: if the backend service died)
Menu/OSD
Show channel information when switching channels
shows information about the current programm on this channel
Automatically hide channel information
Automatically hide the channel information that is displayed when switching to another channel in full screen mode
Close channel OSD after switching channels
Automatically close the channel OSD after selecting a channel in that OSD.
Channel information duration
Time that the information dialog is displayed when switching channels. Defaults to 5 seconds.
looked for missing icons and linked icons to channels, so they appear in the "Live TV" channel section
EPG
Default EPG window
Default EPG window to show. Defaults to Timeline.
Days to display in the EPG
Number of days of EPG data to import from backends. Defaults to 2 days.
EPG update interval
Time between EPG data imports from backends. Defaults to 120 minutes.
Prevent EPG updates while playing a TV stream
Do not import EPG data while playing TV, to minimise CPU usage.
Do not store the EPG in the database
EPG data is stored in a local database by default, to speed up EPG importing when XBMC is restarted. Enabling this option will prevent that.
Do not show 'no information available' labels
Hides "no information available" labels when no EPG data could be retrieved for a channel.
Reset the EPG database
Delete the EPG database in xbmc and reimport the data afterwards from the backend
Playback
Start playback minimized
display stream of selected channel in a small box instead of fullscreen (Defaults: yes)
Continue last channel on startup
Shows the last seen channel if switchtig to live tv (Defaults: no)
Switch channel without pressing OK
When this option is enabled, pressing a number button in full screen mode will automatically switch to the channel number that was entered after 1 second. When disabled, you need to confirm the switch by pressing ok.
Show signal quality
True to display signal quality information in the codec information window (if supported by the add-on and backend)
Timeout when starting playback
Return to the previous window and stop playback if the channel stream doesn't start within this timeout. Defaults to 15 seconds.
Deplay channel switch
When pressing channel up or down, the actual channel switch is delayed. Defaults to 0 milliseconds.