Introduction

The channel manager allows you to control how channels are displayed in Kodi.

Description

In this screen, a channel can be edited as follows:

Active - Mark a channel as inactive. Will be hidden from lists and the epg
Channel name - Change the display name of the channel
Channel icon - Manually attach an icon to the channel which will display in views throughout Kodi
Activate guide - Disable guide data for the channel. It won't appear in the EPG
Guide source - Nominate where the guide data comes from
Parental locked - See... Parental locks

Refresh channel logos - Reapply the channel logos for all channels from the folder specified in Folder with channel icons
New channel - Add a new channel, but relies on the backend to allow this feature
Group Management - See... Group manager
Radio channels - Change the channel list to display Radio channels

The screen is divided into two columns:

To use:

Move the cursor to the left column using the left/right arrows and select a channel that requires editing using the up/down arrows
Once the channel is highlighted, move the cursor to the right column using the left/right arrows
From the right column, select the required action
Once an action has been performed, the edited channel will become fully highlighted, indicating unsaved changes
Repeat as necessary
Once complete, move to the right side and select Apply changes now, then OK to exit

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