Television
Channels by Region / Programming
Channel Availability
- What channels are available in my area?
- Where can I find a description of the content offered by the available channels?
- Why doesn’t Cogeco offer certain channels?
Channel Packages
- I just changed my package to include the The Movie Network (TMN). Why have I not received a copy of Movie Entertainment magazine this month?
- What channels can I order in a Pick Pack?
- What is a Cogeco Theme Pack?
- What packages are offered by Cogeco?
Digital vs Analogue
- Are all Channels digital?
- How to receive sound in Dolby Digital 5.1?
- What advantages does digital cable have over analog?
Speciality Channels
Connection and Activation
Equipment Connections
- Cable Connections – High Definition (HD) Digital Video Receiver - DCT 6208, DCT 6412, DCT 6418, RNG 200N
- Cable Connections – High Definition (HD) Receiver - DC 550D, DCT 6200
- Cable Connections – High Definition (HD) Receiver– DCX 700
- Cable Connections – High-Definition (HD) Receiver & VCR - Pace TDC777D
- Cable Connections – Home Theatre – Motorola DCT 2500
- Cable Connections – Standard Receiver - DCT 1800
- Cable Connections – Standard Receiver – Motorola DCT 700
- Can I connect an HD/DVR Receiver to any TV in my house?
- Can I connect my sound system to my digital receiver?
- Can I use an High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) cable with my Advanced HD/DVR Receiver?
- Customer Installation Checklist
- Does a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) service tie up my phone line?
- How many other home entertainment components can be connected to my HD/DVR Receiver?
- What type of input cables are needed to connect my TV and digital receiver?
Service Activation
Digital Receivers and Digital Video Recorder-Personal Video Recorder (DVR/PVR)
DVR Recording
- Can Cogeco Cable or another company track what I record with my HD/DVR receiver?
- Can I record a selected channel at a specific time instead of selecting a programme from the guide?
- Can I still use my VCR/DVD player with the Digital Video Recorder (DVR)?
- Can I transfer a DVR recorded programme to a VHS tape?
- Can I watch a show I recorded earlier while I record another show?
- How can I find programmes that I want to record?
- How can I watch any channel while recording an analog channel?
- How do I know if an SD channel is also available in HD?
- How do I know when the hard drive of my digital video recorder (DVR) is full?
- How do I set up and manage series recordings?
- How many programs can I record with my high definition digital video recorder (HD DVR)?
- How will I know when my digital video recorder (DVR) hard disc is full?
- What does the DVR History function do?
- What is the Setting PVR?
High Definition TV
Equipment
- Do I need a Cogeco Advanced HD/DVR Receiver with a High-Definition Television (HD TV) set?
- What do I need to access Cogeco’s High Definition Television (HDTV) services?
- What kind of cable do you provide with the High-Definition Television (HDTV) digital receiver?
Using HD TV
- Are Pay-Per-View (PPV) and Video On Demand (VOD) orders available in High-Definition (HD)?
- Can I record High-Defnition Television (HDTV) programming?
- Does the High-Definition Television (HDTV) digital receiver up-convert standard broadcast signals?
- How much will the High-Definition (HD) Access Fee be?
- Is the High-Definition Television (HDTV) service available everywhere?
- What are the High-Definition channels offered by Cogeco in my area?
- What happens when High-Defnition (HDTV) content is not available on these channels?
- What is High-Definition TV (HDTV) and what are the advantages?
- What is the difference between High-Definition Television service and Cogeco’s current digital TV services?
- What types of shows can I watch in High-Definition (HD)?
On Demand / Pay Per View
Cogeco Video on Demand error codes
Equipment
How to Order/Already Ordered/Subscribe
- Can I order a Pay-Per-View event without a digital receiver?
- How can I search for Video On Demand (VOD) titles?
- How can I tell when a movie is going to be removed?/I saw a movie I wanted to watch last week but now it’s gone. What happened and can I get it back?
- How do I order a Pay-Per-View (PPV) event?
- How do I order Video On Demand (VOD)?
- How do I set up a Purchase Code/PIN?
- How do I subscribe to The Movie Network On Demand/Super Écran sur Demande?
- How many movies can I rent at one time?
- Is there a limit to how many videos I may watch in a day/week/month?
- Some of the Video On Demand (VOD) listings in My Rentals appear with a check mark next to the title. What does this mean?
- We have several receivers at home. Can I order a Video On Demand (VOD) film from one of the receivers, and access it from another receiver through the “MY RENTALS” section?
- What if I miss a Video on Demand or Pay-Per-View event that I have ordered?
- What if I watched only part of the Video On Demand (VOD) item I ordered and didn't get to watch the rest before it expired?
- Why am I unable to access Video On Demand (VOD)?
Recording
- How can I record an analogue cable show on my VCR while watching a digital channel?
- How do I record a Pay-Per-View broadcast?
Specialty On Demand Services
- How long does it take to activate The Movie Network (TMN) On Demand?
- How often will movies or shows be added to the Video On Demand and Movie Network inventory?
- I am unable to access The Movie Network On Demand – what's wrong?
- What is The Movie Network On Demand?
- What is Video On Demand (VOD) and how does it work?
Watching Options
- How do I return to watching a Video On Demand rental after I have turned to another channel?
- I stopped the video part way through the movie – will I have to start from the beginning again?
- If I get to the end of a Video On Demand (VOD) movie and want to watch it again, can I restart at the beginning?
- If I have The Movie Network On Demand, will I be able to Fast Forward (FF) and Rewind (REW) the same as with Video On Demand?
- What happens if I do not have time to watch the complete film that I ordered within the 24-hour period?
On Screen Guide (Interactive Guide Interactive )
On Screen Programming Guide
- Do I need a special TV for the digital receiver to work?
- Full Copy Manufacturer’s Guide – Interactive Guide
- How come the on screen guide doesn't include the programme that is currently being aired?
- How do I adjust the look of the Interactive Guide?
- How do I get out of a menu or a screen?
- How do I make it so that I do not have to enter three digits to change channels on my digital receiver?
- How do I set up Closed Captioning (CC)?
- How do I set up my Favourites channel list in the Interactive Guide Interactive Guide?
- How do I use the Picture in Picture feature on my TV with the digital receiver?
- The Guide/Menu does not come up on certain channels now that I have a High-Definition Television (HDTV)receiver digital terminal – why is that?
- The Guide/Menu does not come up on certain channels now that I have a High-Definition Television – why is that?
- What is the Interactive Guide?
- Why does all of the guide information say 'To Be Announced'?
- Why doesn't the TV Guide channel cover digital channels?
Parental Controls
- Can I set up my guide to not show the titles of adult programmes?
- Do my Parental Control and Purchase Code settings stay the same for Video On Demand purchases as with other features of the Cogeco Interactive Guide?
- How can I prevent my children from viewing inappropriate programmes when I am not at home?
- There is programming on The Movie Network (TMN) On Demand that is inappropriate for my children. How can I block this?
- What do I do if I forgot my Parental Control access Personal Identification Number (PIN)
Remote Control
Equipment
- Atlas OCAP 5 - Remote Control User Guide (Manufacturer’s Guide)
- Can I use the digital remote control to operate the other components of my entertainment system?
- How do I program my equipment so that my digital receiver and television both turn on and off at the same time using the same remote control?
- How does my remote control work?
- On-line Tutorial for Remote Control Atlas DVR/Day
- What is a magic eye?
- Why doesn’t my remote control respond when I press a key?
Service Availability / Subscription
Availability in my area
Billing
Cable vs Satellite
- Can I connect all my television sets to the same dish?
- Does satellite service offer the same channels as cable service?
- What would I miss out on if I chose satellite TV?
Installation / Moving
- Does it cost any more to use additional TV sets ?
- If I subscribed to Cogeco cable TV service. How are the services delivered to my house?
- The technician came to my home, but I missed him by 5 minutes. Can I call you to get him to come back the same day?
- What steps do I have to take when I move ?
- Why can't you tell me the exact time of day you will come to install my cable ?
- Why do I have to be home for Cogeco service to be installed? Can't you just hook it up from outside?
Local Programming Improvement Fund
- I didn’t know about this Local Programming Improvement Fund (LPIF) fee. You did not notify me.
- I want to cancel or speak to a supervisor concerning the application of the Local Programming Improvement Fund (LPIF) charges.
- What is the Local Programming Improvement Fund? (LPIF)
- Where can I go to get more information on LPIF?
Service Interruption
- How come when there is an outage in the area, we are not automatically credited for the time we are without service?
- What do I do if I loose my signal?
- What do I do if the signal is intermittent ?
Service Subscription
- Am I penalized if I cancel my subscription?
- Am I the only one who can change my subscription options?
- How can I return my rented Cogeco equipment if I'm not near a Cogeco storefront?
- Why do you ask me if I live alone when I sign up ?
- Why does the customer service person ask me for ID when I sign up?
Services
Troubleshooting
Audio
- How do I check if there's something wrong with my audio/sound?
- I've got the right picture but the wrong sound.
- The sound on my TV has been low ever since I hooked up my digital receiver to my television. How can I fix this?
- Why don't I have any sound?
Digital Receiver
- My digital receiver locked up and I can't change channels. What causes this?
- The wrong time is displayed on my digital receiver. How do I change it?
- There is a red light on my digital receiver. Why is it there and what does it mean?
- What do I do if my digital receiver shows 8888 on the display?
- Why doesn't the menu/guide come up now that I have an HD/DVR Receiver?
Programming
- I was told my TV has the capacity for 120 channels. Why can't I get a picture on every channel?
- I’m not receiving any channels over channel 13?
- On some of my channels, it says 'One Moment Please' but the channel doesn't come in. How can I fix this?
- What do I do if I can't get the low end channels (channels 2 to 6)?
- Why do some of my channels say 'Subscription Service'?
Recording
- How do I record a digital channel through my VCR while I am away?
- How do I record a digital programme and watch an analogue channel at the same time?
Video
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We’re proud to announce that for 4 years, including 2011, Cogeco call centres won the “Highest Customer Satisfaction” award in the telecommunications/TV category at the Annual SQM Awards, the Most Prestigious North American Call Centre recognition for Excellence in Service Quality.
