Monday, April 4, 2011

Add TV Channel Logos to Windows 7 Media Center

Are you tired of those bland channel listings in Windows Media Center? Do you wish they had nice colorful logos like a commercial DVR? Here we look at adding a bit of color and flair to Media Center Channel listings with My Channel Logos.
Download, extract, and run the installer file.


When the install is finished, go to Start \ All Programs \ My Channel Logos to open the application. As you run My Channel Logos for the first time, it will proceed to download your regional logos to your PC.
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After the Logo download is complete, the My Channel Logos windows will open. Click the Auto Populate Logos button to automatically assign logos to your channel listings.
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When finished you will see a pop-up window indicating how many logos have been assigned. Click “OK.”
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Under Merged Channel Listing, click to expand Channels without logos to see which, if any, of your channels are missing logos.
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If you have some missing logos, you can choose to manually assign your own custom 96×42 pixel .png image. To assign a custom logo, click to highlight the channel, then click on the the dark blue box under logos.
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This will pop up a browser window to allow you to browse your computer for a logo. When you’ve selected your .png image, click “Open.”
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Your new logo will now been added to the channel listings.
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Close out of My Channel Logos and open Windows Media Center to The TV listings guide and check out your new logos.
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That’s it! Sit back and enjoy the new rich, colorful appearance of your channel listings.
Download My Channel Logos

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