Add Color Coding to Windows 7 Media Center Program Guide

Add Color Coding to Windows 7 Media Center Program Guide

Are you looking for a way to help organize your channel guide in Windows 7 Media Center? Today we’ll show you how to quickly and easily add color coding by category to your channel guide.

Add Color Coding

Applying color coding is a cool way to help identify the content of each channel. To add color coding open up Windows Media Center and go to Tasks > Settings.

Then click on TV…

Then go to Guide…

Then Guide Page Options…

Click the check box to select Apply colored backgrounds to shows, based on their category. Then click “Save.”

Now, when you access your program guide, the TV listings will be nicely color coded.

Color	Program Category
Purple	Movies
Dark Blue	Sports
Light Blue	Kids shows
Orange/Brown	Specials
Green	News Shows

This is another nice little addition to your Windows Media Center setup that adds visual appeal and brings your Media Center closer to the true DVR experience.