New to the forum and software, have some questions.

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The next thing I weil try after fixing whatever is causing the EPG data to be blank, will be to schedule recordings.

So what causes a blank EPG? Is it a setting, or a missing driver?

If you hit the 'Update EPG' button it'll probably pull in the next 6 hours or so of listings. Unfortunately that's all that broadcast with ATSC in the US, which is next to useless for PVR use. See above comment about Schedules Direct to get a proper EPG (with artwork etc).