It's a hobby. You'll learn, upgrade, have fun and enjoy the satisfaction.
Pub guy goes to prison.
Re: the EPG. Unless supplier provided you'll have to pay for third party support.
I use Google to look up EPG. Sky recently got rid of their web based EPG to a lot of people's annoyance but there are alternatives
https://www.cableforum.uk/board/show...php?t=33713376