Sony SLV-X827MN manual Setting up G-CODE for satellite broadcasts

Turn on the satellite tuner.

Press MENU, then select TUNER PRESET and press EXECUTE.

Step 7: Setting up G-CODE (continued)

Setting up G-CODE for satellite broadcasts

When your satellite tuner is connected via the AERIAL IN connector, first you have to set the programme position for each satellite channel using the TUNER PRESET menu. Then set the guide channel number for each satellite channel using the SET UP CH AND G-CODE menu.

If your satellite tuner is connected via the LINE-1 IN jacks, you don’t have to set programme positions nor guide channel numbers for satellite channels. Skip the following operations.

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3 Press PROG +/– to select a programme position you want to use for watching a satellite channel.

4 Select CHANNEL SET, then press CURSOR / to tune the VCR to the satellite tuner.

The channel number displayed beside CHANNEL SET is used for receiving all satellite broadcasts from the satellite tuner.

TUNER PRESET			PROG6
SYSTEM		B / G	D / K
NORMAL / CATV		NORM	CATV
AUTO PRESET		3 0
CHANNEL SET
AFT		ON	OFF
FINE TUNING
SELECT	:
SET	:

5 Press PROG +/– to select another programme position for another satellite channel, and press the programme number buttons to enter the same channel number as the one displayed in step 4.

Repeat this step for all satellite channels.

6 Set the guide channel number for each programme position assigned to the satellite channel, following the procedures in “Step 7: Setting up G- CODE” on page 18.

Notes

•The menu disappears automatically if you don’t proceed for more than a few minutes.

•If you inadvertently entered a guide channel number, press CURSOR >/. repeatedly to reset the ”GUIDE CH” column to ”---.” ”---” appears between 1 and 255.

•The VCR does not allow entering the guide channel number, if the same number has been set.

•If you use a satellite tuner connected via the LINE-1 IN jacks, you don’t have to setup G-CODE. Just record a satellite programme using G-CODE, and the VCR automatically records the programme from the LINE-1 IN jacks.

•When you record a satellite broadcast using G-CODE, you need to select the desired channel on the satellite tuner manually.

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