Initial Settings
After the 1 is pressed for the first time to power on the recorder, the recorder starts Auto Set Up or Preset Download.
ATTENTION:
If you have connected the recorder to a TV offering
Before starting:
●Perform “Basic Connections” ( 3).
●Set the TV to its AV mode (with AV connection) or UHF channel 36 (with RF connection).
Auto Set Up
—Auto Channel Set/Auto Clock Set*/Auto Guide Program Number Set*
*If you select a country in Central or Eastern Europe, set the clock and Guide Program Number manually.
ATurn on recorder
Press 1. The Country Set screen appears on the screen.
● If you have connected your TV to the recorder with RF connection and the on- screen display appearing on UHF channel 36 looks distorted, perform “Video Channel Set” ( 16).
BSelect your country
Press rt to place the pointer next to your country, then press OK. The language is automatically selected for the
●If you select BELGIUM or SUISSE and press OK, the Language Set screen appears. Press rt to place the pointer next to the desired language, then press OK. Go to step 3.
● If you select MAGYARORSZÁG, CESKÁ REPUBLIKA, POLSKA or OTHER EASTERN EUROPE, press OK. The Clock Set screen appears. Press rt until the
desired time appears, then press OK or e. Set the date and year in the same way.
(Holding rt changes the time in
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CPerform Auto Set Up
Press rt to place the pointer next to “AUTO SET” and press OK or e.
●If you are using the display panel, press rt to select “Auto” and press OK or e.
●Do NOT press any button during Auto Set Up.
DConfirm/Set video channel
With RF connection
The video channel that is shown on the display 
panel is your video channel. Press OK. 
●If you have selected MAGYARORSZÁG,
CESKÁ REPUBLIKA, POLSKA or OTHER EASTERN EUROPE in step 2, “2” appears instead of “1”.
●To view picture signals from the recorder, set your TV to the
video channel.
With AV connection
Press PR – until the display panel shows “1 –
●To view picture signals from the recorder, set your TV to its AV mode.
ECheck results
If both Auto Channel Set and Clock Set have been performed successfully, the correct current time is displayed.
Turn on the TV and select its video channel or AV mode. Then make sure that all necessary stations have been stored in the recorder’s memory by using the PR button(s).
If Auto Channel Set has succeeded but
Clock Set has not, “1” is displayed.
ATurn on the TV and select its video
channel or AV mode. Then make sure that all necessary stations have been stored in the recorder’s memory by using the PR button(s).
BPerform “Clock Set” ( 13).
If both Auto Channel Set and Clock Set have failed, “–
properly. Turn off the recorder once, then turn the recorder back on again. The Country Set screen appears on the screen. Perform Auto Set Up or Preset Download again.
Preset Download
—Auto Channel Set by downloading preset data from TV/ Auto Clock Set*/Auto Guide Program Number Set*
*If you select a country in Central or Eastern Europe, set the clock and Guide Program Number manually.
ATTENTION:
You can use this function only with a TV offering
*Compatible with TVs offering
Before starting:
Perform steps 1 – 2 of “Auto Set Up”.
APerform Preset Download
Press rt to place the pointer next to
LINK” and press OK or e.
●If you are using the display panel, press rtto select “CH –
●Do NOT press any button during Preset Download. When Preset Download is completed, “COMPLETED” appears for about
5 seconds, then the normal screen appears.
BCheck results
Perform step 5 of “Auto Set Up”.
CSet video channel to off
Perform “Video Channel Set” ( 16).
NOTES:
●Depending on the area, the recorder cannot perform Auto Set Up or Preset Download properly.
●In the area where no TV station transmits a PDC (Programme Delivery Control) signal, the recorder can perform neither Auto Clock Set nor Auto Guide Program Number Set.
●If you have moved to a different area, perform “Video Channel Set” ( 16) (with RF connection), “Tuner Set” ( 13) and “Clock Set” ( 13) as required.
●If a new station starts broadcasting in your area, perform “Tuner Set” ( 13) and, if necessary, “Video Channel Set” ( 16).
Language Set
You can change the language setting manually as required.
A Access Main Menu screen, then Auto
Channel Set screen
Press MENU. Press rt to place the pointer next to “AUTO CH SET”, then press OK or e.
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