Philips DVDR980 manual Manual TV channel search, Press System Menu, Connecting a decoder

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Manual TV channel search

You can perform a search to select and store TV channels manually. If the DVD recorder is connected via EasyLink, this function is not available.

Press SYSTEM MENU.

Select ‘Installation’.

Select ‘Manual search’.

In the line ‘Channel/freq.’ select the display for: Freq. : frequency

CH : channel

S-CH : special channel

If you know the frequency or channel of the desired TV channel, you can enter the data in line ‘Entry/search’ with the digit keys 0-9. If you don’t know the frequency or channel of the TV channel of your choice, press u (right cursor) to start channel search.

In the line ‘Programme number’ select the programme number you want, using t or u (left right cursor) or digit keys 0-9.

If you want to change the TV channel name, press the u (right cursor) key in line ‘TV channel name’.

Select the character you want to change with the t (left cursor) or u (right cursor) key.

Change the character with the w (down cursor) or v (up cursor) key.

Press OK to confirm.

This DVD recorder can receive HiFi sound transmissions in NICAM Stereo. However, if sound distorsion occurs, due to poor reception, you can switch off NICAM:

In the line ‘NICAM’ select ‘On’ or ‘Off’ with the t (left cursor) or u (right cursor) key.

If you want to change the automatic TV channel setting, select the line ‘Fine tuning’. With the t (left cursor) or u (right cursor) key you can vary the automatic TV channel setting.

Important: This re-tuning is only necessary and useful in special cases, e.g. when stripes appear on your TV screen when using a cable-TV system.

Press OK to store the TV channel.

To end, press SYSTEM MENU.

Connecting a decoder:

Switch on the TV set and select the programme number for the DVD recorder.

Select the TV programme you wish to link with the decoder function with CH+ or CH-.

Press SYSTEM MENU.

Select ‘Installation’.

Select ‘Manual search’.

Select ‘Decoder’.

Select ‘On’ with t (left cursor) or u (right cursor).

Confirm with OK.

DECODER’ apperars on the display.

To end, press SYSTEM MENU.

Sort/Clear TV channels manually

If the DVD recorder is connected to the TV set with EasyLink or a similar system, manual sort cannot be executed. In all other cases, you can select.

Press SYSTEM MENU.

Select the line ‘Installation’.

Select the line ‘Sort TV channels’.

Installation

Sort TV channels

.

PO1 NED 1

PO2 NED 2

PO3 NED 3

PO4 RTL 4

PO5 RTL 5

PO6 VERON

.

To sort

To exit press

Press

SYSTEM MENU

Select the TV channel to which you want to allocate a programme number (starting with ‘P01’) with the v (up cursor) or w (down cursor) key and press the u (right cursor) key.

Select the desired position with v or w (up down cursor) key.

To store, press OK.

To end, press SYSTEM MENU.

Time/Date

To adjust ‘Time’, ‘Year’, ‘Month’ and ‘Date’ with the digit keys 0-9. Switch between fields with the w v (down up cursor) keys.

Installation

Time/ Date

Time

09:38

Year

2001

Month

02

Date

09

To exit press

SYSTEM MENU

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