Bang & Olufsen HDR 2 manual Connections, Set-topbox connection

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Connections

The hard disc recorder is designed for connection to a Bang & Olufsen television via a 21-pin AV cable. For an overview of the socket panel, refer to page 43.

Register all equipment connected to your tele- vision. This is done via your television’s ‘Setup’ menu. Refer to the Guide included with your Bang & Olufsen television to ensure proper connection and registration of extra equipment.

To connect the hard disc recorder to your television …

>Connect the socket marked TV on the hard disc recorder to the socket marked V.TAPE (or V MEM) on your television using the 21-pin AV cable.

>Connect the cable from your external aerial to

the signal input socket marked on the rear panel of the hard disc recorder.

>Direct the aerial signal to the television, using the aerial cable supplied with the hard disc recorder.

>Plug one end into the aerial socket marked TV on the hard disc recorder and the other end into the aerial socket marked TV on the television’s socket panel.

>Connect any extra video equipment, such as a DVD recorder, set-top box, or video tape recorder, to the AUX socket on the hard disc recorder with a 21-pin AV cable.

>Connect an IR-transmitter for extra video equipment to the DATA socket on the hard disc recorder.

>Finally, connect the hard disc recorder and all connected equipment to the mains. The hard disc recorder is now in standby mode, indicated by the red light in the display panel.

Any equipment you have connected to the AUX socket on the hard disc recorder must be registered in the hard disc recorder’s CONNECTIONS menu – not the television’s! For further information about how to register connected equipment, refer to the chapter ‘Preference settings’ on page 38.

Set-top box connection

You can connect a set-top box to the hard disc recorder, or to your television. Regardless of the setup you choose, you can still make manual and timed recordings of set-top box programmes.

If you connect a set-top box to the television: You can not use the replay function in the hard disc recorder while watching a set-top box programme. For information about how to connect a set-top box to the television, refer to the television’s own Guide.

If you connect a set-top box to the hard disc recorder: You can use the replay function while watching set-top box programmes.

To connect a set-top box to the hard disc recorder …

>Connect an IR transmitter to the DATA socket.

>Fasten the IR transmitter to the IR receiver of the set-top box.

>To be able to use the remote control included with your set-top box, do not cover its IR receiver entirely.

AUX

HDR 2

Connect any extra video equipment, such as a DVD recorder, set-top box, or video tape recorder, to the AUX socket on the hard disc recorder with a 21-pin AV cable.