Operation with the DTV menu

The TV power lamp begins flashing at three minutes before the timer start time. If you are watching TV at the time, a message appears on the screen to inform you the timer is about to start.

If the TV is in Standby, the power lamp lights orange while timer recording is in progress.

•When performing timer recording with a T-V LINK compatible recording device, test the timer recording before you record the programme. There are some T-V LINK compatible recording device that will not correctly receive the Direct Rec command from the TV.

In this case, follow the instructions of “When recording on a T-V LINK incompatible VCR:”.

While the timer is in operation:

•You can turn the TV on or off (Standby). WARNING: Do not turn off the main power.

•You can watch Analogue terrestrial broadcasting channels or the pictures via an EXT terminal.

•Please note that any programme information that appears on the screen, such as when making changes to the Digital terrestrial broadcasting (DVB-T) channel picture, will be superimposed over the picture in the VCR recording.

•You cannot change Digital terrestrial broadcasting (DVB-T) channels while recording.

Cancelling and resetting the timer setting:

Cancelling the timer setting Display the TIMER MENU and press the 6buttons to choose which timer setting to cancel. Press the 5buttons so that “Inactive” appears in the Mode column.

Reactivating the cancelled timer setting

Display the TIMER MENU and press the 6buttons to choose which timer setting to reactivate. Press the 5 buttons so that “Active” appears in the Mode column.

Aborting timer recording

Display the Digital terrestrial broadcasting (DVB-T) channel picture on the screen and press the h(Information) button. A window will appear asking if you want to stop the recording. Press the abutton to abort the recording. If you want to continue recording, press the TV/DTV button.

•If, while attempting to perform timer recording to a T-V LINK compatible VCR, the TV timer operation starts but the VCR does not start recording, the problem is with the VCR. Resolve the VCR-related problem and see “Aborting timer recording” to abort the recording. After this is done, reset the timer.

•When you are watching TV at the recording start time, you may see an error message stating that recording could not start because of a VCR- related problem. See “Direct Rec” on page 11, which lists and explains each error message.

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