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SUBSIDIARY SETTINGS (cont.)

Manual Channel Set

Store channels that were not stored during Auto Set Up

( pg. 12), Preset Download ( pg. 14) or Auto Channel Set ( pg. 64).

A Access the Main Menu screen.

Press MENU.

B Access the Confirmation screen.

Press rt to move the highlight bar (pointer) to “MANUAL CH SET”, then press OK or e. The Confirmation screen appears.

C Select the channel position.

Press rt w e until an open (Example) To store in position 12.

position in which you want to store a channel begins blinking, then press OK. The Manual Channel Set screen appears.

The blueback screen and the programme currently being broadcast by the selected channel appear alternately for 8 seconds each.

D Select the band.

Press rt to change the band between CH (regular) and CC (cable), then press e.

E Input the channel.

Press the number keys to input the channel number you want to store.

●Input “0” before any single number entries.

●To input the registered station name (ID –  pg. 69), press e until “– – – –” (ID setting) begins blinking, then press rt.

●For fine tuning adjustment, press e until “+/–” begins blinking, then press rt. While tuning, “+” or “–” appears.

●When storing a channel that sends scrambled broadcasts, press e until “OFF” (Decoder setting) blinks, then press rt to set “DECODER” to “ON” (“OFF” is the default setting).

●When “L-2 SELECT” is set to “A/V” or “SAT”, the “DECODER” setting cannot be changed ( pg. 47).

F Enter new channel information.

Press OK and the Confirmation screen appears.

●Repeat steps 3 – 6 as necessary.

G Close the Confirmation screen.

Press MENU.

●To change positions, see “Change Station Channel Position” ( pg. 67).

●If you wish to set station names other than the ones registered in your recorder, see “Set Stations (B)” ( pg. 68).

ATTENTION

Guide Program numbers are not set when channels are stored manually. If an attempt is made at timer programming with the SHOWVIEW system in this state, the “GUIDE PROG SET” screen appears; set the Guide Program numbers on this screen. ( pg. 31, “ATTENTION — Guide Program Number Set”)

Or perform “Guide Program Number Set” ( pg. 63).

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HR-S8850EU specifications

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