To switch on Switch on with Wi-Fi, press h, select S Setup and press OK. Select Network settings > Switch on with Wi-Fi and select On and press OK.

If all conditions on both TVs are met, you can use Multi room.

Using Multi room

First time use

When you start Multi room for the first time, switch on both TVs.

Once this TV made a connection with the other TV, the other one will appear automatically in the Browse network menu even when it's in standby.

Stream a TV channel

With Multi room, you can watch the current TV channel or open the channel list of the other TV. If you select a channel from the list, the other TV will also switch to the channel you selected. If the other TV has a build-in satellite tuner with installed channels or a connected Hard Disc Drive (HDD) with recordings*, you can also watch these on this TV. You cannot switch channels while the other TV is recording, in Pause TV mode or using Skype.

To stream and watch a TV channel from the other TV . . .

1 - Make sure the other TV is in standby* or switched on.

2 - On this TV, press c SOURCE, select Browse network and press OK.

3 - If the TV is not yet connected to your home network, the network installation will start automatically. If the TV is already connected, go to step 4.

4 - In the Browse network menu, select the name of the other TV and press OK. If you have several TVs in your home, you might want to change the name of the other TV. You can do that on the TV itself.

5 - Select what you want to watch from the other TV . . .

to watch the current channel of the other TV, select Current channel and press OK.

to open the channel list of the other TV, select Watch TV and press x (Right).

to open the satellite channel list of the other TV, select Watch satellite and press x (Right).

to open the list of recordings* on the other TV, select Watch recordings and press x (Right).

you can switch channels with CH+ and CH-. You cannot switch channels when the other TV is recording, in Pause TV mode or using Skype.

*To switch on the other TV from standby or to watch its recordings from a connected HDD, both TVs must have a type number that ends with an eight, e.g. (screen size) PFLxxx8.

TV name

To change the TV name, press h > Setup > Network settings > TV network name.

6.5

Pause TV

You can pause a TV broadcast and resume watching it later. Only digital TV channels can be paused. You must connect a USB Hard Drive to buffer the broadcast. You can pause a broadcast for a maximum time span of 90 minutes.

In Help, press * List and look up USB Hard Drive, installation for more information.

Pause or resume a broadcast

To pause a broadcast, press p (Pause). A progress bar appears briefly on screen.

To call up the progress bar, press p (Pause) again.

To resume watching, press x (Play). The icon on screen indicates you are watching a paused broadcast.

Back to the actual TV broadcast

To switch back to the actual TV broadcast, press q (Stop).

The moment you switch to a digital channel, the USB Hard Drive starts buffering the broadcast. When you switch to another digital channel, the broadcast of the new channel is buffered and the broadcast of the former channel is cleared. When you switch to a connected device (a Blu-ray Disc player or digital receiver) the USB Hard Drive stops buffering and the broadcast is cleared. Also when you switch the TV to standby the broadcast is cleared.

Whilst recording a programme on the USB Hard Drive, you cannot pause a broadcast.

Instant replay

Whilst watching a broadcast from a digital TV channel, you can easily instant replay the broadcast.

To replay the last 10 seconds of a broadcast, press p (Pause) and press w (Left).

You can press w repeatedly until you reach the start of the broadcast buffer or the maximum time span.

Progress bar

With the progress bar on screen, press ! (Rewind) or press

(Forward) to select from where you want to start viewing the paused broadcast. Press these keys repeatedly to change speed.

Specifics

The Audio Description audio (commentary) for the visually impaired is not available for playback in Pause TV or Recording.

Smart TV / Pause TV

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