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Table of Contents

General

Care and Safety Infor mation ..........................................................................................8
Setup precautions .................................................................................................................................................8
Cleaning discs ........................................................................................................................................................8
HDD (Hard Disk Drive) han dling care ..........................................................................................................8
Product Information ........................................................................................................ 9
Introduction ...........................................................................................................................................................9
Accessories supplied ...........................................................................................................................................9
Region codes ..........................................................................................................................................................9
Copyright notice ...................................................................................................................................................9
Special Features ..................................................................................................................................................10

Product Overview

Main Unit ......................................................................................................................... 11
Remote Control .............................................................................................................12
Inserting batteri es .......................................................................................................................................12

Connections

Step 1: Basic Recorder Con nections ............................................................................15
Connecting the antenn a cables ......................................................................................................................15
Connecting the video ca ble .............................................................................................................................16
Connecting the audio cab les ...........................................................................................................................17
Step 2 : Optional Connect ions ......................................................................................18
TV has only an antenna in put jack .................................................................................................................18
Connecting to a Cable Box or S atellite Receiver .....................................................................................19
Connecting to a VCR or other si milar device ...........................................................................................20
Connecting to a VCR and Cable B ox/Satellite Re ceiver .........................................................................21
Connecting a camcorder to t he front jacks ...............................................................................................22
Connecting a USB  ash drive or USB memory card re ader .................................................................23
Step 3: Installati on and Setup .......................................................................................24
Finding the correct viewin g channel .............................................................................................................24
Setting your TV channe l programs ................................................................................................................24
Setting the language .......................................................................................................................................... 26
Setting the time & date .................................................................................................................................... 26
GENERAL setti ngs ...................................................................................................................................25
LANGUAGE settings .................................................................................................................................27
DATE/ TIME settings ................................................................................................................................27

Watch TV

Control TV programs .................................................................................................... 28
Switching on to TV progra m ..........................................................................................................................28
Pause live TV function ......................................................................................................................................28
Instant Replay functi on ....................................................................................................................................28

Recording

Before Recording ............................................................................................................29
About temporary HD D storage (Time Shi ft Buffer) ...............................................................................29
Accessing the HDD (Hard D isk Storage) Setup M enu .........................................................................30
HDD settings ...............................................................................................................................................31
Default recording sett ings ..............................................................................................................................32
GENERAL setti ngs .....................................................................................................................................33
Record on Hard Disk ......................................................................................................34
Recording TV programs .................................................................................................................................. 34
Recording from a DV camcorder ..................................................................................................................34
Recording from an external d evice (Camcorder/VC R/ DVD player) ................................................35