for a 'wide-screen' (cinema format) picture with black bars at the top and bottom.

Virgin mode

TV Shape 4:3 letterbox 4:3 panscan 16:9

Press OK to continue

Virgin mode

Country

Austria

Belgium

Denmark

Finland

France

Press OK to continue

Installation

Autom. search

Searching for TV channels

00 Channels found

Please wait

Autom. search

Autom. search complete 00 Channels found

Time

20:01

Year

2003

Month

01

Date

01

To continue

Press OK

7Select the desired screen format position using CH- B or CH+ A . These settings will only be used if you insert a DVD that contains this information.

Which screen formats can I select? '4:3 letterbox'

'4:3 panscan'

for a full-height picture with the sides trimmed.

?

'16:9'

for a wide-screen TV set (screen edge ratio 16:9)

8Confirm with OK .

9Select the country of your residence with CH- B or CH+ A . If your country does not appear, select 'Other'.

Why do I have to select a country?

 

To call up the specific settings for the respective country, you must first install

?

the country.

0Confirm with OK .

AAfter you connect the aerial (or cable TV, satellite receiver, etc.) to the DVD recorder, press OK .

The automatic TV channel search starts. '￿￿￿￿' will appear on the display.

aThe DVD recorder cannot find any TV stations

 

b Select channel 1 on the TV set. Can you see the stored TV channel on the

 

TV set?

 

If not, check the cable connection from the aerial (aerial socket) to the

 

DVD recorder and to the TV set.

 

b Please have patience.

 

The DVD recorder searches the entire frequency range in order to find

 

and save the largest possible number of TV channels.

 

b If you have not connected an aerial, go through all the basic settings right

 

to the end and then, if you wish, start the automatic search (see 'Automatic

Problem

TV station search').

BWhen the automatic TV channel search is complete, 'Autom. search complete' will appear on the TV screen.

'Time', 'Year', 'Month', 'Date' will then appear on the TV screen.

CCheck if the time in 'Time' is correct.

ÀIf required, change the time with the number buttons 0..9 on your remote control.

Á Select the next line with CH+ A or CH- B .

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Philips DVDR 70/001, DVDR 70/021 manual Why do I have to select a country?, AThe DVD recorder cannot find any TV stations

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