User preferences for the HDD

General

This section describes how you can adjust the functions of the HDD to your personal preferences.

When you press SYSTEM MENU , a so-called puck 'Z' appears on a line.

If there are further selection options within a line, an arrow e.g.: 'S'. will

appear in the respective segments e.g.: 'W'. Using the corresponding buttons on the remote control (e.g. C ) you can call up further features or selection options.

Preparation:

•) Switch on the TV set, and if necessary, select the channel for the DVD recorder (channel 3 or 4).

•) Switch on the DVD recorder.

1Press TUNER on the remote control to switch to HDD mode.

You can also switch to HDD mode by pressing BROWSER HDD but you will not see the picture of the currently selected TV channel as a background picture.

2Press SYSTEM MENU on the remote control P The system menu for the HDD appears.

5Confirm the new setting with OK .

6Close the menu item with D .

Toolbar

SYSTEMMENU

Options

Toolbar

Audio

Zoom

Time search

Subpictures

Options

In this menu, you can choose functions for the playback of recordings (titles) on the HDD:

SYSTEMMENU

Options

Toolbar

Preferences

Set up

3Select the corresponding line using B or A .

OIf the arrow C in the puck 'Z' is visible in one of the lines, you can select additional functions with C on the remote control.

OTo return to the previous menu, keep pressing A until the top menu item is selected.

Press D to return to the previous menu item.

SYSTEMMENU

Options

Toolbar

Preferences

Set up

4Select the corresponding function using B or A , or the setting with D or C . Select the functions you want to change as described in the following pages.

'Audio'

Selection of the language for the TV show currently selected on the DVD recorder.

Some TV programs broadcast additional audio (SAP - Secondary Audio Program). In most cases this means an additional language is available. For example, if a program is available in English and Spanish, Spanish can be broadcast as the additional audio program (SAP).

To record TV programs in stereo or SAP, you can select Stereo or SAP as the default setting. This setting does not become active until the sound of a TV program is transmitted in Stereo or SAP.

When you playback the recording, you can playback the sound only in the setting you selected for recording (a recording in SAP can be played back only in SAP).

This setting only affects playback through the internal tuner of the DVD recorder. The setting for the programmed recording (Timer) will not be affected.

If you also want to use/change the language for the programmed recording, you must change the language in the 'Preferences' menu (setting 'Language').

O'Stereo'

Playback is carried out in the original or main language. 'Lang I' also appears in the display.

O'SAP'

Playback is carried out in the dubbed language available. 'SAP' appears in the display.

'Zoom'

Using this function, you can enlarge (blue function button) or reduce the size (yellow function button) of the still picture or pan through the enlarged picture using B , A , D , C during playback from the HDD (time shift buffer or media browser).

Press the red function button to stop this function.

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