Philips HDTP 8530, HDTP 8540 user manual Picture settings, Setting the power parameters

Picture settings

Check the manuals of your video equipment to know what settings you need. Your choices of picture settings will apply to all programmes, on all channels.

1Go to MENU > Configuration > Technical Settings > Video settings.

2Select the settings best suited to your needs:

•Display: select the display mode for your TV: 16/9 (widescreen TV), 4/3 (Traditional TV) or Auto (programme format will be respected - 16:9 or 4:3).

•HD Resolution: If your TV set is connected to the recorder with an HDMI cable, select the resolution better suited to your HD TV set (1080p, 1080i, 720p or 576p). If you have a standard TV set, set the resolution at 576p.

•Scart Output: if you connected your TV to the recorder with a SCART cable, select TV mode. If you connected a

VCR/DVD recorder to the SCART connector, select

Recorder mode.

In TV mode, audio volume changes and onscreen messages will be sent to the TV set. In Recorder mode, none of these operations are sent to the external recording device so that they do not affect your recordings.

•Video standard: select the video standard (PAL, RGB or S-Video) best suited for the TV/AUX SCART output.

Setting the power parameters

1Go to MENU > Configuration > Technical Settings > Power Settings.

2Select the settings best suited to your needs

•RF Loop-Through: set this parameter to Yes if you have a device connected to the RF loop-through output of the box.

An RF loop-through is used to forward the raw antenna signal coming into your receiver to another TV or receiver. Activate this option if the other TV or receiver does not receive signal.

•Aerial Power Amplification: If you use an indoor active antenna with an amplifier and if you want the recorder to supply it with power (5V power voltage -50mA max.), set Aerial Power Amplification to Yes. Otherwise, leave it on No.

•Sleep Timer: you can set the recorder to automatically switch to standby mode after a specific period of inactivity. If you activate this feature, select the desired sleep time (from 1 hour to 12 hours). By default, the recorder automatically switch to standby mode after 3 hours.

Resetting the recorder and formatting the hard disk drive

Warning

•If you reset the default settings, you lose the channels, settings and scheduled recordings you made.

•If you format the hard disk drive, you lose all the recordings saved in your recording library.

•Take care that the format of the hard disk drive can take several minutes at next initialization and is depending of the size of the hard disk drive.

1Go to MENU > Configuration > Technical Settings > Fac- tory reset.

2Enter your parental code and press the key.

3Select Yes or Include HDD Format. If you choose to Include HDD Format, the receiver will return to default settings and also ALL of your recordings will be deleted.

To cancel the operation, select No, or press the or

key.

4Press the key to confirm the reset.

5Once the default settings are restored, the recorder installation screen is displayed.

You can then reconfigure your recorder (see Running your first installation, page 14).

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