Philips VR140/07 Installing your video recorder, Preparation for use, Manual TV channel search

PROG P+

1.Press

4. Installing your video recorder

Preparation for use

This chapter shows you how to start the video recorder for use. The video recorder automatically seeks out and stores all available TV channels.

'Aim' correctly

In the following sections, you require the remote control for the first time. When using, always aim the front of the remote control at the video recorder and not at the TV.

Connecting additional devices

After you have connected additional devices (satellite receiver, etc.) through the aerial cable, switch them on. The automatic channel search will recognise them and save them.

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The automatic channel search starts.

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The video recorder does not find any TV channels during the search

*Select channel 1 on the TV. Can you see the saved TV channel on the TV?

If not, check the cable connection of the aerial (aerial socket), video recorder, TV.

*The video recorder searches the entire fre- quency range in order to find and save the largest possible number of TV channels. It is pos- sible that the TV channels in your country are broadcast in a higher frequency range. As soon as this range is reached during the search, the video recorder will find the TV channels.

2.'TIME' and 'DATE' will appear on the TV screen.

TIME --:--

DATE --/--/--

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3.Check 'TIME'. If required, please change the time with the number buttons 0..9 .

4.Check if the displayed settings for 'DAY', 'MONTH' and 'YEAR' are correct.

5.When all information is correct, save by

pressing STATUS/EXIT .

The preparation for use is now complete.

Manual TV channel search

In some cases it can occur that all of the TV channels are not found and saved during the first installation. In this case, the missing or coded TV channels must be searched for and stored man- ually.

1.Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the video recorder.

2.Press

MENU

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The main menu will appear.

3.Use

or

to select 'TUNER

PLAY B-K

STOP C-L

SET UP'. Then press

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FWD 1- B

4.Use

or

PLAY B-K

to select 'MANUAL TUNING'. Then

STOP C-L

press

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FWD 1- B

Select 'PROG.' with

or

PLAY B-K

STOP C-L

5.

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Then press FWD 1- B .

MANUAL TUNING

→PROG.P55

CHANNEL 055

SKIP[OFF]

SELECT K L CHOOSE B

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6.With PLAY B-Kor STOP C-Lor 0..9 , select the desired programme number that you want to use for the TV channel, e.g. 'P01'. Then press

FWD 1- B .

What is a special channel?

TV channels are transmitted in certain pre- defined frequency ranges. These ranges are divided into channels.

A specific frequency/channel is assigned to each TV station.

Certain frequency ranges are specified as special channels (hyperband channels).

7.Select 'CHANNEL' with PLAY B-Kor STOP C-L , and confirm with FWD 1- B . Then enter the desired channel with 0..9 .

If you set 'SKIP' on for a channel, this channel will be ignored when going through the channels with PROG P+ or PROG P– .

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