Philips VR150/07 Installing your video recorder, Preparation for use, Manual TV channel search

4. Installing your video recorder

Preparation for use

This chapter shows you how to prepare 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.

1.Press with P+ .

The automatic TV 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 frequen- cy range in order to find and save the largest possible number of TV channels. It is possible that the TV channels in your country are broad- cast in a higher frequency range. As soon as this range is reached during the search, the video recorder will find the TV channels.

2.The clock setting display appears on the TV screen.

TIME --:--

DATE --/--/--

END=EXIT

3.Set the time with the number buttons 0..9 .

4.Set 'DAY', 'MONTH' and 'YEAR' with the number buttons 0..9 .

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. If required, select the pro-

gramme number for the video recorder.

2.Press

.The main menu will appear.

MENU

3.Use

or

to select 'TUNER

PLAY B-K

STOP C-L

SET UP'. Then press

.

FWD 1- B

4.Use

or

to select 'MANU-

PLAY B-K

STOP C-L

AL TUNING'. Then press

.

FWD 1- B

MANUAL TUNING

→PROG.

P55

CHANNEL

055

SKIP

[OFF]

SELECT K L CHOOSE B

END=EXIT

Select 'PROG.' with

or

PLAY B-K

STOP C-L

5.

.

.

Then press

FWD 1- B

6.With

or

or

, select

PLAY B-K

STOP C-L

0..9

the desired programme number that you want

to use for the TV channel, e.g. 'P01'. Then

press FWD 1- B .

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 chan- nel will be ignored when going through the channels with P+ or P– .

I don't know the channels for my TV stations

In this case, press PLAY B-Kor STOP C-Lin 'CHANNEL' to start the automatic channel search. A changing channel number will appear on the TV screen. Continue the automatic search until you have found the desired TV channel.

8.Save the TV channel with FWD 1- B .

9.To search for other TV channels, begin again at step 5.

10.To end, press STATUS/EXIT .

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