11The Initial Setup menu

Chapter 11

The Initial Setup menu

Using the Initial Setup menu

The Initial Setup menu is where you can set various recorder options for sound, picture, language and so on.

Some settings can only be changed when the recorder is stopped. During playback and recording these settings are grayed out in the Initial Setup menu.

Except for the Setup Navigator, menu screens are exited automatically after 20 minutes of inactivity.

•Press HOME MENU and select ‘Initial Setup’.

In the table below, the default option is marked with a •.

Tip

•Some of the Initial Setup menu screens shown in this section vary slightly depending on the country or region of purchase.

Setting

Options

Explanation

Basic Settings

 

 

 

 

 

Clock Setting

Auto

Set the channel that broadcasts a clock signal and the clock will be set

 

 

automatically.

 

 

 

 

Manual •

If there is no channel that broadcasts a clock signal in your area, you

 

 

can set the time and date manually.

 

 

 

 

Display

Set preferences for time and date display format.

The clock must be set in order to use timer recording.

Input Line System

525 System

Use for NTSC or PAL-60 recording from an external input.

 

 

 

 

625 System •

Use for standard PAL or SECAM recording.

See also About the input line system on page 74 for more information on this setting.

Power Save

On

No antenna input signals are passed through to the outputs when the

 

 

recorder is in standby.

 

 

 

 

Off •

When the recorder is in standby, all signals arriving at the antenna

 

 

inputs are passed along to the outputs.

 

 

 

Help Setting

On •

Switches on the automatic Help screens for GUI displays.

 

 

 

 

Off

Switches off the automatic Help screens for GUI displays. (Press HELP

 

 

on the remote to manually display the Help screen.)

 

 

 

Setup Navigator

Start

Select to start the Setup Navigator. See also Switching on and setting

 

 

up on page 23.

 

 

 

Tuner Settings

 

 

 

 

 

Auto Channel Setting

Next Screen

Proceed to the next screen, select select your country, then wait for

 

 

automatic tuning to complete. The channel mapping screen should

 

 

appear when the recorder is set up. Press ENTER to exit this screen.

 

 

 

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