12The Initial Setup menu

Note

You can fine-tune individual stations using the Manual CH Setting feature. See Manual CH Setting below for how to use this.

Auto Channel Setting : Download from TV

If you connected this recorder to your TV using the AV1(RGB)-TVAV connector, and if your TV supports this function, you can download all the channels that your TV is tuned to. Check your TV’s instruction manual for more details.

1 Choose ‘Download from TV’.

Initial Setup

 

 

Basic

Auto Channel Setting

Auto Scan

Tuner

Manual CH Setting

Download from TV

Video In/Out

Channel Swapping

 

Audio In

Set VIDEO Plus+ CH

 

Audio Out

 

 

Language

 

 

Recording

 

 

Playback

 

 

2 Select your country.

Initial Setup

 

 

Basic

Autto Auto Channel Setting

 

Tuner

Manual

 

Video In/Out

Channel Country

UK

Audio In

Set

 

Audio Out

 

 

Language

 

 

Recording

 

 

Playback

 

 

3 Press ENTER to start downloading.

Downloading

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Cancel

After downloading has finished, the channel mapping screen appears showing which channels have been assigned to which program numbers.

Tip

If the channel tuning information is updated in the TV, the recorder will automatically download the new information.

Manual CH Setting

The channel skip function lets you skip channels where there is no station so that as you change channels using the CHANNEL +/– buttons or the number buttons, you only change to channels that have a station.

The manual tuning function allows you to manually tune to stations, should you need to.

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1 Select ‘Manual CH Setting’, then ‘Next Screen’.

Initial Setup

 

 

Basic

Auto Channel Setting

Next Screen

Tuner

Manual CH Setting

 

Video In/Out

Channel Swapping

 

Audio In

Set VIDEO Plus+ CH

 

Audio Out

 

 

Language

 

 

Recording

 

 

Playback

 

 

Press ENTER to go to the country setting screen.

2 Select your country.

Initial Setup

 

 

Basic

Auto Manual Channel Setting

Tuner

Manual

 

Video In/Out

Channel Country

UK

Audio In

Set

 

Audio Out

 

 

Language

 

 

Recording

 

 

Playback

 

 

3Press ENTER to go to the manual channel setting screen.

Pr 1

Skip

Off

CH System

UK & IE

Channel

2

AFT

On

Level

 

Sound System

I

Name

 

Decoder

Off

Use the CHANNEL +/– buttons or the number buttons to change channels.

From this screen there are eight parameters you can set:

Skip – If you want to skip the displayed channel (because there is no station assigned to that channel), change the Skip setting to On.

CH System – Set the channel system used in your area or region.

Channel – Change the channel number assigned to the current preset.

AFT (Auto Fine Tune) – When set to On, the station is automatically tuned; set to Off to manually fine tune (see below).

Level – Set the AFT level (see above).

Sound System – Set the sound system used for the current channel.

Name – Move the cursor right then input a name for the current station, (up to five characters) then press

ENTER.

Decoder – If the current channel is scrambled, requiring a decoder connected to the AV2/AUTO START REC (INPUT 1/DECODER) connector, set this to On. (See also AV2/L1 In on page 82.)

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Pioneer DVR-320 operating instructions Auto Channel Setting Download from TV, Manual CH Setting

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