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4If you are using an external receiver (such as a satellite receiver) with the supplied
•See Connecting to a cable box, satellite receiver or digital terrestrial receiver on page 18 for more on using the supplied
•Select External Receiver 1, 2 or 3, then press ENTER. (If you have just one external receiver, use External Receiver 1. You can add further receivers in 2 and 3 if you need to.)
After pressing ENTER:
•Select your reception method
(Terrestrial, Cable or Satellite).
•Select your provider (if applicable).
•Select the brand of your external receiver.
•Identify which input your external receiver is connected to.
After completing these steps the recorder will try and communicate with your external receiver and change the channel via the G- LINK cable. If the channel was successfully changed, select Yes to confirm.
If the channel did not change, select No. The GUIDE Plus+ system will try other codes assigned to your external receiver. If none of the codes changes the channel successfully, tune your external receiver to the host channel for your country (refer to step 5 below) and leave it on overnight. The recorder needs to be in standby; it will wake up automatically and download new codes from the host channel. The next day, try this setup process again:
•Press GUIDE to display the GUIDE Plus+ setup menu.
• Press | to highlight the Menu bar, then |
use | to reach the Setup area and |
select Setup.
•Continue setting up from the start of this step again.
If your external receiver still doesn’t respond to the
See also GUIDE Plus+ FAQ and troubleshooting on page 49.
5Identify the host channel for your country.
The TV listings information available in the GUIDE Plus+ system is distributed throughout Europe by selected broadcasters called host channels. It is important that the host channel for your country is correctly identified in order to receive listings information (EPG download).
Follow A, B or C below depending on your setup:
A If you are not using an external receiver, this recorder will automatically scan all channels for the host channel:
•Leave the recorder in standby overnight (do not leave it switched on).
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