14The Initial Setup menu

Setting

Options

Explanation

G-Code CH Setting

Next Screen

Proceed to the next screen to assign channel

 

 

numbers to the guide channels as necessary. Look in

 

 

your TV guide to see which channel numbers should

 

 

be assigned to which guide channels. Press ENTER

 

 

when your done to leave this screen.

 

 

Video In/Out Settings

 

 

 

 

Input Colour

Next Screen

Proceed to the next screen to set the input colour

System

 

system for the external input and the built-in TV

 

 

tuner. Use the CH +/– buttons to change the preset.

 

 

On the default Auto setting the recorder can gener-

 

 

ally correctly detect whether the input signal is PAL,

 

 

SECAM, 3.58 NTSC or PAL-60, but in some cases you

 

 

may have to set it manually if the picture is displayed

 

 

incorrectly.

See also About the input color system on page 120 for more information on this setting.

Component Video

Interlace •

Select if your monitor/TV is not compatible with pro-

Out

 

gressive-scan video.

 

 

 

 

Progressive

Select if your monitor/TV is progressive-scan compat-

 

 

ible. Check the operating instructions that came with

 

 

your monitor/TV if you’re not sure.

 

 

 

NTSC on PAL TV

On

NTSC discs will play correctly on PAL-only TVs.

 

 

 

 

Off •

Use if your TV is already NTSC-compatible.

Many recent PAL TVs are compatible with NTSC input and so this setting can be switched off. Check the operating instructions that came with your TV. See also About NTSC on PAL TV on page 120 for related information.

Audio In

NICAM Select

NICAM •

Record the NICAM audio in a NICAM broadcast.

 

 

 

 

Regular Audio

Record the non-NICAM audio in a NICAM broadcast.

 

 

(You can still switch the audio to record using the

 

 

AUDIO button before recording.)

 

 

 

Tuner Level

Normal •

Standard setting.

 

 

 

 

Compression

Use if the audio level from the built-in tuner is exces-

 

 

sive, causing distortion.

 

 

 

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