Pioneer DVR-920H About EPG download, Identify the host channel for your country

04Getting started

•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 setups 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	(cursor up) to highlight the Menu bar, then
use	(cursor right) 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 G- LINK controller, please call customer support and report the brand and model of your external receiver.

See also GUIDE Plus+ FAQ and troubleshooting on page 49.

5 Identify the host channel for your country.

The TV listings information available in GUIDE Plus+ 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).

AIf 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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BIf you are using an external receiver, you need to identify the host channel from the table below:

Country/	Host channels	Comments
Region
Austria	Eurosport
Belgium	Music Factory (TMF)
(Flemish)
France	Canal+	Analog only
Germany	Eurosport
Italy	Sport Italia	Analog only
Netherlands	Music Factory (TMF),	Use TMF if you live in
	Eurosport	Amsterdam, Eindhoven or
		Rotterdam.
Spain	Tele 5	Analog only
Switzerland	Eurosport
UK	ITV, Eurosport	ITV is analog only. Use
		Eurosport if you are a SKY
		subscriber and you no longer
		have a terrestrial antenna.

•Tune your external receiver to the appropriate host channel and leave the receiver on and the recorder in standby overnight.

CIf you use both an external receiver and this recorder as sources, follow the instructions above for setting up without an external receiver. Only if this is unsuccessful try the external receiver method.

About EPG download

•EPG data can only be received when the recorder is in standby. (When not using the recorder, therefore, please switch it into standby.) If you’re using an external receiver, leave this on when EPG data is downloadng.

•If you cannot receive any of the host channels (see the above table) then you won’t be able to use the GUIDE Plus+ system. In this case do not set the postal code in the GUIDE Plus+ setup screen. (When GUIDE Plus+ service starts in your area, set the postal code again.)

•Even if you can’t use the EPG functions where you live, you can still set VIDEO Plus+ timer recordings and manual recordings — see page 47.

•The front panel display shows EPG when receiving data. If you power on the recorder during an EPG download, the download is canceled.

•EPG data may be received several times a day. All updates are automatic.

•When downloading EPG data, the recorder may sound as though it is on. This is normal.

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