Contents
01 Before you start
What’s in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Putting the batteries in the remote
control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Using the remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Disc/content format playback compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 About the internal hard disk drive . . . . . . 12 Symbols used in this manual . . . . . . . . . 13
02 Connections
Rear panel connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Front panel connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Connecting a TV antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Easy connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Using other types of audio/
video output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Connecting to a cable box or satellite receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Connecting an external
decoder box (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Connecting an external
decoder box (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Connecting to an AV amplifier/
receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Connecting using HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Connecting other AV sources . . . . . . . . . 22 Connecting a USB device . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Plugging in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
03 Controls and displays
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Common Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
04 Getting started
Switching on and setting up . . . . . . . . . . 30 For users receiving digital broadcast services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Setting up the GUIDE Plus+®
system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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05 Using the GUIDE Plus+® electronic programme guide
The GUIDE Plus+® system . . . . . . . . . . 37 Using the GUIDE Plus+® system . . . . . 37 Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 GUIDE Plus+® FAQ and
troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
06 Using the digital electronic programme guide
The Digital EPG system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Using the Digital EPG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Setting timer programmes . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Other useful EPG functions . . . . . . . . . . 57
07 Recording
About DVD recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 About HDD recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Recorded audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Restrictions on video recording . . . . . . . 61 Using the
D.TV tuners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Setting the picture quality/
recording time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Basic recording from the TV . . . . . . . . . . 64 Pause Live TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 About timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Timer recording FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Simultaneous recording and playback (Chase Play) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Recording from an external
component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Playing your recordings on other DVD players . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Initializing recordable DVD discs . . . . . . 72
08 Playback
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Basic playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Using the Disc Navigator to browse the contents of a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Scanning discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Playing in slow motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Frame advance/frame reverse . . . . . . . . 80 The Play Mode menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Displaying and switching subtitles . . . . . 82
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