Pioneer PDP-5080HD operating instructions Tuner Setup, Setting up TV channels

Tuner Setup 09

Chapter 9

Tuner Setup

Setting up TV channels

This section describes how to search and set up TV channels that you can watch under the current conditions. Unless you set up TV channels using Auto Channel Preset, you may not be able to tune in those channels.

Using Auto Channel Preset

Auto Channel Preset automatically searches and sets up TV channels.

1Press HOME MENU.

2Select “Tuner Setup” (/ then ENTER).

3Select “Channel Setup” (/ then ENTER).

4Select “Ant. A” or “Ant. B” (/ then ENTER).

5Select “Auto Channel Preset” (/ then ENTER).

6Select “Air” or “Cable” (/ then ENTER).

	Channel Setup	Ant. A	Auto Ch. Preset	Cable
	Ant. A	Auto Channel Preset	Air	2.0	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
			Cable		xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
				4.0	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
				6.0
	Enter Begin Preset			D Cancel	Home Menu Exit
• Channel search automatically starts.
	Channel Setup	Ant. A	Auto Ch. Preset	Cable
	Ant. A	Auto Channel Preset	• Cable	One Moment Please …	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
					xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
					xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
		D Cancel			Home Menu Exit

• To quit Auto Channel Preset halfway, press D.

7After Auto Channel Preset has been finished, press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

•When using the Cable Converter, you may need to manually add Cable Converter output channels.

•When an inserted CableCARD™ is functioning, you can execute Auto Channel Preset by selecting “Ant.B” in step 4.

Setting for skipping unwanted channels

From among TV channels searched and set up using Auto Channel Preset, you can select channels to be skipped when CH+/- are operated.

1Press HOME MENU.

2Select “Tuner Setup” (/ then ENTER).

3Select “Channel Setup” (/ then ENTER).

4Select “Ant. A” or “Ant. B” (/ then ENTER).

5Select “Channel Keep/Skip” (/ then ENTER).

6Select a channel to be skipped (/ then ENTER).

Channel Setup	Ant. A	Channel Keep/Skip
Ant. A	Channel Keep/Skip		xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
		2.0	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
		4.0	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
		6.0
			Home Menu Exit

• For the skipped channel, a check mark disappears.

7Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

•To restore skipped channels, use the above procedure except that you select a skipped channel in step 6.

•When using the Cable Converter, you may need to manually add Cable Converter output channels.

Setting up TV channels manually

This section describes how to manually set up TV channels that have not been set up by Auto Channel Preset.

1Press HOME MENU.

2Select “Tuner Setup” (/ then ENTER).

3Select “Channel Setup” (/ then ENTER).

4Select “Ant. A” or “Ant. B” (/ then ENTER).

5Select “Add Channel” (/ then ENTER).

6Select a channel number to be added (/ then ENTER).

• You can also use buttons 0 to 9 to enter a channel number.

Channel Setup	Ant. A	Add Channel
Ant. A	Add Channel		xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
		000	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
		1	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Home Menu Exit

•After ENTER has been pressed, a confirmation screen appears.

7Press A to complete the setup process.

8Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

•Adding channels manually is for adding analog channels only. Digital channels cannot be added.

Checking signal strength

When you have selected antenna A, you can check the current channel’s signal strength. You may use this function when receiving a channel through a VHF/UHF antenna.

1Press HOME MENU.

2Select “Tuner Setup” (/ then ENTER).

3Select “Channel Setup” (/ then ENTER).

4Select “Ant. A” (/ then ENTER).

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