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Chapter 15
The Initial Setup menu
Using the Initial Setup menu
The Initial Setup menu is where you can set various recorder options for sound, picture, language and so on.
Some settings can only be changed when the recorder is stopped. During playback and recording these settings are grayed out in the Initial Setup menu.
Except for the Setup Navigator, menu screens are exited automatically after 20 minutes of inactivity.
•Press HOME MENU and select ‘Initial Setup’.
In the table below, the default option is marked with a •.
Setting | Options | Explanation |
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Clock Setting | Auto | Set the channel that broadcasts a clock signal and the clock will be set |
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| Manual • | If there is no channel that broadcasts a clock signal in your area, you can set |
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| the time and date manually. |
•If any digital TV channels are set then the clock will automatically be set.
•The clock must be set in order to use timer recording.
Input Line System | 525 System | Use for NTSC or |
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| 625 System • | Use for standard PAL or SECAM recording. |
•This setting is applicable only when recording from an external input.
•See also About the input line system on page 146 for more information on this setting.
Power Save | Mode 1 | Only signals arriving at the antenna input are passed through to the antenna |
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| Mode 2 | No input signals are passed through to the outputs when the recorder is in |
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| Off • | When the recorder is in standby, all signals arriving at the SCART and |
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| antenna inputs are passed along to the outputs. |
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HELP Setting | On • | Switches on the automatic Help screens for GUI displays. |
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| Off | Switches off the automatic Help screens for GUI displays. (Press HELP on |
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EPG Type Select | GUIDE Plus+ | Use the Gemstar GUIDE Plus+ EPG. |
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| Digital EPG | Use the EPG based on information provided by D.TV broadcasts. |
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Setup Navigator | Start | Select to start the Setup Navigator. See also Switching on and setting up on |
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Digital Tuner |
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Replace Channels | Next Screen | Scans for digital channels and replaces all the channel presets with the |
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| results. Before the scan starts you will need to select your country. |
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| After the scan is complete the recorder tells you whether any new channels |
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| were found, and if so, how many. |
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| (You can cancel the scan before it has finished by pressing HOME MENU or |
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| RETURN/EXIT. In this case, no channels are set.) |
If you execute a Replace Channels command, any timer recordings set for D.TV channels will be erased.
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