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Table of Contents

General

Care and Safety I nformation ..........................................................................................8
Setup precaution s ................................................................................................................................................. 8
Cleaning discs ........................................................................................................................................................8
Hard Disk Drive (HDD) ha ndling care...........................................................................................................8
Energy saving mes sage ........................................................................................................................................8
Product Informatio n .......................................................................................................9
Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................... 9
Accessories supplie d ...........................................................................................................................................9
Region codes ..........................................................................................................................................................9
Special features ............................................................................................................................................10~11

Product Overview

Remote Control ........................................................................................................12~14
Using the remote cont rol ................................................................................................................................14
Main Unit ......................................................................................................................... 15

Connections & Setup

Step 1: Basic Recorder Co nnections ......................................................................16~20
Connecting the ant enna cables ................................................................................................................16-17
Connecting the vide o/audio cables .......................................................................................................18~20
Step 2: Optional C onnections .................................................................................21~25
Connecting to a Cabl e Box or Satellite Receive r .....................................................................................21
Connecting to a VCR or ot her similar device ...........................................................................................22
Connecting to a VCR and Ca ble Box/Satelli te Receiver .........................................................................23
Connecting to an AV ampli  er/receiver ......................................................................................................24
Connecting to digi tal input .............................................................................................................................24
Connecting to a camc order ...........................................................................................................................25
Step 3: Installation and Set-up ................................................................................26~27

Watch TV

Control TV Progra mmes .......................................................................................28 ~30
Viewing live TV................................................................................................................................................... 28
About Time Shift b uffer - temporar y HDD storage .......................................................................28~29
Pause live TV functi on ......................................................................................................................................30
Instant replay fun ction .....................................................................................................................................30
FlexTime function ..............................................................................................................................................30
Watching digital T V broadcast ......................................................................................................................30
Using the toolbar op tions ................................................................................................................................31

Main Menu

Using the Home menu .............................................................................................32~33
About the Home menu .....................................................................................................................................32
Viewing media inform ation ..............................................................................................................................33

Recording

Before Recording ......................................................................................................34~37
Recording media ................................................................................................................................................34
Default recording se ttings .......................................................................................................................35~37
Record TV Programme s .........................................................................................38 ~44
Record current TV progr amme ....................................................................................................................38
Record a speci c section of TV programmes ..........................................................................................3 8
Simultaneous rec ord and play function ........................................................................................................39
Automatic recordin g from Satellite Receive r ............................................................................................ 40
About timer recordin g ......................................................................................................................................41
Timer recording (ShowV iew system) ...................................................................................................41~42
Timer recording (manua lly) .....................................................................................................................42~43
Changing/Dele ting a scheduled recordin g ..................................................................................................44
Record from externa l devices ................................................................................45~47
Recording from an exter nal device (Camcorder/ VCR/DVD player) ..................................................45
Recording from a DV Camcorder .........................................................................................................46 ~47