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Customise your DTR
Use the Up and DowN arrow buttons to select an option and use the LefT and RighT arrow
buttons to cycle around the available settings.
TV picture format
Use the LefT and RighT arrow buttons to choose
from 4:3 Letterbox (black bars top and bottom), 4:3
Centre Cut-out (full screen, but lost picture on left
and right), 4:3 full frame (if your 4:3 TV supports 16:9
switching, check your TV manual) or 16:9 widescreen
(for widescreen TVs).
TV picture adjust horizontal and TV picture adjust
vertical
Select these options to move the picture generated by
the DTR either horizontally or vertically so it sits centrally on your television screen.
TV SCART setting
Use the LefT and RighT arrow buttons to choose from RgB (best picture), S-Video (for
specic TVs) or CVBS for all other types. See your TV manual for the best choice, it usually
depends on which socket you connect to.
programme search
This option turns on or o the ‘Search’ facility (accessed using the ReD key in the guide) that
provides a search facility across the programme guide and recorded programmes. when
enabled the ReD key is used to access the Search screen and the whiTe (R) key is used to record
programmes within the guide. if disabled the ReD key is also used to record programmes
within the guide.
Synopsis pop-up delay
This option allows you to either turn o the synopsis window that pops-up over the guide
or video when a programme is selected, or to change the period that you wait for before it
appears.
plasma blanking
This option allows you to specify a time after which the display automatically dims. This is
important as static images can damage certain screen types.
for both Radio and plasma blanking the available settings are: off, 3, 5, 10, 20 (minutes)
TV guide Type
Select whether your box should use the freeview + guide format (8 day) or Top Up TV guide
format (14 day) TV guide.
it is strongly recommended that the main TV is connected using the SCART lead as this will
provide the best possible pictures. These instructions assume you are connected to the
main TV with a SCART lead as shown on page 6.
Setting Up