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Hookups and Settings
Connecting an External Decoder
You can watch or record external decoder (PAY-TV/Canal Plus analo gue decoder)
programmes if you connect a decoder (not supplied) to the reco rder. Disconnect the recorder’s
mains lead from the mains when connecting the decoder.
To watch the connected external decoder (PAY-TV/Canal Plus an alogue decoder)
programmes while the recorder is in standby mode, set “Standby Mode” to “Mode 2” in the
“System 1” setup (page87). If not, the picture will not appear.
Note that when you set “LINE 3 Out [LINE 1 In]” to “Video [D ecoder]” or “RGB [Decoder]”
in step 5 of “Setting external decoder (PAY-TV/Canal Plus analogue decoder) programme
positions” (page 28), you will not be able to select “L1” because Line 1 will beco me a
dedicated line for the decoder.

Connecting a decoder

TV
Aerial cable
(supplied)
SCART cable
(not supplied)
External decoder (PAY-TV/
Canal Plus analogue decoder)
to AERIAL OUT to i LINE 1/DECODER
DVD recorder
to AERIAL IN
to SCART input
SCART cable
(not supplied)
to T LINE 3 – TV
,continued