Digital features

The EPG menu

To select a programme for recording or timed display

1.

2.

With the EPG menu on screen, press the V, v, B or b buttons to highlight a future programme in the EPG menu that you wish to record, then press the OK button. The Timer screen appears.

Press the RED button and your VCR will automatically record the selected programme when it starts (only if your VCR has Smartlink facility), or press the GREEN button if you wish the programme to appear on your TV screen when transmission begins.

 

 

Notes:

 

 

If you do not have a Smartlink VCR, a message appears on screen informing you to set the timer

 

 

on your VCR. Press the RED button to continue, then set the timer recording function on your

 

 

VCR to correspond with the programme you have selected for recording. Press the BLUE button

 

 

 

 

to remove the Timer display.

OK

When a programme has been stored for recording, a solid bar appears in the EPG display

 

 

directly under the timer bar. This solid bar shows you the amount of time allocated to a recording,

 

 

and reminds you that you are unable to record any other programmes during that period of time.

 

 

OK

To set the Manual Timer

1.

With the EPG menu on screen, press the BLUE button to display the Timer List

 

menu, then press the RED button to select ‘Manual Rec’. If your VCR does not

 

have Smartlink, a message will be displayed reminding you to set your VCR

 

timer. Press the RED button to display the ‘Manual Timer Setup’ menu.

2.

Press the V or v buttons to select the correct date. Press the b button to

 

highlight the start time.

3.

Press the V or v buttons to select the start time. Press the b button to highlight

 

the stop time.

 

4.

Press the V or v buttons to select the stop time. Press the b button to highlight

 

the programme.

5.

Press the V or v buttons to select the channel. Press the OK button to store.

 

The Timer List menu is displayed. The event is now stored in the Timer List.

 

Press the BLUE button to return to the main EPG screen.

6.

Press the RED button and repeat steps 2-5 if you wish to store further

 

programmes for recording.

7.

Press the

 

 

 

button to return to normal TV operation.

 

 

 

 

8.

Set the timer recording function on your VCR to switch on and off to

 

correspond with the programmes you have stored for recording.

Notes on Recording and Manual Timer modes:

After setting the recording you can put the TV into its standby mode, but do not switch off completely or the recording will be cancelled. If you put the TV into standby mode, the standby indicator on the front of the TV flashes green periodically to remind you that a recording has been programmed. Once recording has started, do not change channels or switch to analogue mode or the recording will be cancelled.

To cancel a recording

1.

With the EPG menu on screen, press the BLUE button to display the Timer

 

List.

2.

Press the V, v, B or b buttons to highlight the programme/event you wish to

 

cancel.

3.

Press the YELLOW button to cancel.

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