Turn on the satellite tuner.
Press MENU, then select SETTINGS and press the joystick (OK). Select TUNER, then press the joystick (OK).

Setting up VIDEO Plus+ for satellite broadcasts

When your satellite tuner is connected via the AERIAL IN connector, first you have to set the programme position for each satellite channel using the TUNER menu. Then set the guide channel number for each satellite channel using the VIDEO PLUS+ menu.

If your satellite tuner is connected via the LINE-1 (TV) connector, you don’t have to set programme positions nor guide channel numbers for satellite channels. Skip the following procedure.

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4 Press PROG +/– to select a programme position you want to use for watching a satellite channel.

5 Select CHANNEL SET, then push the joystick to ?//repeatedly to tune the VCR to the satellite tuner.

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The channel number displayed beside CHANNEL SET is used for receiving all satellite broadcasts from the satellite tuner.

Remember this number for the following steps.

TUNER

PROG 6

NORMAL / CATV

[ NORM]

CHANNEL SET

[ C3 0

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AFT

[ ON

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FINE TUNING

 

SELECT

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SET

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6 Press PROG +/– to select another programme position for the next satellite channel, and press the programme number buttons to enter the same channel number as the one displayed in step 5. Otherwise, the setting will not be memorized.

Repeat this step for all satellite channels, then press the joystick (OK).

7 Set the guide channel number for each programme position assigned to the satellite channel, following the procedures on page 18.

Notes

•The menu disappears automatically if you don’t proceed for more than a few minutes.

•If you use a satellite tuner connected via the LINE-1 (TV) connector, you don‘t have to set up VIDEO Plus+. Just record a satellite programme using VIDEO Plus+, and the VCR automatically records the programme from the LINE-1 (TV) connector.

•If you inadvertently entered a guide channel number, press CLEAR.

•The VCR does not allow entering the guide channel number if the same number has been set.

•When you record a satellite broadcast using VIDEO Plus+, you need to select the desired channel on the satellite tuner manually.

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