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Connections and initial set up

Adjusting the receiver / recorder configuration

1.Switch on your TV set, your DVD recorder, then your satellite or cable receiver.

2.Place the receiver on channel 002.

With your DVD recorder’s remote control, carry out the following settings:

3.If the main menu is not displayed, press the MENU key on the remote control.

4.Select the Setup line using the or keys, and press OK to validate.

5. Select the Installation line using the or keys, and press OK to validate.

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The Interactive setup line is already selected. Press OK.

 

6.Choose a display language for the following screens.

7.Select your country of residence using the or keys, and press OK. The Automatic line is already highlighted, press OK.

The screen which appears is a set-up screen for the allocation of input terminals

8.If you connected your devices as indicated on page 8, check that AV2-SAT-CABLhas been allocated to Satellite Receiver, or Cable Receiver otherwise change the allocation using the B key.

Note: Cable Receiver or Satellite Receiver: to connect with a satellite or cable receiver terminal on the AV2 socket of your DVD recorder (connection shown on page 8). The other settings are explained on page 6.

9.Then select the line Done and press OK.

Note: an installation window will appear. A cursor shows the progress in the set-up of the channels. When all the channels that you can receive in your area have been stored, 100 % is indicated.

Press OK.

From now on, follow on-screen instructions appearing in the various windows. If need be, refer to the additional explanations given below.

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Technicolor - Thomson DTH8555 X manual Adjusting the receiver / recorder configuration

DTH8555 X specifications

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