Installation
Initial Installation
JAs the video recorder has not been preset to receive channels from your region, you have to install the channels yourself by carrying out the automatic channel installation procedure described
below.
Auto Installation
1Switch on the television.
2Set vcr/dvd/tv on the remote control to vcr a.
3Switch on your video recorder with button B(1).
ðWhen switching on the video recorder for the first time, a language selection menu comes up. Should it not appear, press key menu (13).
4With keys ▲ (7) and ▼ (9), select the language you prefer to display the menus on the screen, then validate your choice with the key ok (11).
ðA welcoming message appears. Validate with ok (11) key.
5The INSTALLATION menu appears. The Auto installation line has already been selected. Validate with ok (11) key.
6Press key ▲ (7) and ▼ (9), ) to select the country where you usually live, then validate with the ok (11) key.
J Your video recorder comes with the NexTView Link feature. This function simplifies the channel installation procedure, dowloading them from a TV set fitted with the NexTView Link or similar feature (Easy Link, Smart Link, Megalogic, etc.) and already installed. The channels downloaded in this way preserve the same properties as your TV set (same number, same name, etc.).
ðIf your TV set is fitted with the NexTView Link function or similar, the video recorder automatically initiates channel download once you have selected the country. You can view channel download on the video recorder display (Pr1, Pr2,...). On completion of download, the video recorder switches over to standby. Channel installation is finished.
ðWhen your television set is not fitted with the NexTView Link or any similar feature, a message tells you that your video recorder is searching and storing the channels you can receive in your region. Keep patient until a message informs you that your channels are stored.
7Press key ok (11) to confirm your channels.
8a If the proposed channel number matches the displayed picture, press ok (11) to pass on to the next channel.
8b If the proposed channel number does not correspond to the picture that you see, scroll the channels with the C(10) or B(8) keys. Validate with ok (11) key.
9When all the channels have been confirmed, press exit (12) to leave the menu.
New or encoded channel
JTo complete the installation of your video recorder when the automatic channel installation has not stored all of the channels or when you wish to store a new channel.
1With the menu (13) key, call up the SUMMARY menu.
2Press the ▼ key to select the Installation line, then validate with ok (11) key.
3The Manual set up line is already selected. Press ok (11).
ð The MANUAL SET UP menu comes up. The Standard line is selected.
4Press C(10) or B(8) to choose the reception standard.
4L When the picture of a channel is of poor quality or encoded, try out the fine tuning feature. 
Refer to New or encoded channel, step 7.