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Manual Tuning

Manually tune each channel.

1 In stop mode, press [SETUP]. Select “General Setting” using [U / D], then press [ENTER].

2 Select “Channel” using [U / D], then press [ENTER].

3 Select “Manual Tuning” using [U / D], then press [ENTER].

4 Select “Position” using [U / D], then press [P].

Manual Tuning

Position

P01

Channel

1

Decoder

OFF

Skip

ON

 

 

“P01” is highlighted.

5 Select the position number you wish to use using [the Number buttons] or [U / D], then press [L].

You can select position numbers 01 to 99.

6 Select “Channel” using [U / D], then press [P].

7 Press [U / D] to start scanning.

The tuner will begin to search up or down automatically. When a channel is found, the unit will stop searching and the picture will appear on the TV screen.

You can select a desired channel number using [the Number buttons]. Refer to the following Channel Plan table and press the three digits to select the channel number.

(To select channel 4, press [0] first and then press [0] and [4]. Or press [4] and then “– – 4” appears and wait for 2 seconds.)

If this is the channel you want, press [L].

Channel Plan

CH Indication

TV Channel

01

– 10

IRA-IRJ, GAP

21

– 69

E21 – E69

74

– 78

X, Y, Z, Z+1, Z+2

80 – 99, 100

S1 – S20, GAP

121

– 141

S21 – S41

This unit can receive the Hyper and Oscar frequency bands.

If “Skip” is set to “ON”, select “Skip” using

[U / D], then press [P]. Select “OFF” using

[U / D], then press [L].

If you want to decode scrambled signals, select “Decoder” using [U / D], then press [P]. Select “ON” using [U / D], then press [L].

To store another channel, repeat steps 4 to 7.

8 After completion, press [SETUP] to exit.

To Select a Channel

You can select a channel using [PROG. / ], or directly enter the channel using [the Number buttons] on the remote control.

Notes on using [the Number buttons]:

Enter channel numbers as a two-digit number for the quickest result. For example, to select channel 6, press [0] and [6]. If you only press [6], channel 6 will be selected after 2 seconds. You can only select channels 1 to 99.

You can select the external input mode “AV1”, “AV2” or “AV3”.

To select “AV1”, press [0], [0], [1].

To select “AV2”, press [0], [0], [2].

To select “AV3”, press [0], [0], [3].

To Skip a Preset Channel

You can set the unit to skip channels. You can no longer receive or seldom watch when you access channels using [PROG. / ].

1 Follow steps 1 to 3 in “Manual Tuning” on page 23.

2 Select “Position” using [U / D], then press [P].

3 Select the position number you wish to skip using [the Number buttons] or [U / D], then press [L].

4 Select “Skip” using [U / D], then press [P].

5 Select “ON” using [U / D], then press [L].

• To skip another channel, repeat steps 2 to 5.

6 Press [SETUP] to exit.

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Toshiba D-VR17KB Manual Tuning, To Select a Channel, To Skip a Preset Channel, After completion, press Setup to exit

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