Installing your video recorder, Initial installation, Allocating a decoder – Philips VR605A/58 User Manual
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Initial installation
a
Confirm the picture on the TV screen with
OK
on the
remote control.
b
Select the language for the on-screen display (OSD) with
rP =
or
;P q
.
The display on the video recorder will only show english
text.
c
Confirm with
OK
.
d
Select the country of your residence with
rP =
or
;P q
.
If this country does not show up, select ’OTHERS’.
Confirm with
OK
.
’Automatic TV channel search’ starts. This picture will
appear on the screen:
AUTO TUNING
SEARCHING
00 TV CHANNELS FOUND
ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ__________________
PLEASE WAIT...
Wait until all TV channels have been found. This can take
several minutes.
e
When all TV channels have been found, ’STORED’ will
appear on the TV screen.
’YEAR’, ’MONTH’, ’DATE’, ’TIME’ will appear on the TV
screen.
CLOCK
YEAR
è
2000
p
MONTH
01
DATE
01
TIME
20:00
________________________________
EXITpMENU
STOREpOK
f
Check if the year in line ’YEAR’ is correct. Change it if
required with the number buttons
0-9
on the remote
control.
g
Select the next line with
;P q
or
rP =
.
h
Check ’MONTH’ and ’DATE’ , ’TIME’ in the same way.
i
When all the information is correct, confirm with
OK
.
The initial installation is now complete.
D If you have connected a satellite receiver, please
read the section ’Satellite receiver’.
D If you have connected a decoder, you must install it
as described in the next section.
D If you experience sound distortion or no sound at all
with some TV channels, you may have selected the
wrong TV system for these TV channels. In the
chapter ’Manual TV channel search’ you will find the
information on how to change the TV system.
Allocating a decoder
Some TV stations will send coded TV channels, that you can
only watch when you use a decoder. You can connect such a
decoder (descrambler) to your video recorder. With the
following function, the connected decoder will automatically
be activated for the TV programme you want to watch.
a
Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme
number for the video recorder.
b
On the video recorder, use
;P q
or
rP =
or number
buttons
0-9
on the remote control to select the
programme number you want to allocate the decoder to.
c
Press
MENU
on the remote control. The main menu will
appear.
d
Select the line ’MANUAL SEARCH’ with
;P q
or
rP =
and confirm with
OK
.
MANUAL SEARCH
PROGRAMME NUMBER
è P01
p
S-CHANNEL
NO
CHANNEL NUMBER
21
DECODER
OFF
TV SYSTEM
AUTO
NICAM
ON
________________________________
EXITpMENU
STOREpOK
e
Select the line ’DECODER’ with
rP =
or
;P q
.
f
Select function ’ON’ with
Q
or
P
.
D When you select ’OFF’, the decoder will not be
allocated.
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INSTALLING YOUR VIDEO RECORDER
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