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Timers, Recording timers and reminders – Philips DCR 2020 User Manual

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Timers

Timers is used to set and edit:

• recording timers for the programmes you want to

record using your VCR or DVD recorder,

• reminders to receive a warning and automatically

change channel before the start of programmes

you want to see,

• sleep timers.

To be able to record a digital channel using a VCR

or DVD recorder, you must set both your

recorder and receiver:

- You must set a timer on your receiver.

- You must also enable recording on the VCR or DVD

recorder, either by enabling an Easy Recording option

or by programming your recorder (refer to chapter

More about recording (VCR or DVD control) and to

the VCR or DVD recorder user manual).

Recording timers and Reminders

Add a recording timer or a reminder:

- Select Recording timers or Reminders depending on

the type of timer you want to set.

- Select Add timer.

To add a timer, you may also press TIMER while

watching digital TV or listening to digital radio, or press

the appropriate colour key from the Guide.

- Set values for the following:

Date: set the date using the number keys. If you

added the timer from the Guide or using the

TIMER key, the date is already set to the current

day.

Repeat: set Once for a single recording,

Monday/…/Sunday to record on such day every

week,Week-end to record on both Saturday and

Sunday every week,Weekdays to record from

Monday to Friday every week, or every day to

record once every day

Start time: set a start time using the number

keys

Stop Time: set a end time using the number keys

Channel: current channel.Alternatively, press the

green colour key to display the list of available

channels.Then scroll to the channel on which the

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