Philips TV Receiver - Manual (Page 20)

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TV guide
The TV guide is an Electronic Programme Guide
that provides you with a quick and easy way
to view a complete list of digital programmes
as you would in a newspaper or TV magazine.
You can navigate through the list of digital
programmes and obtain detailed information on
the programmes. You can also program the
TV to provide a digital channel to be recorded.
& From the digital mode, press the key to
display the TV guide :
A list of all the digital programmes in the
currently selected favourite list is displayed.
é Use the ï key to enter into the
Preset/service list or press Æ key to access
Today list.
“ Use the Н Ж keys to select a programme.
‘ The TV guide features are displayed at the
bottom of the screen. Use the coloured keys
red, green, yellow, blue or white to activate
them.
• Record (red key) : this feature enables you
to record a digital channel even the TV is in
standby mode. You will still have to
programme your video recorder. If you
wish to continue watching another digital
channel after setting a timer, you can do so
by changing channels in the normal way.
If your recorder supports *pin 8 recording,
switch your recorder to that mode.
1 17:24
Record Record list Top Close Options
BBC 17:24
Now/Next Today
Preset/Service Now Next
1 BBC See It Saw Microsoap
2 BBC TWO Snooker Ice Skating
3 ITC Channel 3 Trisha This morning
4 Channel 4 – –
5 ITV 2 Gmtv2 This afternoon
6 BBC CHOICE Oakie Doke Bodger & Badger
*Pin 8 recording refers to the technique of
using the pin 8 signal on a Scart cable
(normally used to indicate the presence of a
signal for display on the TV) connected
between an idTV/Set-top box and a recorder,
to switch the VCR into record mode. The
pin 8 signal effectively acts as a record on/off
switch, whilst additionally signalling thes aspect
ratio of the video signal carried on the cable.
IMPORTANT : In digital mode, if you
change the channel when recording starts,
a message will appear on the screen to
confirm whether you want to stop recording.
Select Yes if you want to stop recording.
The TV will switch to the channel you
have changed. If you select No, the TV
will record the last channel you have selected.
During recording, you are unable to access
the Digital menu. If you press the
key,
the same message will appear when
you change the channel when recording starts.
• Record list (green key) : this menu gives the
list of recording schedules.You can check,
modify, delete or add a new schedule by using
the cursor or coloured keys as indicated on
the screen.
• Top (yellow key) : to go directly to the top of
the list.
• Close (blue key) : to exit from the TV guide.
• Options (white ÆÆ key) : with this menu,
you can select your favourite list, mode or
themes. Themes are areas of interest, you can
for example, decide to display only : drama,
news, movie, ...
( Press the key if you want to display more
information about the selected programme (if
available).
§ Press the key to exit the menu.