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Connections and initial set up, Adding a channel – Technicolor - Thomson DTH 8540 User Manual

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Connections and initial set up

Adding a channel

If you want to set up a new channel, use the manual search procedure which will enable you to add
a channel to the ones already set-up on your DVD recorder.The channels already stored will not be
deleted. During the initial installation, if you carried out the automatic installation described on page
6, you do not need to carry out the steps shown on 12 and 13.

1.

If the Main Menu is not displayed, press the

MENU

key.

2.

Select the Setup line using the

or

keys, and press

OK

to validate.

3.

Select the Installation line using the

or

keys, and press

OK

to validate.

4.

Select the Manual Search line using the

or

keys, and press

OK

to validate.

5.

Select your country of residence using the

or

keys, and press

OK

.

A set-up window will appear.The Standard line is highlighted.

6.

Select your country’s TV standard using the B.

Note: the standards displayed depend on the country selected in
step 5.

FRANCE (LL’) for France,

EURO BG (BGH) for Western Europe.

DKK’ for Eastern Europe.

I for the United Kingdom.

7.

Select the Reception line using the

or

keys, and use the B key to choose the type of

antenna.

Reception through external antenna: select Antenna (Ch).

Cable reception: select Cable (Ca).

8.

Select the Channel line using the

or

keys.

9.

Press

PR+

to start the Manual search.

The search starts.When a channel is found, the picture appears in the background.The channel
number is indicated (e.g.: Ch 06).

If the channel is encoded, press

AV

to display the pictogram

next to the channel number. In

this case, plug a decoder into the blue AV2 connector of the DVD recorder.

If the picture is poor, select Fine Tuning using

or

and adjust with

PR+

or

PR-

.

10.

When the picture and sound of the channel are good, select the line Save using

or

, and

assign a channel number with

PR+

or

PR-

or the

number

keys. Press

OK

to store the

number that you have assigned to the channel.

The Channel line is once again highlighted to start a new search. Repeat the procedure from
step 9 to search for a new channel or press

MENU

to exit the manual set-up.

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