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Table of Contents
General
Special Features ................................................................................................................6
Frequently Asked Questions ...........................................................................................7
Care and Safety Information ..........................................................................................8
Setup precautions .................................................................................................................................................8
Cleaning discs ........................................................................................................................................................8
HDD (Hard Disk Drive) handling care ..........................................................................................................8
General Information ........................................................................................................9
In troductio n ...........................................................................................................................................................9
Accessories supplied ...........................................................................................................................................9
Region codes ..........................................................................................................................................................9
Copyright notice ...................................................................................................................................................9
Product Overview
Remote Control .............................................................................................................10
Inserting Batteries ..............................................................................................................................................12
Main Unit .........................................................................................................................13
Connections
Step 1: Basic Recorder Connections ............................................................................14
Connecting the antenna cables ......................................................................................................................14
Connecting the video cable .............................................................................................................................15
Connecting the audio cables ...........................................................................................................................16
Step 2: Optional Connections .......................................................................................17
Connecting to a Cable Box or Satellite Receiver .....................................................................................17
Connecting to a VCR or other similar device ............................................................................................18
Connecting to a VCR and Cable Box/Satellite Receiver .........................................................................19
Connecting a camcorder to the front jacks ...............................................................................................20
Step 3: Installation and Setup .......................................................................................21
Finding the viewing channel .............................................................................................................................21
Setting your TV channel programs ................................................................................................................21
GENERAL settings .................................................................................................................................... 22
Setting the language ...........................................................................................................................................24
Setting the time & date .....................................................................................................................................24
LANGUAGE settings ................................................................................................................................ 25
DATE/ TIME settings ................................................................................................................................. 25
Watch TV
Control TV programs ....................................................................................................26
Switching on to TV program .......................................................................................................................... 26
Pause live TV function ...................................................................................................................................... 26
Instant Replay function .................................................................................................................................... 26
Recording
Before Recording ............................................................................................................27
About temporary HDD storage (Time Shift Buffer) .................................................................................27
Accessing the HDD (Hard Disk Storage) Setup Menu ......................................................................... 28
HDD settings ...............................................................................................................................................29
Default Recording settings ............................................................................................................................30
GENERAL settings .....................................................................................................................................31