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Table of Contents
General
Care and Safety Information ..........................................................................................8
Setup precautions .................................................................................................................................................8
Cleaning discs ........................................................................................................................................................8
HDD (Hard Disk Drive) handling care ..........................................................................................................8
Product Information ........................................................................................................9
In troductio n ...........................................................................................................................................................9
Accessories supplied ...........................................................................................................................................9
Region codes ..........................................................................................................................................................9
Copyright notice ...................................................................................................................................................9
Special Features ..................................................................................................................................................10
Product Overview
Main Unit ......................................................................................................................... 11
Remote Control .............................................................................................................12
Using the remote control ................................................................................................................................14
Connections
Step 1: Basic Recorder Connections ............................................................................ 15
Connecting the antenna cables ......................................................................................................................15
Connecting the video cable .............................................................................................................................16
Connecting the audio cables ...........................................................................................................................17
Step 2: Optional Connections ....................................................................................... 18
Connecting to a Cable Box or Satellite Receiver .....................................................................................18
Connecting to a VCR or other similar device ............................................................................................19
Connecting to a VCR and Cable Box/Satellite Receiver ........................................................................ 20
Connecting a camcorder ................................................................................................................................21
Step 3: Installation and Setup .......................................................................................23
Finding the viewing channel ............................................................................................................................ 23
Setting the OSD language ............................................................................................................................... 23
Select the country of your residence ...........................................................................................................24
Setting your TV channel programmes ..........................................................................................................24
Setting the date & time .................................................................................................................................... 25
Watching TV
Control TV programmes ...............................................................................................26
Switching on to TV programmes .................................................................................................................. 26
Pause live TV function ...................................................................................................................................... 26
Instant Replay function .................................................................................................................................... 26
Recording
Before Recording ............................................................................................................27
About temporary HDD storage (Time Shift Buffer) ...............................................................................27
Default Recording settings ............................................................................................................................. 28
GENERAL settings .....................................................................................................................................29
Record on Hard Disk ......................................................................................................30
Recording from various sources ................................................................................................................... 30
Instant recording ................................................................................................................................................32
Watch playback from another source during recording .........................................................................33
Record on Recordable DVD ..........................................................................................34
Copying from HDD to a recordable DVD ................................................................................................. 34
Discs for recording ........................................................................................................................................... 34
Recording from various sources ................................................................................................................... 35