Philips HDT 8520 DVR User Manual


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29UsingmoreofyourHDrecorder
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Setting your preferences
From the Settingsmenu,use / to
highlight Preferencesandpress or OK.
ThePreferencesmenuappears.
Use / / / / OK tonavigatethrough
thesettingsandoptions,andmakechanges.
Press or BACK tosaveyourchanges
andreturntothepreviousmenu.
You use the Preferencesmenutochange
thesesettings:
Display
• Banner duration - Use this to set the
lengthoftime(3to10seconds)thatthe
channelbannerremainson-screenwhen
youchangechannel.Bydefault,itissetto
5 seconds.
• Front panel brightness - Use this to set the
brightnessofthefront-paneldisplay.Youcan
set this to Low,Medium (default)orHigh.
• Top lighting demo mode - Use this to
turnonoroff(default)thelightingaround
thetop-panelofyourHDrecorder.
Language preferences
• Information language - Use this to
setyourpreferredlanguagefordisplaying
programmeinformationtoEnglish
(default),Gaelic,Welsh or Irish.
• Audio language - Use this to set your
preferredaudiolanguagetoEnglish
(default),Gaelic,Welsh or Irish.
• Default subtitles mode - Use this to
sethowyouprefertodisplaysubtitles.You
cansetthistoActivated,Not activated,
Auto when no correct audio(default),
Auto when audio is muted or For
hearing-impaired.
• Subtitles language - Use this to set your
preferredlanguageforsubtitlestoEnglish
(default),Gaelic,Welsh or Irish.
Recording
• Instant replay duration - Use this to set
theinstantreplayduration(seepage18).
Itisalsousedwhilemovingthroughthe
time-shiftbar(seepage18)orarecording
(seepage22).Youcansetthisto15
seconds (default),30 seconds,1 minute,
2 minutes or 5 minutes.
• Commercial skip duration -
Usethistosetthetypicaldurationof
commercialsinbetweenprogrammes.You
usethiswhilemovingthroughthetime-
shiftbar(seepage18)orarecording(see
page22).Youcansetthisto15 seconds,
30 seconds (default),1 minute,2
minutes or 5 minutes.
Analog output
• Video on AUX - Use this to set the type
ofanaloguevideosignalsthatareoutput
ontheAUX SCART connectorofyour
HDrecorder.YoucansetthistoRGB
(defaultwhenV-OutissettoAV)orCVBS
(defaultwhenV-OutissettoHDMI).
• Audio on AUX -Thissettingapplies
whenyourHDrecorderisconnectedvia
aSCARTCabletoastandard-denition
TV.Usethistosetthetypeofanalogue
audiosignalsthatareoutputontheAUX
SCART connectorofyourHDrecorder.
YoucansetthistoMono or Stereo
(default).
• TV format - Use this to set the format
oftheanaloguevideothatisoutputonthe
AUX SCART connectorofyourHD
recorder.Youcansetthisto4/3 Letter Box,
4/3 Centre Cut Out or 16/9(default).The
optionsdeterminehowwidescreen(16:9)
programmesshowonastandard-denition
TVwithaspectratioof4:3.
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