Philips HDT 8520 DVR User Manual


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39Frequentlyaskedquestions
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You cannot nd all the channels you think
should be available even after retuning
your HD recorder.
• Themissingchannelsmaynotbeavailable
inyourarea.Checkyourcoverageonthe
Freeviewwebsite:www.freeview.co.uk.
• Yourantennamayneedtobeupgraded
(signalpower,position,orientationorcabling).
• Asignalboostermaybettedonyour
antenna.Considerhavingthisremovedas
ampliersarenormallynotrequiredafter
thedigitalswitchover.Toohighasignallevel
cancauseyourHDrecordertoskipsome
channels.
• Someearlydigitalreceiversmanufactured
priorto2004supportonlythe2Kmode
ofdigitaltransmissions.Aspartofthe
digitalswitchover,theUKFreeviewTV
platformwillbeupgradedtoamorerobust
transmissionstandard.Thechangein
transmissionstandardhasbeenauthorised
byOFCOMandthenewstandardis
supportedbyproductsthathavethe“Digital
Tick”.
• IfyouhaveaSKYbox,switchittostandby
modeandthenretunetheterrestrial
receiver.Ifitthenreceivesallexpected
Freeviewchannels,thenthemodulator
needsadjustingonyourSkybox.Contact
Skytondouthowtoadjustthemodulator.
Your HD recorder found all the expected
channels after you retuned it. However,
when you turned on your HD recorder
the next day, the picture was breaking up
and some channels were missing.
YourHDrecorderhasanautomaticretuning
feature;thisallowsittokeepuptodatewith
minorservicechanges.However,whenthesignal
levelofnearbyrelaytransmittersarehighor
iftheantennasignalisbeingamplied,these
problemscanoccur.
Tosolvethisproblem:
• Turnofftheautomaticchannelupdates
featureofyourHDrecorder(seepage32).
• Removeanysignalampliersorboosters
thatarettedonyourantenna.Theseare
notrequiredafterthedigitalswitchover.
• Checkthatyourantennaisalignedproperly
andisamodeladaptedfordigitalsignal
receptioninyourarea.Ifyouarenotsure,
pleaseusetheservicesofarecognisedCAI
antennainstallationcompany.
You set a recording but your HD recorder
did not record what you wanted.
ChecktheTV guide or the Recordingsmenu
toseeifanalternateinstanceoftheprogramme
wasautomaticallyselectedduetoaconict.
Your hard disk is full with protected
recordings.
Removetheprotectiononyourrecordingsso
thatyourHDrecordercanautomaticallyfree
upsomediskspacebyerasingtherecorded
programmes.
Although you set Audio capabilities to
“Auto” for HDMI or “Dolby Digital” for
S/PDIF, your HD recorder does not deliver
Dolby Digital 5.1 multi-channel audio
output.
• YourHDrecorderneedsasoftware
upgrade.
• Visitwww.philips.com/supportregularly
tocheckiftheappropriatesoftwarefor
ugradingyourHDrecorderviaUSBis
available.
• Set the Audio capabilitiessettingtoPCM
untiltheupgradeofyourHDrecorderis
done.
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