Technicolor - Thomson DTH 8550 DVD Recorder 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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