- Thomson multimedia VCR User Manual

Installation

Video recorder settings

1 Switch on your satellite/cable receiver and select channel 1.

2 Set vcr/dvd/tv button on the remote control to vcr a.

3 With key menu (13), call up the S

UMMARY menu.

4 With key ▼ (9) select the Installation line and confirm with ok (11).

5 With key ▼ (9) select the Satellite and cable box line and confirm with ok (11).

6 Select the country where you live or the country from which you wish to receive the

channels, in the case of living on the border, from the list of countries which appears

on the screen and press ok (11).

ð The S

ATELLITE AND CABLE screen appears

7 With keys C (10) or B (8), select the socket to which your satellite receiver is

connected:

- either RF or Coax (mono sound); validate with ok (11). The satellite receiver

communication channel search screen appears; press C (10) or B (8) to start the search,

then validate with ok (11) on completion of the search.

- either AV1 or AV 2 and validate with ok (11), then select No decoder (the other options

are rarely used in Europe) and revalidate with ok (11).

8 Enter your satellite code number (see the code table at the end of this user manual),

then validate with ok (11).

If the make or model of your satellite/cable receiver is not on the list, try out other model

numbers. If no code works, repeat the procedure described on this page by entering the

00; the video recorder then tries out all the codes stored in its memory.

ð Via the infrared window, the video recorder transmits a signal to your satellite

receiver. A confirmation menu comes up while the satellite receiver positions itself on

channel 12 (check whether channel 12 is indicated by the display on satellite receiver -

occasionally in a slow manner -, even if there is no image to be seen on the television

screen).

9 Should the satellite receiver not use channel 12, select NO with the exit (12) key. Your

video recorder then starts a new search (depending on the make of your satellite

receiver, several attempts are possible).

10 If the satellite receiver uses the channel 12, select YES with the ok (11) key.

11 Press ok (11) key again. Wait for quite a long time (up to 15 minutes) until a message

tells you that the storage of your satellite channels is completed.

12 Press exit (12) key to leave menu.

ð Your video recorder now controls your satellite receiver.

13 Refer to page 5 to sort your satellite channels and check their names.

If you should wish to change your satellite receiver, select the

Installation line from the

SUMMARY menu then the Satellite and cable line and finally the New installation line.

If you should wish to rearrange your satellite receiver channels, select the Satellite channel

identification line from the SATELLITE AND CABLE menu.

When connecting the video recorder to a television set with integrated satellite receiver, you

must select the socket AV1 during set-up.

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