PHILIPS VR205/05
Manual de Usuario

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INSTALLING YOUR VIDEO RECORDER
Allocating a decoder
Some TV stations will send coded TV channels, that you can only watch when you use a decoder. You can connect such a decoder (descrambler) to your video recorder. With the following function, the connected decoder will automatically be activated for the TV programme you want to watch.
a Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme

Initial installation
a Open up the battery compartment of your remote control

and place the batteries in it as shown in the picture.

number for the video recorder.
b Choose the television channel on which you wish to use b Close the battery compartment. c Confirm the picture on the TV screen with the OK button

the decoder with the P q or P r buttons on the video recorder or the number buttons 0-9 on the remote control.
c Press the MENU button on the remote control. The main

on the remote control.
d If you have connected the aerial to the video recorder,

menu will appear.
d Select the line �MANUAL SEARCH� with the P q or
Pr

press the OK button. �Autoinstall� starts. This picture will appear on the screen:

button.

e Confirm with the OK button.
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f Press the INDEX E button. �DEC� will appear in the

display.

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Wait until all TV channels have been found. This can take several minutes.
e When �AUTOINSTALL� is complete, �READY� will appear g Confirm with the OK button. h To end, press the OK button again. Then, press the

on the TV screen. D If the autoinstall procedure is interrupted by the standby button, press the MENU button to obtain the welcome screen again.

button. This channel is now assigned to the decoder.

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Manual TV channel search
f To end, press the MENU button.

The initial installation is now complete. Check the time and date. Please read �Setting the time and date� in this chapter. D If you have connected a decoder, you must install it as described in the next section. D If you have connected a satellite receiver, please read the section �satellite receiver�.

In certain cases the �Automatic TV channel search� may not be able to find all of the TV channels (e.g. coded TV channels). In that case, use this manual method to set the channels. D When you search for TV channels manually, you can choose between the indication for �channel� or �frequency�. Please read the next paragraph �Channel number or frequency display�.
a Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme

number for the video recorder.

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