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SECTION 2
GENERAL
13
Getting Started
6: Auto-tuning the TV
When yo
u switch
on the
TV
for
the first time, the
messag
e confir
ming
the TV start
auto-tuning appears
on t
h
e
screen.
Yo
u must tune
the TV to receive channels
(TV
broadcasts). Do
the f
ollo
wi
ng to search and
store all
available channels.
1
Press OK to
select
“Yes”.
T
h
e TV st
art
s sea
rchi
ng
fo
r
al
l
av
ai
lab
le digi
ta
l
channels follo
wed by
all
available analog
ue
channels. This may
take
some time,
please be
patient and
d
o
no
t press
any buttons
on th
e TV or
remote.
Once
all available digital
and
analogue
channels
have been stored
, the
TV returns to normal
operation, displaying the di
gital
channel stored on
channel numb
er 1. If no
d
igital
channels are
foun
d, the analogue chann
el sto
red on channel 1 is
displayed.
Whe
n a
messa
ge app
ears
for
you to confirm
the
aerial con
nections
No digital
or analogu
e channels are
fo
und. Check
all
the aerial c
onnections and p
ress OK twice
to
start auto-tuning again.
2
Th
e Pro
gramme
Sorting menu appears o
n
the scree
n.
Note
If some
digital
channel is fou
nd, this st
ep
w
ill
not appear
3
To
c
h
ange the order in which t
he channels
are s
tored on the TV. See page
29.
4
Press MEN
U to exit.
The TV has now
tu
ned in all the
available
channels.
4
1
Do y
ou w
ant to star
t
automatic tuning ?
Ye
s
No
m
Number of Ser
vices f
ound
14
Sear
c
hing.
40%
Di
gi
tal
au
to
-t
un
e di
s
pl
ay
m
A
uto T
uning
Prog
rammes f
o
und:
Searching...
A
na
lo
gu
e au
to
-t
un
e di
s
pl
ay
16
Checking the Digital Electronic Programme Guide
(EPG)
001
002
003
006
007
008
009
014
024
029
030
040
BBC ONE
W
ales
BBC 2W
ITV 1
W
ales
ITV 2
BBC THREE
Channel 4
T
elete
xt
E4
price-dr
op.tv
UKTV FOOD
CBBC Channel
BBC NEWS 24
Thu 27 Ma
y
All Categories
Select:
Action list:
+/- 1 da
y on/off
Thu 27 Ma
y 10:31
10:30
11:00
City Hospital Houses Be… Bar
gain Hu… Cash in the…
The…
The… Sc
h… Sc
h…
The Dail
y P
olitics
This M… i i
This Morning i
This Morning
Sall
y Jessy Rap… J
udg
e J
ud
y J
udg
e J… J
udg
e J…
This is BBC
THREE
This is BB…
Self…
The
Vi…
T
een Big B… Fr
om
Th… Ne
ws at N…
No Event Inf
ormation
E4 Pre
vie
w
No Event Inf
ormation
Food and D… Read
y Stea… No Event Inf
ormation
Mat… Mat… K… K… K… Look… Look… Zig Za
g
BBC Ne
ws BBC Ne
ws BBC Ne
ws
Ne
xt
Pre
vious
30 min vie
w
Categor
y
11:30
12:00
OK
1
In digital mode, press
to
display the
Digita
l Electronic Programme Guide
(EPG).
2
Perform the desired operation in follo
wing
table.
Dig
ita
l El
ect
ron
ic
Pr
og
ra
m
m
e
Gui
de (EPG)
To
Do this
T
u
rn off
the E
P
G
P
re
ss
.
Move throu
gh the EP
G
P
ress
m
/M
/<
/,
.
Display
the previous or
ne
xt six
cha
nnels
P
ress th
e
red (previous)
o
r green (next)
bu
tton.
Watch
a
current programm
e
P
ress OK whil
e the
current programm
e
is
selected.
Sort the
pr
ogramm
e inform
ation by
categ
ory –
Cate
gory list
1
Press the
b
lue
bu
tton
.
2
Press
m
/
M
/
<
/
,
to select a category.
The category
name is
d
ispla
ye
d on
t
h
e sid
e
.
Th
e
ca
tego
ries availab
le in
clu
de:
Favourite
Contains
all
the channels
that h
ave been
stored in the
Favour
ite list
(page
18).
All categories
Contains all ava
ilable
channels.
News
Contains all news
chan
nels.
3
Press OK.
Th
e
Digital
Ele
ctronic Programme
Guide (EPG)
n
o
w only disp
lay
s the
current p
ro
g
ramm
es
from the
cate
gory selected.
Set
a programme
to be re
corded –
Timer
RE
C
1
Press
m
/
M
/
<
/
,
to select th
e future
pro
gramme you want to
record.
2
Press OK.
3
Press
m
/
M
to select “Tim
er
REC”.
4
Press
OK to
set th
e
TV and you
r VCR timers.
A
symbol
app
ears by that
programme’s
information.
Notes
•
Y
ou ca
n
se
t VCR timer rec
ording on
the
TV
only for
Smartlink
compatible
V
C
R
s. If your
VCR is
not Smartlink
compatible, a
message
will
be
displayed to
remin
d you
to
s
e
t yo
ur VCR
timer.
•
O
nce
a
reco
rd
in
g
has
be
gu
n,
y
o
u
c
an
switch
th
e T
V
to
sta
n
d
b
y
m
o
de
, b
u
t d
o
no
t
sw
itch off
the TV completely
or the recording may
be canc
elled.
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