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The Initial Setup menu

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Chapter 16

The Initial Setup menu

Using the Initial Setup menu

The Initial Setup menu is where you can set various recorder options for sound, picture, language and so on.

Some settings can only be changed when the recorder is stopped. During playback and recording these settings are
grayed out in the Initial Setup menu.

Except for the Setup Navigator, menu screens are exited automatically after 20 minutes of inactivity.

•

Press HOME MENU and select ‘Initial Setup’.

In the table below, the default option is marked with a •.

Setting

Options

Explanation

Basic Settings

Clock Setting

Auto

Set the channel that broadcasts a clock signal and the clock will be set
automatically.

Manual •

If there is no channel that broadcasts a clock signal in your area, you
can set the time and date manually.

The clock must be set in order to use timer recording.

Input Line System

525 System

Use for NTSC or PAL-60 recording from an external input.

625 System •

Use for standard PAL or SECAM recording.

See also About the input line system (HDD/DVD only) on page 116 for more information on this setting.

Power Save

Mode 1

Only signals arriving at the antenna input are passed through to the
antenna output when the recorder is in standby.

Mode 2

No input signals are passed through to the outputs when the recorder
is in standby.

Off •

When the recorder is in standby, all signals arriving at the SCART and
antenna inputs are passed along to the outputs.

Auto Blank Cut

On •

When recording from VHS, recording is automatically paused during
sections of blank tape.

Off

When recording from VHS, everything (including blank sections) is
recorded.

Indexed Copy

Title •

A new title is started on every program index (VISS signal) on the VHS
tape.

Chapter

A new chapter is started on every program index (VISS signal) on the
VHS tape. This works for VR mode copying only.

No Division

Do nothing when a program index marker (VISS signal) appears on the
VHS tape.

See also Copying with VHS index markers on page 86 for more information on this setting.

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Input Colour System

Next Screen

Proceed to the next screen to set the input colour system for each
channel preset. Use the

CH +/–

buttons to change the preset. On the

default

Auto

setting the recorder can generally correctly detect

whether the input signal is PAL, SECAM, 3.58 NTSC or PAL-60, but in
some cases you may have to set it manually if the picture is displayed
incorrectly.

See also About the input colour system on page 116 for more information on this setting.

AV1 Out

Video •

Sets the

AV1(RGB)-TV

SCART output to standard composite video

(compatible with all TVs).

RGB

Sets the

AV1(RGB)-TV

SCART output to RGB. Good quality but check

your TV for compatibility.

If you choose a setting that is incompatible with your TV you may not be able to see any picture at all. In this case either switch off and reconnect
using the supplied video cable, or reset the recorder (see Resetting the recorder on page 118).
For VHS video playback, AV1 Out must be set to

Video

(some TVs will automatically switch the recorder to

Video

when VHS is selected).

The Component Video Out setting (see page 110) has no effect when AV1 Out is set to

RGB

AV2/L1 In

Video •

Sets the

AV2 (INPUT 1/DECODER)

SCART input to standard compos-

ite video.

S-Video

Sets the

AV2 (INPUT 1/DECODER)

SCART input to S-video.

RGB

Sets the

AV2 (INPUT 1/DECODER)

SCART input to RGB.

Decoder

Use this setting if you connected a decoder to the

AV2 (INPUT 1/

DECODER)

SCART connector. For scrambled channels, make sure that

the channel

Decoder

setting is set to

. (See

Manual CH Setting

page 110.)

For VHS video recording, AV2/L1 In must be set to

Video

S-Video

NTSC on PAL TV

On •

NTSC discs will play correctly on PAL-only TVs.

Off

Use if your TV is already NTSC-compatible.

Many recent PAL TVs are compatible with NTSC input and so this setting can be switched off. Check the operating instructions that came with
your TV. See also About NTSC on PAL TV on page 116 for related information.

Audio In Settings

Nicam Select

NICAM •

Record the NICAM audio in a NICAM broadcast.

Regular Audio

Record the non-NICAM audio in a NICAM broadcast. (You can still
switch the audio to record using the

AUDIO

button before recording.)

Tuner Level

Normal •

Standard setting.

Compression

Use if the audio level from the built-in tuner is excessive, causing dis-
tortion.

External Audio

Stereo •

Select if the audio from the currently selected external input is stan-
dard stereo.

Bilingual

Select if each channel carries a separate soundtrack.

Bilingual Recording

A/L •

Record the left (A) channel of a bilingual source when recording to
HDD with HDD Recording Format set to Video Mode ON, to DVD in
Video mode or in

LPCM

mode, from an external source.

B/R

As above, but for right (B) channel recording.

Setting

Options

Explanation

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Discs do not necessarily have audio in your selected language. Also, some discs override the Audio Language preference.

Subtitle Language

English •

Sets the default subtitle language for DVD-Video playback to English.

available languages

Choose from the languages displayed to set the default subtitle lan-
guage for DVD-Video playback.

Other

Select to set the default subtitle language to something other than the
ones listed. See

Selecting other languages for language options

page 117.

Discs do not necessarily have subtitles in your selected menu language. Also, some discs override the Subtitle Language preference.

Auto Language

On •

On this setting:
• DVD-Video discs whose main audio track is in your default language
will play using that language, without subtitles.
• Discs whose main audio track is not in your default language but
that have a subtitle track in your default language will play the original
audio track with subtitles.

Off

Select to play DVD-Video discs according to your audio and subtitle
language preferences.

For Auto Language to be effective, the Audio Language and Subtitle Language options must be set to the same language.

DVD Menu Language

w/Subtitle Language

•

Sets the language of DVD-Video menus to the same as that set for the
subtitle language.

English

Sets the language of DVD-Video menus to English.

available languages

Choose from the displayed languages to set the default language for
DVD-Video menus.

Other

Select to set the DVD menu language to something other than the
ones listed. See

Selecting other languages for language options

page 117.

Discs do not necessarily have menus in your selected menu language.

Subtitle Display

On •

Select to have discs display subtitles according to your Subtitle Lan-
guage and Auto Language preferences.

Off

Select to switch off subtitle display.

Assist Subtitle

Select to display special additional assistive subtitles, where available.

Some discs may override these settings.

Recording Settings

Manual Recording

On (go to setup)

All the standard recording modes, plus

MN1

–

LPCM

and

XP+

modes can be set.

Off •

Just the standard recording modes (

SLP

and

SEP

) can be

set.

See also Manual recording modes

on page 125

for detailed information on manual recording levels.

Optimized Rec

The recording quality of timer recordings is automatically adjusted to
fit on to the selected media if it will not fit at the selected quality set-
ting. If the recording will not fit even at

MN1

, then the recording will

start at

MN1

and stop when all the available space is used up.

Off •

When a timer recording is set that won’t fit on to the selected media,
the recording starts but is cut off when no more recording is possible.

Setting

Options

Explanation

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Parental Lock

Set Password

In order to change the parental lock level or change the country/area
code, set the password using this option. From the following screen,
enter a four-digit number that will be your password.

Change Password

In order to change the password, first enter your existing password
and then a new one from the following screen.

Change Level

From the following screen, first enter your password and then set a
parental lock level.

Country/Area Code

From the following screen, first enter your password and then set a
country/area code.

Only certain discs have parental lock and country code features. Check the disc packaging to see what features the disc has. If you forget your
password you can reset it by resetting the recorder to its factory settings. See Resetting the recorder on page 118.

Angle Indicator

On •

A camera icon appears on-screen during multi-angle scenes on a
DVD-Video disc.

Off

Nothing is indicated on-screen when a multi-angle scene is showing.

Options

On-Screen Display

On •

The recorder displays operation displays (

Stop

Play

, etc.) on-screen.

Off

Switches off the on-screen operation displays.

Front Panel Display

On •

The time is shown in the front panel display when the recorder is in
standby.

Off

The front panel display is switched off in standby (although it still lights
dimly when setting a timer recording).

Remote Control Mode

Recorder 1–3

(default: Recorder 1)

If you are using more than one recorder in the same room, set them to
different IDs. This setting sets the recorder ID; to change the remote
controller ID, press and hold

RETURN

then press

to set. The

remote will only control a recorder with the same ID.

AV. Link

This Recorder Only •

Signals received through the AV input when the recorder is in standby
are not passed through to the AV output.

Pass Through

Signals received when in standby are passed though to the output for
connected devices. (Note that during EPG data download, the EPG
data is not passed through.)

When set to

Pass Through

, make sure to set Power Save (page 109) to

Off

Setting

Options

Explanation

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The following table shows the tapes that are playable with
different colour system settings:

Additional information about component
video output