Technicolor DTH 8540 User Manual

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.

If the Main Menu is not displayed, press the 

key.

Select the Setup line using the 

▲

or 

▼

keys, and press 

to validate.

Select the Installation line using the 

▲

or 

▼

keys, and press 

to validate.

Select the Manual Search line using the 

▲

or 

▼

keys, and press 

to validate.

Select your country of residence using the 

▲

or 

▼

keys, and press 

.

A set-up window will appear.The Standard line is highlighted.

Select your country’s TV standard using the B.

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).

Select the Channel line using the 

▲

or 

▼

keys.

Press

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 

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 

or 

.

When the picture and sound of the channel are good, select the line Save using 

▲

or 

▼

, and

assign a channel number with 

or 

or the 

keys. Press 

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 

to exit the manual set-up.

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