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DIGITAL TV RECORDER

M

ODEL 

TU-R252H

OPERATION MANUAL

 

PRESS 

Important:  

 This product can only receive Digital Terrestrial TV signals, subject to coverage an

aerial upgrade may be required. Test your postcode followed by your house name or number to 
83331* or go to 

 (*Costs no more than a normal text).

1. Read this operational manual carefully.
2. If you still encounter a problem, please call our service help line on 0845 880 0421 during 
    normal weekday office hours. 

www.freeview.co.uk

Summary of Contents for TU-R252H

Page 1: ...t to coverage an aerial upgrade may be required Test your postcode followed by your house name or number to 83331 or go to Costs no more than a normal text 1 Read this operational manual carefully 2 If you still encounter a problem please call our service help line on 0845 880 0421 during normal weekday office hours www freeview co uk ...

Page 2: ... 1 CREATE NEW CHAPTER MARK 22 4 2 2 FORWARDS TO NEXT CHAPTER 22 4 2 3 BACK TO START OF CHAPTER 22 4 2 4 BACK TO PREVIOUS CHAPTER 22 5 COMMON INTERFACE 22 6 SETUP 23 6 1 RECORDINGS 23 6 1 1 MAX TIMESHIFT 24 6 1 2 AUTO DISCARD 24 6 1 3 FORMAT DISK 24 6 1 4 HARD DISK INFO 24 Recording Format 25 Unrecordable Material 25 Hard Disk Operation Recording Playback Time Shift Recording 26 6 2 CONFIGURATION 2...

Page 3: ...y and out of reach from children Under no circumstance should the cut off plug be inserted into a mains socket outlet due to high risk of electric shock Then fit an appropriate plug carefully following the wiring instructions shown below IMPORTANT The wires in the mains plug should be connected as shown in the diagram The colours of the wires in the mains lead of the unit may not correspond with t...

Page 4: ...any combustible objects on the device candles etc Depending on the environment the temperature of the unit may increase slightly This is not a malfunction Keep the unit away from strong magnetic objects IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS CAUTION Please read all of these instructions before you operate this product and save these instructions for later use Electrical energy can perform many useful functions This...

Page 5: ...roper ventilation is provided or the manufacturer s instructions have been adhered to 11 Power Sources This product should be operated only from the type of power source indicated on the marking label If you are not sure of the type of power supply to your home consult your product dealer or local power company For products intended to operate from battery power or other sources refer to the opera...

Page 6: ...hibits a distinct change in performance this indicates a need for service 19 Replacement Parts When replacement parts are required ensure the service technician has used replacement parts specified by the manufacturer or have the same characteristics as the original part Unauthorized substitutions may result in fire electric shock or other hazards 20 Safety Check Upon completion of any service or ...

Page 7: ...hannel lock Menu lock 3 Channel list sorted by D book logical channel numbers 4 Channel list name editing option 5 BBC UK Compliant Over Air Download 6 PIP Picture in picture 7 Time shift pause live TV 8 One button record Instant recording of channels 9 Dual recordings at the same time 10 Split and series recordings support 11 Ability to record one channel while watching another channel 12 X1 4 X1...

Page 8: ...ies therefore do not mix batteries of different types Do not mix new and old batteries This may shorten the life of new batteries or may cause old batteries to leak Remove the batteries from the remote control once they have run out as leaving them in can cause them to leak Battery fluid from leaked batteries is harmful to skin therefore ensure that you wipe them first and then remove them using a...

Page 9: ...A 1 IN DO NOT REMOVE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 AERIAL 2 IN Loop through 2 AERIAL 2 OUT To watch analogue channels on the TV 3 AERIAL 1 OUT Loop through 4 AERIAL 1 IN Aerial input 5 HDMI OUT HDMI video output 6 TV SCART TV Scart connection 7 AUX SCART Output for other equipment such as DVD VCR etc 8 ANALOGUE AUDIO LEFT RIGHT Analogue Audio output 9 CVBS Video Output 10 OPTICAL AUDIO Optical Digi...

Page 10: ...ised and the harddisk is checked The unit is equipped with output terminals that support HDMI RGB S video and CVBS video signals The image quality is highest in the order of HDMI signal RGB signal S video signal and the CVBS video signal CONNECTION DIAGRAMS LOOP THROUGH VCR DO NOT REMOVE TV Aerial Aux HI FI Aux HI FI R S 232 O PTIC A L O U T A C IN C VB S LEFT R IG H T TV SC A R T H D MI O U T A U...

Page 11: ...SWAP PIP TIMERS AUX 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 USING THE CONTROLS ON THE FRONT PANEL You can enter the main menu by pressing the menu button on the front of the unit Then navigate through the menus with the four arrow buttons on the front of the unit and make a selection with the OK button ...

Page 12: ...V aspect ratio mode 15 Subt Show Hide Subtitles 16 Swap Swap the channels shown on the PIP window and normal screen Changes HDMI resolutions while watching mode 17 PIP PIP Window Channel Up 18 Mute Mute 19 4 Play 20 7 Search backward 21 Stop 22 Pause Timeshift 23 Guide Electronic Program Guide 24 Text Display Teletext 25 V V Volume UP DOWN 26 Green Green Teletext function button 27 Red Red Teletex...

Page 13: ...e from this menu The next menu will ask you if you want to begin with the automatic channel scan To confirm automatic channel scan use the 3 4 buttons highlight YES and press OK to continue The unit will start searching for channels When the automatic channel scan is completed the unit will switch to PR 1 CAUTION Do not press any buttons on the remote control or front panel display during automati...

Page 14: ...sion if you still want to delete select YES using 3 4 or you can cancel the operation if you select NO 1 3 EDIT CHANNELS To rename a specific channel highlight Edit Name after the channel is selected and press OK A box appears on the screen 3 4 moves to the previous next character 5 6 toggles the current character i e b character becomes a on 6 and c on 5 Pressing the numeric buttons 0 9 replaces ...

Page 15: ... the channel programs weekly by means of 8 DAYS EPG All programs of channels are displayed The current program is highlighted and there is brief information about the programs of the channel such as name short extended event description start end time By pressing 3 4 continuously the time scale can be changed If there is no event information data available only program names and dates are displaye...

Page 16: ... selected a programme press OK and select the Record Series option in the menu which appears and press OK again A series recording is now set to the selected programme With this feature you can record a programme and all of it s following parts within 8 days The series information belonging to the selected programme will be saved from the software and following series of the selected programme whi...

Page 17: ... the option Check Conflicts and press again OK You will enter the Too Many Timers window 2 1 5 SET REMINDER DELETE REMINDER In EPG menu after you have selected a programme press OK and select the Set Reminder option in the menu which appears and press OK again You can set a reminder for future programs To cancel an already set reminder highlight that programme and press OK and select the option De...

Page 18: ...ble 2 1 7 MULTIPLE ALTERNATIVE TIMER RECORD It is possible to record or set reminder for two individual events at the same time interval If you set more than two recordings reminders at the same time you will see an error message Error message is displayed as Too Many Timers on top line of the window INFO Pressing this button gives you detailed information about the selected programme Record Cance...

Page 19: ... you will see this warning message There are still conflicts In timer menu you can see this conflict as the picture below A warning triangle will appear nearby the programmes which cause a conflict These programmes will be recorded particularly or not 3 TIMERS To display Timer window press either TIMERS on the remote or activate it from main menu The features of this menu are Delete You can delete...

Page 20: ...ched the receiver starts to record the desired program then when the end time is reached the recording stops Save the adjustments by pressing the GREEN or cancel by pressing RED on the remote control You can edit the list by pressing GREEN or delete by pressing RED on the remote control 4 RECORDINGS LIBRARY All the recordings are kept in a list To show the list of recordings press either LIB on th...

Page 21: ... will be able to archive your recordings to an external device like a DVD recorder Press LIB on the remote control and the unit will display the Recordings Library In this library the saved recordings are listed To select a recording which should be archieved highlight one of them using 5 6 and select the TAG option by pressing YELLOW on the remote control After then press OK to open the Play Opti...

Page 22: ...title on the screen RECORDING TITLE If you want to display a recording title select Include To do this use 3 4 If not select Skip By selecting Skip the options below will be disabled While archiving you could decide to show the names of the saved recordings on the screen DISPLAY In this option you can decide which of the following items should be displayed in the recording title Name Start date ti...

Page 23: ...B specification The CI CAMs include a built in smart card reader Follow the instructions provided by your smartcard and CAM provider WARNING Damage may occur if you insert or remove the CAM while the Digital TV Recorder is running If you wish to view scrambled digital terrestrial channels you will need a Smartcard and or a Common Interface CAM Conditional Access Module from the Service Provider of...

Page 24: ...ayback a recording previously made during a single or two event recording The DTR record and playback functions are very similar to those of a VCR The buttons used for playback and recording are shown below Occasionally the DTR may miss the start or the end of the recording This is not fault of the unit as the broadcaster may not have updated the information To configure the playback recording opt...

Page 25: ...een to ensure that the hard disk should be formated select YES and press OK to format the Hard Disk Select NO and press OK to cancel Ensure you dub important recordings onto Video or DVD before you format the HDD 6 1 4 HARD DISK INFO To view the details about the Hard disc highlight Hard Disk Info using up down buttons and press OK The following information will be shown Total Space The total size...

Page 26: ...ou can choose between three options Deleting 1 Oldest recordings 2 Largest recordings 3 Smallest recordings When the HDD is out of space it will operate regarding one of these options and delete the recordings Even if you delete a programme the remaining amount may not increase by the amount of deleted time When recording new video record with an extra margin in the amount of remaining space Unrec...

Page 27: ...ion duplicates the selection made at the time of first installation and can be used if you change TV sets 6 2 2 TV OUT The receiver can output RGB CVBS and S Video signal from the TV SCART on the rear panel Although the RGB format results in a better quality picture not all equipment can cope with an RGB signal 6 2 3 VCR OUT This allows you to select CVBS or S Video output from the VCR SCART socke...

Page 28: ...up and press OK Ø Highlight Configuration menu using 5 6 and pres OK on the remote control Ø Use 5 6 to choose RECEIVER UPGRADE and press OK on the remote control Ø Using 3 4 on the remote control to change Automatic scanning from Enabled to Disabled Ø Highlight Scan for upgrade menu using 5 6 and press OK on the remote control to commence upgrade Do not forget to re enable the automatic OAD funct...

Page 29: ...Ø Audio by pressing 3 4 on the remote control change the audio language Ø Subtitle alter the subtitle language with 3 4 on the remote control The chosen language will be seen in subtitles Ø Guide by pressing 3 4 on the remote control change the guide language Current Ø Audio if audio language is supported change the audio language by pressing 3 4 on the remote control Ø Subtitle if subtitle is bac...

Page 30: ... OK will delete the channel table Selecting NO and pressing OK will cancel the operation 7 MESSAGES When the box receives no signal e g the antenna cable is disconnected NO SIGNAL message is seen on the screen When there are no channels stored in the box the Channel List menu is not accessible Channel navigation is not allowed Therefore trying to enter these menus or navigate the channels will dis...

Page 31: ...the lower part of the screen The small bar indicates the program duration On the channel info window there are Ø Current event name next event name and their start and end times Ø Program duration bar Ø Program mode TV or Radio Ø Channel number Ø Name of the channel The second press of the info button brings up a box containing a brief description of the currently viewed programme You can now use ...

Page 32: ...the second time and the mute symbol will display for 3 seconds PIP PICTURE IN PICTURE Enables disables PIP window Ø PIP next channel in PIP window Ø PIP previous channel in PIP window NOTE PIP is only available when LOOP THROUGH is connected Please see page connection diagrams SWAP Switching between main and PIP window is possible by pressing SWAP on the remote control Note If you press SWAP on th...

Page 33: ...ital teletext pages and they are temporarily replaced by a blank picture while the banner or menu is displayed Digital teletext cannot be accessed when the Subtitles are enabled WIDE TV sets are available with screens of the standard 4 3 format and widescreen 16 9 format When you first installed your receiver you specified the format of the connected TV this can now be altered if necessary see Con...

Page 34: ...e on normal TV 4x3 picture on normal TV 9 SOFTWARE UPGRADE THROUGH RS232 The RS232 socket is for use by qualified Sharp engineers to install software updates and is not intended for every day use NOTE This unit cannot be controlled or connected to an RS 232C command system ...

Page 35: ...u need to insert the PIN code here and refer it to the pages in the manual where this is covered NOTE Removal of a PIN code could be subject to a service charge and if you would like to use this feature the PIN code should be written down ...

Page 36: ... No signal or weak signal Check the Aerial and scart connections The settings you have made in the menus have not been changed The digital set top box was unplugged without first going to standby Before unplugging your digital set top box make sure it is in standby The remote control is not working The digital set top box is in Stand by Remote control is incorrectly aimed Battery exhausted Press t...

Page 37: ...64 Mbyte DIGITAL CAPABILITIES Transmission Standards DVB MPEG2 DEMODULATION COFDM with 2K 8K FFT mode FEC for all DVB Modes Automatically found VIDEO ALL MPEG 2 MP ML Video Decoder Aspect Ratio 4 3 16 9 with pan vector RGB analogue outputs BW 5MHz at 0 5 to 5 MHz sweep signal CVBS analogue output AUDIO MPEG1 Layer 1 and 2 Sampling frequencies supported 32 kHz 44 1 kHz or 48 kHz Output can be progr...

Page 38: ... Connector 2 x RCA R L Output 2 Vrms 0 dBfs Z 10 kohm DIGITAL AUDIO Output Optical SPDIF A V DATA IN OUT Scart TV scart AUX scart RGB Video Output TV scart RGB Video Intput AUX scart CVBS Video Output TV scart AUX scart CVBS Video Input AUX scart S Video TV scart AUX scart Analogue Audio Output TV scart RCA jack AUX scart Analogue Audio Input AUX scart Digital Audio Output Optical output Data Inte...

Page 39: ...d broadcasters will advise you when to reset your channels on each occasion If you do not reset your channels you risk losing some or all of your TV services during and following switchover Please refer to section 6 4 3 of this manual for help with resetting channels Please note that in order to receive the maximum number of available TV services on your equipment you must preform a first time ins...

Page 40: ...thod of disposal For Switzerland Used electrical or electronic equipment can be returned free of charge to the dealer even if you don t purchase a new product Further collection facilities are listed on the homepage of www swico chor www sens ch B Information on Disposal for Business Users 1 In the European Union If the product is used for business purposes and you want to discard it Please contac...

Page 41: ...profession 3 To benefit from this guarantee any fault which occurs must be notified to Sharp or its appointed Service Facility within one year from the date this product was purchased Proof of purchase must be provided 4 In the unlikely event of this product requiring repair please contact the Sharp DTR help line on 5 No person has any authority to vary the terms or conditions of this guarantee 6 ...

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