4
Connecting Your DVR to a TV in a Stand-Alone
Environment
To connect your DVR to your entertainment devices, complete these steps.
1. Connect the DVR to your TV using your choice of output (RF, component, composite, S-Video,
DVI, HDMI). In the stand-alone environment, you do not need an active coaxial cable input.
2. Plug the DVR and the TV into an AC power source,
and then press the
Power
button on the DVR front
panel.
Note
: It may take several seconds while the DVR
reboots.
3. After the DVR reboots, a banner appears on the TV
to notify you that the DVR is now ready to play back
recordings. Press
on the remote or wait several
seconds for the banner to disappear automatically.
4. If your TV is a
different
unit from your home TV,
you may get a black screen (no video). No video
indicates that you need to change the picture format
to support your TV. If you do not need to change this picture format, go to step 5.
To set the format complete these steps.
a) With your DVR powered on, press and hold the
Settings
button on the DVR front panel
until
on the front panel blinks.
b)
Press
the
VOL–
key to select a picture format setting. The DVR front panel displays
HdSr
.
c) In the following table,
fi
nd the picture formats that your TV supports, then press the
corresponding buttons on the DVR front panel.
5. Complete the following steps to watch your recordings:
Press to record this program
or press for more recording options.
"The Jungle Book"
USA (Ch 67)
Record: 1 Episode
Save: 1 Day
Options/Play
Scheduled Recordings
Preferences
Recorded List
Recorded Programs
Date
Time
Length
PGA Golf
The Jungle Book
Dr. Phil
Sun 6/15
Wed 6/18
Fri 6/13
2:30pm
7:00pm
3:10pm
1hr 30min
2hr 0min
50min
a)
Press
LIST
on your remote to access the
Recorded List screen.
b)
Use
the
ARROW
keys on your remote to move
through the list of recordings.
c)
Press
SELECT
on your remote to select a
recording for playback.
Notes:
-
Use your remote to fast-forward, rewind,
pause, or stop the recording playback.
-
If you have an MCP-100
™
HD DVR-DVD, you
can play back DVDs and CDs while the DVR
is in stand-alone mode.
To select this
Press this front
DVR front panel
Then DVR front
picture format:
panel button:
brie
fl
y displays:
panel displays:
480i
CH+
480i SEt
720p
VOL–
720p SEt
480p
CH–
480p SEt
1080i
VOL+
1080i SEt
