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DIGITAL TV RECORDER

M

ODEL 

TU-R162H

OPERATION MANUAL

 

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-R162H

Page 1: ...o 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: ... 21 4 2 CHAPTER OPTIONS 22 4 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 SETUP 22 5 1 RECORDINGS 22 5 1 1 MAX TIMESHIFT 23 5 1 2 AUTO DISCARD 23 5 1 3 FORMAT DISK 23 5 1 4 HARD DISK INFO 24 Recording Format 25 Unrecordable Material 25 Hard Disk Operation Recording Playback Time Shift Recording 25 5 2 CONFIGU...

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: ... proper 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 ope...

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: ...IES 1 Menu Language English 2 Channel 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 watc...

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: ...UT ANTENNA 1 IN DO NOT REMOVE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 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 TV SCART TV Scart connection 6 AUX SCART Output for other equipment such as DVD VCR etc 7 ANALOGUE AUDIO LEFT RIGHT Analogue Audio output 8 CVBS Video Output 9 OPTICAL AUDIO Optical Digital Audio Output 10 RS23...

Page 10: ...ds to be initialised and the harddisk is checked The unit is equipped with output terminals that support RGB S video and CVBS video signals The image quality is highest in the order of 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 A U XSC A R T 3 5...

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: ...ewed channel 14 Wide TV aspect ratio mode 15 Subt Show Hide Subtitles 16 Swap Swap the channels shown on the PIP window and normal screen 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 Teletext function button 28 Au...

Page 13: ... Do not press any buttons on the remote control or front panel display during automatic channel search MAIN MENU The main menu is accessed by pressing MENU on the remote control You can navigate the menu using the 5 6 buttons on the remote control To activate the menu selection press the OK button on the remote control Press BACK on the remote control to exit the selected menu In most menus there ...

Page 14: ...DDING LOCKS TO CHANNELS Channel Locking provides a password protected access to channels selected by parents In order to lock a channel you should know the parental Lock password set to 0000 in the factory and can only be changed from the Configuration Menu from the channel list menu highlight the channel to be locked and select Lock using 3 4 For more information please refer to section 6 2 10 Wh...

Page 15: ... which are listed below RED BUTTON SHRINK make the info boxes smaller GREEN BUTTON EXPAND make the info boxes larger YELLOW BUTTON PREV DAY displays the programs of previous day BLUE BUTTON NEXT DAY displays the programs of next day INFO DETAILS displays the short extended programs in detail OK OPTIONS shows the programme options include Select Channel Record Delete Timer Series Record Series Dele...

Page 16: ...tion belonging to the selected programme will be saved from the software and following series of the selected programme which are not included in the period of 8 days will be automatically added day by day The letter s denotes that these recordings are series records To cancel an already set series recording highlight that programme and press the OK button and select the option Delete Series Timer...

Page 17: ...ecorded with this feature if there is another part of the programme available it will also be set automatically to be recorded For example in the following picture you see the programme with a red underline and the following episode is also underlined To perform this function you only have to press RECORD once Note Split programme information is broadcasted by the broadcaster If the Split Record f...

Page 18: ...d you will leave this window and go back to the EPG window Alternatives If you press this button you will get alternatives for the programme which causes a conflict NOTE A conflict is caused if more than two programmes are set for recording in the same time interval or if two reminders have the same starting time To solve this conflict you have to select an alternative for one of those programmes ...

Page 19: ...e Series Timer and Check Conflicts To add a Timer press YELLOW on the remote and the Add Timer windows appears Channel 3 4 will navigate the user through the TV or Radio list Date By using either 3 4 or 0 1 2 9 start date is entered Start By using either 3 4 or 0 1 2 9 start time is entered End By using either 3 4 or 0 1 2 9 end time is entered Duration Displays the duration of the recording This ...

Page 20: ... in a list To show the list of recordings press either LIB on the remote control or access it from the main menu RED BUTTON DELETE erase the recordings GREEN BUTTON EDIT make changes to the recordings YELLOW BUTTON TAG marks the recordings for archiving BLUE BUTTON SORT change the order of the recordings INFO DETAILS displays the short extended programs in detail OK BUTTON opens the play options m...

Page 21: ...n press OK to open the Play Options menu In this menu using 5 6 select the Create Archive option and enter it by pressing OK You will see the menu below EDIT RECORDINGS While the Edit recordings option is highlighted using 3 4 move to the list of recordings on the right of this menu Highlight a recording you want to archive and press OK You will see the menu below At this point only the Start reco...

Page 22: ...d be displayed in the recording title Name Start date time and Length DURATION Set the duration of the appearance of the Edit recording title menu main title on the screen If you press Menu on the remote control during playback you will enter the Chapter Options and in this menu you could set any point as a chapter You can then skip frames which should not be archived You can also start and stop t...

Page 23: ...urrent chapter This is the last played chapter 4 2 4 BACK TO PREVIOUS CHAPTER Using 5 6 select this option and press OK to go to back to the previous chapter You can use this function if there is more than one chapter 5 SETUP The adjustments in this menu are 5 1 RECORDINGS The internal hard drive can store up to 80 hours of digital TV broadcast depending on the data rate of the recorded programme ...

Page 24: ...ing with the longest recordings will be deleted to make space for the requested timer Shortest Starting with the shortest recordings will be deleted to make space for the requested timer Unplayed If this option is set to EXCLUDED any unplayed recordings will NOT be deleted If this option is set to INCLUDED unplayed recordings WILL be deleted 5 1 3 FORMAT DISK On rare occasions the Hard Disk may ma...

Page 25: ...ing up and using the Recorder Failure to observe precautions may cause damage to the HDD itself or its content failure of the disk to operate or recording of noise Do not subject the Recorder to any vibration or impact Do not place the Recorder in a cramped location which might block ANY of the ventilation ports located on the Recorder Do not place the Recorder in a location with severe temperatur...

Page 26: ...ponsibility to compensate for the content which could not be recorded or edited for the loss of recorded or edited video or for other related direct or indirect damages If a power failure occurs The content being recorded or timer recorded may be damaged if power failure occurs The content being played back may be damaged For important recording If the HDD malfunctions the content recorded on the ...

Page 27: ...ct CVBS or S Video output from the VCR SCART socket The receiver can output S Video and CVBS signal from the VCR SCART on the rear panel 5 2 4 LOW POWER OPTION If you select YES low power mode will be activated In low power mode the power consumption is less then 3 W in standby The front display will show no time information in standby If low power mode is deactivated all functions will be reactiv...

Page 28: ...lecting ENABLE 5 2 9 PARENTAL LOCKING Use 5 6 on the remote control to go to Parental Lock option Press OK on the remote control to enter the menu A box asking for the PIN code is displayed This pop up is set to 0000 initially Enter the PIN code If it is incorrect Wrong Pin is displayed If it is correct the Parental Control Menu is displayed 5 2 9 i MENU LOCK In menu lock you can set locking for A...

Page 29: ...he remote control Ø Subtitle if subtitle is backed up alter the subtitle language using 3 4 on the remote control The chosen language will be seen in subtitles 5 4 INSTALLATION 5 4 1 AUTOMATIC CHANNEL SCAN Automatic channel scan is activated by selecting OK when the line is highlighted A pop up menu appears on the screen select YES the automatic scan begins All the multiplexes are searched and a c...

Page 30: ...ed 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 display an error message on the screen A conflict is caused if more than two programmes are set for recording in the same time interval To solve this conflict you have to...

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: ...conds but the sound will remain muted until the MUTE button is pressed for 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 Main window and PIP window change their pl...

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 8 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: ...n Menu Right Vol Up AUDIO R L 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 Ou...

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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