Using TV
Guide
Basic
19
Other useful functions
Timer Programming (DVB mode)
Timer Programming can remind you to watch a programme or record one on an external recorder.
Select the
forthcoming
programme
select
set
Select the function
(Reminder or Ext Rec.)
LED
LED will turn to orange if
Timer Programming is set.
(Orange LED will flash if Ext Rec. of
Timer Programming is in progress.)
Guide
Guide
Timer Programming
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D
B B C O N E
D I Y S O S
Wed 28 Oct
2 0 : 0 0
2 0 : 3 0
D a t e
S t a r t
E n d
- - -
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- - -
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- - -
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( 3 0 m i n . )
( --- min.)
(--- min.)
(--- min.)
(--- min.)
- - -
Ext Rec.
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
C h a n n e l N a m e
F u n c t i o n
N o .
(Timer Programming screen)
Ext Rec. : to record the programme to the recorder
When the start time comes, the channel will be switched automatically and
the video and audio signals will be output. 2 mins. before the starting time,
a reminder message appears if you are watching TV.
Reminder : to remind you to watch the programme
When you are watching TV, a reminder message appears 2 mins. before
the start time. Press the OK button to switch to the programmed channel.
select
store
To check / change / cancel a timer programming event
“Timer Programming” (p. 43)
To return to TV Guide
RETURN
If you select a current programme
A confirmation screen asking whether you wish to watch or record the programme will appear.
Select “Timer Programming” and set “Ext Rec.” to record from the time
you finish programming the timer event setting.
View
Eastender
19:30- 20:00
Timer Programming
select
access
Note
This function is not available in Analogue mode.
Timer Programming can store up to 15 events.
Timer Programming reminder messages will remain displayed until one of the following occurs:
You press the OK button to view the programme or the EXIT button to cancel the reminder.
•
The timer programming event that the reminder is set for ends.
•
No other channel can be selected while Ext Rec. of Timer Programming is in progress.
When recording programmes, be sure to make the proper settings on the recorder connected to the TV.
If a compatible recorder with Q-Link or similar technologies is connected to the TV (p. 58) and the “Link
Settings” (p. 30) are completed, no setting of the recorder is required. Also read the manual of the recorder.
Guide link programming (Timer Programming from the TV Guide signal)
Guide link programming is Timer Programming which is controlled by information from the TV Guide; if
programme start and end times are changed by the broadcaster, the timer programming event will follow the
change.
A Split Programme programming is a Guide link programming which is interrupted by one or more other
programmes.
Note that Guide link programming (including Split Programme programming) only works reliably if correct
information is received from broadcasters.
Guide
Guide
Guide
Wed 28 Oct
2 1 : 0 0
2 2 : 3 0
D a t e
S t a r t
E n d
Wed 28 Oct
2 2 : 4 5
2 3 : 0 0
--/--
--:--
--:--
Thu 29 Oct
1 0 : 3 0
11 : 3 0
( 9 0 m i n . )
( 1 5 m i n . )
(--- min.)
(60 min.)
Reminder
Ext Rec.
- - -
1
Timer Programming
Ext Rec.
F u n c t i o n
C h a n n e l N a m e
1 4
D
E 4
T h e B i l l
7 2
D
B B C 2 W
< T I M E R >
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B B C O N E
R e d C a p
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1
D
Wed 28 Oct
2 0 : 0 0
2 0 : 3 0
( 3 0 m i n . )
Ext Rec.
B B C O N E
D I Y S O S
S/P
“Guide” is displayed if
the timer is set from the
TV Guide
(Guide link programming)
(Timer Programming screen)
“S/P” is displayed if the timer
is set from the TV Guide
and the programme is a
Split Programme
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TV Guide
Wed 28 Oct
Eastender
DIY SOS
Holiday News
Time:
Hot Wars
Holiday Program
Emmerdal.
Coronation Street
The Bill
10 O’ clock News BBC
Pepsi Char.
Good bye
Panorama
Spring watch
Coast
I’ m A Celebrity
Pop Idol
News
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
Rugby
15 To 1
Sports
Search
All Channels
19:30
20:00
20:30
21:00
1 BBC ONE
20:00 - 20:30 DIY SOS : We open in the Battersbys
1
7
14
70
72
105
719
BBC ONE
BBC THREE
E4
BBC FOUR
BBC 2W
BBCi
BBC Radi
“ ” or “ ” will be displayed in the TV Guide if Timer
Programming is set as the Guide link programming.
Note
If you edit the start time or end time of a Guide link programming event by more than 10 minutes, it will no
longer follow the broadcaster’s changes to the start or end time. The start and end times will become fixed.
Whilst making the Split Programme programming event for Ext Rec., you cannot record any channels
between the interrupted programmes.
The Split Programme programming event for Reminder will be cleared by pressing the OK button once to
view.
The Split Programme programming event for Reminder will switch to the programmed channel by pressing
the OK button even if it is between the interrupted programmes.
The Split Programme programming does not work if the separated parts are broadcast on different channels.
