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DCR 2020 Benutzerhandbuch 70 DE User manual 36 EN Handleiding 2 NL DCR 2020_indice1 1/09/05 15:26 Page 1[...]
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36 EN Meaning of symbols 0 2 Important information: Must be read and understood. Y our product has been designed and man ufactured with high quality materials and components, which can be recycled and r eused. When this crossed-out wheeled bin symbol is attached to a pr oduct or his packaging, it means the product is co ver ed by Eur opean Directiv[...]
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37 EN Y our r eceiv er has been manufactur ed to meet the appr opriate safety standards, but the instructions below must be follow ed to operate it safel y . These instructions must be k ept for futur e r eference. - Befor e connecting the receiv er to the mains, check that the mains supply v oltage corr esponds to the voltage printed on the r ear [...]
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EN As you unpack y our terminal, make sure the f ollowing accessories ar e included: - 1 x Remote Control Unit -2x AA batteries - 1 x SCAR T Cable - 1 x Po wer Cor d - 1 x Antenna Cord type F-IEC - 1 x Adapter F male-IEC female - 1 x Stick er to be put on your smart card - 1 x Leaflet explaining what to do with the adapter and stick er mentioned ab[...]
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4 T o a void incor rect insertion of the smart card in the slot, make sur e y ou affix the reminder stick er supplied with your r eceiv er on the smart card so as to cov er the following text: “Deze zijde boven” (on the side that has no chip). 5 Insert your smart card in your r eceiver with the golden or silv er contacts facing up . 6 Insert th[...]
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40 EN 36 Meaning of symbols 37 Safety instructions 38 Quick installation guide 38 Unpacking the receiv er 42 Intr oduction 43 Pr oduct description 43 Front panel 44 Rear panel 45 Remote contr ol 46 Inserting your Smart Card 47 Connecting y our r eceiver 47 Connecting to TV and VCR/D VD pla yer using SCAR T Suppor t 48 Connecting to your audio equip[...]
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41 EN 56 Settings 56 Menu 56 Fa vourites lists 59 Conditional access 60 User pref erences 61 Setup 62 System information 63 Menu T r ee 64 More about r ecor ding (VCR or D VD contr ol) 64 Connection for Easy Recording 65 Digital receiv er and VCR or D VD settings 65 Recording with the VCR contr ol featur e 66 T r oubleshooting 68 T echnical specifi[...]
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42 EN W elcome to digital television! The Philips Digital Cable Receiver DCR 2020 allo ws you to vie w a wide variety of free-to-air and scrambled channels with the best digital pictur e and sound quality . With this product y ou can enjo y advanced functions and f eatures including: - Digital picture and sound quality - Wide screen f ormat - TV SC[...]
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Fr ont panel 1 Smart Card slot: ....................... see chapter Inser ting y our Smart Card 2 U ........................................... channel + 3 I ........................................... channel - 4 ........................................... mute/demute 5 ........................................... ON/”low pow er” The front pane[...]
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44 EN Rear panel 1 230V~50Hz 1 0W max (**): ........ Sock et used to connect the pow er cord. 2 RF OUT (*): . ........................... RF output used to connect your r eceiver to a VCR/TV set to watch analogue channels only , or to connect another r eceiv er using the adapter supplied with y our receiv er . 3 RF IN (*): .........................[...]
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45 EN Remote contr ol V OLUME +/- Increases/Decr eases the volume lev el RED , GREEN, YELLO W , BLUE Contextual ke ys TV/STB T oggle between watching digital TV via your r eceiver and standar d analogue TV via your TV set 1-11 Open the Audio Languages screen to momentarily change the soundtrack and audio mode P+ / P- - In TV/radio mode: tune the ne[...]
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46 EN T o be able to receiv e scrambled digital channels specific to an operator , you need a smar t card fr om that operator . Y our operator may update it fr om time to time. T o a void incor rect insertion of the smart card in the slot, make sur e y ou affix the reminder stick er supplied with y our receiv er on the smart card so as to cov er th[...]
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47 EN There ar e sev eral wa ys y ou can connect and incorporate y our digital receiv er into your existing audio/video equipment set up . Befor e starting to connect: - Unplug all equipment (TV set as well as VCR and/or D VD or D VD+R if requir ed) from the mains. - Do not connect your digital r eceiv er to mains supply now . - Check your cur rent[...]
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48 EN Connecting to y our audio equipment Analo gue connection (A) Connect the L/R audio output sock ets to the rele vant L/R audio input sock ets of your audio equipment using a double CINCH cable (not supplied). Consult the user manual of your audio equipment to choose the pr oper analogue audio inputs. Digital connection (B) Connect the audio ?[...]
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49 EN For fast and successful start-up , check that your r eceiver is connected to the wall sock et, TV set and other equipment according to the diagrams in cha pter Connecting your r eceiv er . Switch on the r eceiver and TV set. The welcome screen a ppears, then the First installation screen. First installation settings - Set your fa v ourite men[...]
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50 EN Scanning failur e In case of channel scanning failure, a failure message is briefly displa y ed, and then the main menu appears (in case of first attempt). Select Setup then Channels installation, and proceed as described in paragra ph Channels installation to launch a new scan. If installation fails again, the Setup sub menu appears ; select[...]
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51 EN This section describes the basic functions a vailable while watching digital TV or listening to digital radio. For general menu na vigation, see Settings. Receiv er wak e up Y our receiv er is in “low power”. The only way to wak e it up is to press on the front panel. Y our receiv er is in standby . Press P+ , P- , or any number k ey of t[...]
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52 EN T o select a channel: - Scroll up or do wn to the desired channel. - Press OK . The current pr ogramme is displa y ed in the background. - Press OK again to close the list. Channel banner Every time you tune to a channel, the channel banner appears, displaying inf ormation on this channel, including information on the curr ent pr ogramme. The[...]
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53 EN V olume & Audio Contr ol V olume control and Mute T o decrease or incr ease the v olume, use . The volume le vel can also be contr olled fr om y our TV . T o mute the sound, press . A change of volume is signalled on-scr een using a bar graph, while audio mute is signalled with an icon in the top right corner of the screen. Audio mode T o[...]
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54 EN Setting a timer while watching digital TV or listening to digital radio - Press TIMER . - Set the desired Timer type: Recording timers, Reminders, or Sleep Timer , and then press OK . - Set the values of the recor ding parameters using the arr ow or number k e ys as appr opriate (for mor e details, refer to paragra ph Recording timers and Rem[...]
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55 EN Guide (Electr onic Pr ogramme Guide) The TV/Radio Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) pro vides an ov er view of a vailable TV and Radio channels, and programmes the br oadcasters ha v e scheduled, starting with the current pr ogramme. T o view EPG data: - Press GUIDE when watching a channel, or select Guide from the main men u. - Highlight the [...]
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56 EN Menu Basic na vigation While watching digital TV or listening to digital radio: - Press MENU to displa y the main menu. - Press t or y to scr oll up or down to the menu item you want to select. - Press OK to displa y the corr esponding sub items. - Press t or y to mov e to the desired sub item. Press MENU to go back to the main menu or BA CK [...]
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57 EN - Set the type of channels you want to list: • Channels: TV channels or Radio channels • Free2Air/scrambled: All, Scrambled, or Free2air - Press OK to displa y the list of channels matching the abov e criteria. - Modify your fa v ourite list as described below . T o modify a fa vourite list: - Select Modify a fa vourite list fr om the Fa [...]
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58 EN Timers Timers is used to set and edit: • recor ding timers for the pr ogrammes y ou want to recor d using your VCR or D VD recorder , • reminders to r eceiv e a warning and automatically change channel befor e the start of programmes you want to see, • sleep timers. T o be able to recor d a digital channel using a VCR or D VD r ecorder [...]
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59 EN programme y ou want to r ecord is br oadcast using the t or y ke y , and press OK to select it. - Press OK to confirm. When a recor ding timer is active, you cannot change digital channels, but you can s witch to analogue TV using the TV/STB k ey and za p thr ough analogue chann els. T o delete an active timer , press the k e y sequence TIMER[...]
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60 EN Changing PIN code: - Scroll to Changing PIN code, and then press OK . - Enter your cur rent PIN code and pr ess OK . - Enter your ne w PIN code and press OK . - Enter your ne w PIN code again and press OK . Once you ha v e changed y our Pin Code, keep it secret to pre vent others fr om using it. If you forget or lose your Pin Code, call your [...]
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61 EN Setup Setup is used to: • Install channels • T est signal lev el and quality • modify the general settings of your r eceiv er • check for softwar e updates • restor e the r eceiver factory settings. Access to this menu can be pr otected by Pin Code. Channels installation - Select appr opriate values for the follo wing: • Network I[...]
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62 EN Software Upgrade Software upgrade is used to check f or new softwar e a vailability . If new softwar e is a vailable: - Press OK to accept the upgrade. The r eceiv er restarts. Factory Settings Factor y settings is used to r estore the r eceiver factory configuration. - Press OK when prompted to confirm. If you r eset y our receiv er to facto[...]
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Menu T r ee Fa vourite lists Timers Conditional access User pref erences Setup System information Create a fa v ourite list Modify a fa vourite list Delete a fa vourite list Recording timers Reminders Sleep timers Encr yption status IRD status Loader status Message list Changing PIN code Languages On-screen displa y Access control Channels installa[...]
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64 EN Connection for Easy Recor ding This connection allows automatic r ecording without r equiring you to pr ogram y our VCR or D VD r ecorder . Y ou must, howev er , set a timer on your r eceiver as described in paragraph Timers. Prior to choosing this connection method: • Consult the user manual of y our VCR or D VD r ecorder to check if and h[...]
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65 EN - Connect the “ TV ” SC AR T sock et of your digital r eceiv er to the EXT 1 SCAR T sock et of your TV using the SC AR T lead supplied with your digital receiv er . - Connect the “ VCR ” SC AR T sock et of your digital r eceiv er to the EXT2 SC AR T sock et of your VCR (called “IN”) using a SCAR T lead. - Connect the EXT 1 SCAR T [...]
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EN The displa y on the front panel does not light up. No sound or picture but the front panel r ed light is on. No sound or picture but the front panel gr een light is on. The remote contr ol does not operate your r eceiver . On-screen displa y w orking but there is no r eception Intermittent reception The picture is not sharp and on-screen text is[...]
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67 EN The picture on some channels seems to ha ve been stretched or squashed. Even if y ou use the number buttons, you cannot access a particular channel. Y ou set a timer but did not recor d what you wanted. The order of the channels has changed. Y ou ha ve forg otten your default PIN code T he broadcast is pr obably in wide screen and the r eceiv[...]
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68 EN System Specifications - CPU/Video graphics: 8 MB SDRAM - Flash memory size: 2 MB - Video decoding: MPEG-2 D VB up to MP@ML, Video bit rate up to 1 5 Mbit/s, Video format 4:3 and 1 6:9, resolution up to 720x576 pix - CPU speed: 60 MHz - Ram size: 8 MB SDRAM T uner/Reception/T ransmission - Symbol rate : 1 -6.9Ms/s Conv enience - Child Protecti[...]
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Specifications are subject to change without notice. T rademarks are the property of K oninklijk e Philips Electronics N.V . or their respectiv e owners. 2005 © K oninklijke Philips Electr onics N.V . All rights reserved. www .philips.com 3111 176 52561 DCR 2020_indice1 1/09/05 15:26 Page 106[...]