Philips HDT 8520 manual

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    www .philips.com/support For support call 0800 331 60 15 EN   High-DenitionDigital T err estrialRecorder HDT 8520[...]

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    3 ENGLISH T ab le of contents 1 Important 4 1.1 Safetyinformation 5 1.2 Reducingpow erconsumption 7 2 Y our HD recorder 8 2.1 What’ sinthebox? 8 2.2 Whatyoualsoneed(notsupplied)? 9 2.3 Overview 9 2.4 Howtor eadthismanual? 10 2.5 Howtousethemenus? 10[...]

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    Important 4 1 Impor tant Thankyouf orpurchasingaPhilipspr oduct.  T aketimetoreadthisuserman ualbefor eusingyour HDrecor der . Itpr ovidesimportantinformationontheinstallation, operationandsaf etyofyourHD recor der . K eepthismanualnextto?[...]

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    5 Important ENGLISH 1.1 Safety information Y ourHDrecorderispo wer edusinga12 Vpow ersupplyunit.  Y ourHDrecor derhasbeen manufactur edtomeettheappr opriatesafetystandards, butyoumustf ollowthebelowinstructions tooperateitsafely . K eepthese?[...]

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    Important 6 W arnings • Befor econnectingthe12 Vpowersuppl yunittothemains, checkthatthemainssupplyvoltage corr espondstothevoltageprintedonit. Ifthemainsvoltageisdiffer ent, consultyourlocaldealer . • The12 Vpow ersupplyunit?[...]

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    7 Important ENGLISH 1.2 Reducing po wer consumption Y ourHDrecorderisdesignedtor educeitsimpactontheenvironmentandcomplieswiththe EuropeanDir ective2009/125/EC .  Thisispar tofPhilips’ongoingcommitmenttoleadthewa yin envir onmentalresponsibility . It?[...]

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    Y ourHDrecorder 8 2.1 What’ s in the bo x? HDrecor der Usermanual Quickstart guide Mainslead 12 Vpow er supplyunit HDMIcable RFcable TEXT RADIO EXIT GUIDE OPTIONS BACK INFO DIGITAL RECORDER MEN U HDD LIB AD Remotecontrol and2x AAA batteries Retuneyer Free viewy er Caution Plasti[...]

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    9 Y ourHDrecorder ENGLISH 2.2 What y ou also need (not supplied)? 2.3 Overview Fr ont panel 5 2 3 8 9 1 6 4 7 10 Rear panel 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 Remote control TEXT RADIO E XIT GUIDE OPTIONS BACK INFO DIGITAL RECORDER ME NU HDD LIB AD 1 2 6 4 5 3 Fr ont Panel 1  Standbyindicator 2  Standbybutton 3  Programme+/-bu[...]

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    Gettingstarted 10 3 Getting star ted 3.1 Preparing y our remote control Remov ethebatter ycoverb ygentlypressing downinthesmallcir cleonthecov erand slidingitdownwards . Insertthetwo AAAbatteriesasshown. Be suretomatchthe+and-marksonthe ba[...]

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    11 Gettingstarted ENGLISH 3.2 Connecting your HDTV Danger Riskofelectricshock! Befor emakinganyconnections, ensurethaty our equipmentisdisconnectedfromthemains. HD recorder Aerial wall socket 1 2 Mains wall socket TV HDMI  Connecttheaerialcable(notsupplied)from theaerialw[...]

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    Gettingstarted 12 Use / tohighlightthenetw orkthatyou wanttoinstallandpressthe gr een button.   Apr ogressscreendispla ystoconrmthat thesearchistakingplace.   W he nt he s ea r ch is c omp le te, a s cr een d isp la ys th e n um b[...]

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    13 Gettingstarted ENGLISH Note   Enteringy ourpostalcodeismandatory .  Y ouwillnotbeabletocompletetherst installationsetupwithoutenteringyour postalcode.   T ochangethedefaultPINcode(0000),  press andusethe number buttonsto ent[...]

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    UsingyourHDr ecorder 14 4.4 Using the channel banner Channel information Whenyouchangeachannel, thechannelbanner appearsbrieytoshowinf ormationaboutthe curr entprogramme. Bydefault, itappearsfor 5seconds.  T osetthelengthoftimethatthe channel[...]

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    15 UsingyourHDr ecorder ENGLISH 4.4.1 More about the channel banner content Multi - channel dig ital audio outp ut Channel num ber Channel n ame C urrent time Subtitle(s) Audio languages Select and watch a program among those broa dcast now • Press  /  to choose desired program • Press OK to watch the selected pro gram Current ch[...]

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    UsingyourHDr ecorder 16 4.6 Using the TV guide The TV guide pro videsyouwithalistingof allprogrammesa vailableonallchannelsfor uptoeightda ys, makingiteasytondthe programmesy ouwanttowatch. Press GUIDE todispla ythe TV guide . Use / to?[...]

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    17 UsingyourHDr ecorder ENGLISH 4.7 Using the T ools menu Y ou use the T ools menutodispla ysubtitles,  changetheaudiolanguage, contr olaudio descriptionandsynchroniseaudiowithvideo . Press OPTIONS todispla ythe T ools menu. Use / tohighlightthesettingyouwant [...]

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    UsingyourHDr ecorder 18   Inthemen uthatpopsup, use / to highlightyourchoiceandpr ess OK to conrm.   T opausepla ybackatanymoment, press pause K .  T orestartplayback, press pla y . High-speed pla yback  T ore windattwicethespeed(x2)[...]

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    19 UsingyourHDr ecorder ENGLISH   Bydefault, theinstantrecor dingfeatur eis designedtorecor donlythenexttw ohours oftheselectedprogramme.  Theendtime isshownafterthepr ogrammenameinthe Record Mana gement pop-upmenu.   T oincreaset[...]

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    UsingyourHDr ecorder 20 Note   Wheny ouselectapr ogrammetorecor d, y ourHDrecor dercheckswhetherthereisenough diskspacetorecor dit. Ifthediskisnearlyfull, y ourHDrecor derwillautomaticallydeletesome ofyouroldandunpr otected?[...]

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    21 UsingyourHDr ecorder ENGLISH 4.9.4 Controlling pla yback and recording Instant Replay Commercial skip Pause Open / Close HDD Library In Play mode One Touch Recording In EPG Schedule a recording Stop playback or stop recording or return to live TV on selected program Play In play mode : Fast Rewind (x2, x4, x32, x128) In Pause mode Slow [...]

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    UsingyourHDr ecorder 22 4.9.6 W atching recorded pr ogrammes T oviewallther ecordedpr ogrammes, press HDD (LIB) . The Recordings menua ppears.  Allrecor dedprogrammesar eprotectedby defaulttopre venty oufromdeletingthem accidentally .  T odeleteaprotected?[...]

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    23 Usingmoreofy ourHDrecor der ENGLISH 5 Using more of y our HD recorder 5.1 HD recor der Fr ont panel 1 Standby indicator:  Red: initialisationmodeandstandby mode  Orange: active-standbymode 2 s t a nd b y bu t t o n : Switches your HD recor derintoo[...]

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    Usingmoreofy ourHDrecor der 24 5.2 Remote control TE XT RA DIO E XI T GUIDE OPTIONS BACK INFO DIGIT AL RECORDER M E N U HD D LIB AD 1 8 9 10 6 5 7 11 12 13 14 27 26 25 20 18 16 4 15 3 21 22 23 24 17 19 2 1  Switchtostandbyorwak e upfromstandb y 2 RADIO Switchbetweenradioand TVchannels 3[...]

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    25 Usingmoreofy ourHDrecor der ENGLISH 5.3 Fr ont-panel display messa ges Y ourHDrecorderisstartingup Y ourHDrecorderistunedto TVchannel1 Y ourHDrecorderistunedtoradiochannel4 Antennasignalisnota vailable Subtitleon Subtitleoff Mainmenuisopen[...]

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    Usingmoreofy ourHDrecor der 26 Softwareupdateisstarting Softwareisbeingloaded Softwareisbeingsa ved Successfulupdate Automaticresolutionadjustment(r ecommended) Resolutionissetto576i Resolutionissetto576p Resolutionissetto720p Resolutionissetto1[...]

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    27 Usingmoreofy ourHDrecor der ENGLISH 5.4 Using the Main menu Press MENU todispla ythe Main menu. Use / tohighlightasetting.  Press or OK toconrmyourchoice. Press BA CK toreturntothe Main menu. Press BA CK again,  MENU or EXIT to remo ve the Main menu. Not[...]

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    Usingmoreofy ourHDrecor der 28 Renaming fa vourite lists From the F av ourites menu, use / to highlight either TV channels or Radio channels andpress or OK . Themenunowdispla ysthedefaultchannel list( All TV or All Radio )andanyexisting fa vourite lists. U se / to h i g hl ig h t [...]

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    29 Usingmoreofy ourHDrecor der ENGLISH Setting your pr eferences From the Settings men u, use / to highlight Pref erences andpr ess or OK . The Pref erences menua ppears. Use / / / / OK tona vigatethrough thesettingsandoptions, andmakechanges. Press or BA CK tosa vey our?[...]

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    Usingmoreofy ourHDrecor der 30 Digital output • HDMI output resolution - Use this to settheHDMIvideoresolutionto 576i ,  576p , 720p , 1080i , 1080p ,  Auto (default) or Original . Notethatyoucanalso changethissettingusingthe RES button onthefrontpanel[...]

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    31 Usingmoreofy ourHDrecor der ENGLISH locksettings(seebelow)willnotha veany effect. Note When Par ental control limits is set to ON , menuitemslike P arental control and Set-up willbeprotectedb ythePINcode.  T ocreateane wchildtimer , use / [...]

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    Usingmoreofy ourHDrecor der 32 Updating your HD r ecorder’ s software manually Y oucanmanuallyupdatey ourHDrecor der softwareusingaUSBmemorystick.  Downloadthelatestsoftwar elefromthe Philipswebsite(www .philips.com/support),  unzipitandtransferi[...]

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    33 Maintenance ENGLISH Press tosa vey ourchangesandreturnto thepre viousmenu. T ocheckthesignalqualityofanychannel thatyouar ereceiving, press to highlight Signal quality andpress or OK . Inthe Signal quality test menuthat appears, use / toselec[...]

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    Accessoriesandconnections 34 7 Accessor ies and connections 7.1 Connecting your audio equipment HD recorder Audio Equipment L R Digital HDMI IN S/PDIF Analogue Digital A C B D HDMI OUT TV HDMI C Option A – Optical S/PDIF connection (Digital) Connectthe SPDIF audiooutputofyourHD recor dertotherele vanta[...]

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    35 Guaranteeandser vice ENGLISH  Connecttheaerialcable(notsupplied)from theaerialwallsock ettothe Antenna IN connector ontherearpanelofy ourHD recor der .  Us e a SCAR T ca bl e (no t su pp li ed) t o co nne ct th e A UX co nn ec tor o n th e re[...]

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    T echnicaldata 36 Rear panel connections • RFin: typeIEC169-2female • RFout: typeIEC169-2male • HDMIoutput • AUXSCAR Tcongurablebymen u -SCAR T VCRconguration(forrecor der) Outputs: CVBS*, x edlev elL/Raudio -SCAR T TVcon?[...]

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    37 Frequentl yaskedquestions ENGLISH Accessories • Remotecontrol Protocol: RC6 • Batteries: 2x1.5Vtype AAA/R03 • Usermanual • QSG • Free viewy er • Retuneyer • CoaxialRFcable • HDMIcable • A C/DCconv erterincl. mainscord Miscellaneous •?[...]

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    Frequentl yaskedquestions 38 Y our HD recorder seems to be s witching off automatically after some time. IfyourHDr ecorderautomaticall ygoesinto standbymode(standbyindicatoronthefr ont panellightsup), thisisduetotheEcomode .  TheEcomodeissetto3hours, [...]

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    39 Frequentl yaskedquestions ENGLISH Y ou cannot nd all the channels you think should be a vailable e ven after r etuning your HD r ecorder . • Themissingchannelsma ynotbea vailable inyourar ea. Checkyourcov erageonthe Free vieww ebsite: www .free view .co.uk. • Y ouran ten na[...]

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    Glossar y 40 Y ou get a picture or a fr eezed picture, a pro gram number on the fr ont displa y and your r eceiver seems block ed while not responding to the r emote contr ol commands. Y ourHDrecorderhashungup .  Y ouha veto resety ourHDrecor der . Pr essthestandby buttononthefrontpanel[...]

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    41 Glossar y ENGLISH EPG ElectronicPr ogrammeGuide EasyLink ThePhilipsEasyLink™technologyenablesyou tocontrolm ultipledevices, whichareconnected throughstandar dHDMIcables, usingasingle remote. HDCP High-bandwidthDigitalContentProtection (HDCP)isatypeofdi[...]

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    Index 42 12 Index Changechannel, 14-16 Channelbanner , 14, 15 Connect HDMI, 11 SCAR T , 35 Controlv olume , 14 Fa vourite lists Create, 27 Delete, 28 Modify , 28 Rename, 28 Firstinstallation, 11 Frontpanel, 23 Indoorantenna  Po wering, 11, 33 Rearpanel, 23 Record Instantly ,[...]

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