Philips HDT8520 manual

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3 E N G L I S H 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?[...]

Important 4 1 Impor tant Thankyouf orpurchasingaPhilipspr oduct.  T aketimetor eadthisusermanualbefor eusingy our 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[...]

5 Important E N G L I S H 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[...]

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?[...]

7 Important E N G L I S H 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 [...]

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[...]

9 Y ourHDrecorder E N G L I S H 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  Standb yindicator 2  Standb ybutton 3  Pr ogramme?[...]

Gettingstarted 10 3 Getting star ted 3.1 Preparing y our remote control Remo vethebatterycoverbygentl y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 bat[...]

11 Gettingstarted E N G L I S H 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)fr om theaer[...]

Gettingstarted 12 Use / tohighlightthenetworkthatyou wanttoinstallandpressthe gr een button.   Aprogr essscreendispla ystoconrmthat thesearchistakingplace.   Whe n the s ea r ch is c om ple te, a scr een d isp la ys th e n um be r[...]

13 Gettingstarted E N G L I S H Note   Enteringyour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?[...]

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[...]

15 UsingyourHDr ecorder E N G L I S H 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 Curr[...]

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. Pr ess GUIDE todisplaythe TV guide . Use / to?[...]

17 UsingyourHDr ecorder E N G L I S H 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 . Pr ess OPTIONS todisplaythe T ools menu. Use / tohighlightthesettingy ouw[...]

UsingyourHDr ecorder 18   Inthemenu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rewindattwicethespeed(x2), [...]

19 UsingyourHDr ecorder E N G L I S H   Bydefault, theinstantrecording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increas[...]

UsingyourHDr ecorder 20 Note   Whenyouselectapr ogrammetor ecord, your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[...]

21 UsingyourHDr ecorder E N G L I S H 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 playba ck or stop rec ording or return t o live TV on selected program Play In play mode : Fast Rewind (x2, x4, x32, x128) In Pause m[...]

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

23 Usingmoreofy ourHDrecor der E N G L I S H 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in[...]

Usingmoreofy ourHDrecor der 24 5.2 Remote control TE XT RA DIO EX IT 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betw eenradioand TVchannels 3[...]

25 Usingmoreofy ourHDrecor der E N G L I S H 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?[...]

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[...]

27 Usingmoreofy ourHDrecor der E N G L I S H 5.4 Using the Main menu Pr ess MENU todispla ythe Main menu. Use / tohighlightasetting.  Pr ess or OK toconrmyourchoice. Pr ess BA CK toreturntothe Main menu. Press BA CK again,  MENU or EXIT to remo ve the Main [...]

Usingmoreofy ourHDrecor der 28 Renaming fa vourite lists Fr om the Fa vourites 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 / t o hi gh li gh t t[...]

29 Usingmoreofy ourHDrecor der E N G L I S H Setting your pr eferences Fr om the Settings menu, use / to highlight Pref erences andpr ess or OK . The Pref erences menua ppears. Use / / / / OK tonavigatethr ough thesettingsandoptions, andmakechanges. Pr ess or BACK tosav e[...]

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[...]

31 Usingmoreofy ourHDrecor der E N G L I S H locksettings(seebelow)willnotha veany effect. Note When P arental contr ol 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newchildtimer , use[...]

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.  Do wnloadthelatestsoftwarelefr omthe Philipswebsite(www .philips.com/support),  unzipitandtransfer[...]

33 Maintenance E N G L I S H 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?[...]

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[...]

35 Guaranteeandser vice E N G L I S H  Connecttheaerialcable(notsupplied)fr om theaerialwallsock ettothe Antenna IN connector ontherearpanelofy ourHD recor der .  U se a SCA R Tc ab le (n ot s up pli ed ) to c onn ec t th e A UX co nn ec tor o n th[...]

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?[...]

37 Frequentl yaskedquestions E N G L I S H 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 Miscellaneou[...]

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, [...]

39 Frequentl yaskedquestions E N G L I S H 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 .fr eeview .co .uk. • Y our a[...]

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[...]

41 Glossar y E N G L I S H 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o[...]

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  Pow ering, 11, 33 Rearpanel, 23 Record Instantly ,[...]

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