Settings And Adjustments; Aerial Reception And Language Settings (Basic) - Sony RDR-HX825 Service Manual

Settings and Adjustments

Aerial Reception and
Language Settings
(Basic)
The "Basic" setup helps you to make tuner,
clock, and programme position settings for
the recorder.
1
Press SYSTEM MENU while the
recorder is in stop mode.
2
Select "SETUP," and press ENTER.
3
Select "Basic," and press ENTER.
The "Basic" setup appears with the
following options. The default settings
are underlined.
To turn off the display, press SYSTEM
MENU repeatedly.
Programme Setting
Presets programme positions manually.
If some programme positions could not be set
using the "Easy Setup" function, you can set
them manually.
If there is no sound or if the picture is
distorted, the wrong tuner system may have
been preset during "Easy Setup." Set the
correct tuner system manually in the steps
below.
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Tuning the French CATV channels
This recorder can scan the CATV channels B
to Q and the HYPER frequency channels S21
to S41. On the Channel Set menu, the
channels are indicated as S1 to S44. For
example, channel B is indicated by Channel
Set number S1, and channel Q is indicated by
Channel Set number S23 (see the table
below). If the CATV channel you want to
preset is indicated by its frequency (for
example, 152.75 MHz), refer to the table
below to find the corresponding channel
number.
Corre- Channel Receivable
sponding Set Frequency
channel number range (MHz)
B S1 116.75–124.75
C S2 124.75–132.75
D S3 132.75–140.75
D S4 140.75–148.75
E S5 148.75–156.75
F S6 156.75–164.75
F S7 164.75–172.75
G S8 172.75–180.75
H S9 180.75–188.75
H S10 188.75–196.75
I S11 196.75–204.75
J S12 204.75–212.75
J S13 212.75–220.75
K S14 220.75–228.75
L S15 228.75–236.75
L S16 236.75–244.75
M S17 244.75–252.75
N S18 252.75–260.75
N S19 260.75–268.75
O S20 268.75–276.75
P S21 276.75–284.75
P S22 284.75–292.75
Q S23 292.75–300.75
S21 S24 299.25–307.25
S22 S25 307.25–315.25
S23 S26 315.25–323.25
S24 S27 323.25–331.25
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1
Select "Programme Setting" in "Basic,"
and press ENTER.
2
Press M/m to select the programme
position, and press ENTER.
3
Select the item you want to change using
</,, and change the settings using M/
m and press ENTER.
4
To preset another programme position,
repeat from step 2.
System
Select an available TV system (page 97).
BG Select this when in West
European countries, except
those listed in "Receivable
channels" on page 97.
DK Select this when in East
European countries.
I Select this when in Great
Britain/Ireland.
L Select this when in France.
Corre- Channel Receivable
sponding Set Frequency
channel number range (MHz)
S25 S28 331.25–339.25
S26 S29 339.25–347.25
S27 S30 347.25–355.25
S28 S31 355.25–363.25
S29 S32 363.25–371.25
S30 S33 371.25–379.25
S31 S34 379.25–387.25
S32 S35 387.25–395.25
S33 S36 395.25–403.25
S34 S37 403.25–411.25
S35 S38 411.25–419.25
S36 S39 419.25–427.25
S37 S40 427.25–435.25
S38 S41 435.25–443.25
S39 S42 443.25–451.25
S40 S43 451.25–459.25
S41 S44 459.25–467.25
Programme Sort
After the programme positions have been set,
you can change the order of each programme
position in the display list.
1
Select "Programme Sort" in "Basic," and
press ENTER.
2 Press M/m to select the row containing
the programme position you want to
move, and press ENTER.
• To display other pages for programme
positions 4 to 99, press M/m repeatedly.
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Channel AFT
Press M/m repeatedly until the programme
Select "On" to turn on AFT.
position you want is displayed.
The programme positions are scanned in the
order shown in the table below.
• If you know the number of the programme
position you want, press the number
buttons. For example, for programme
position 5, first press "0" and then press
"5." • If the Auto Fine Tuning function does not
• To disable a programme position, enter
"00." The disabled programme positions
will be skipped when you press PROG +/–.
• To select a cable or satellite programme
position, press M/m until the programme
position you want is displayed.
TV system
Name
BG (West European
Changes or enters a new station name (up to
Countries, except
5 characters). The recorder must receive those listed below)
programme position information (for
instance, SMARTLINK information) for
station names to appear automatically.
DK (East European
Countries)
To enter characters, see page 39.
PAY-TV/CANAL+ I (Great Britain/
Ireland)
Sets the PAY-TV/Canal Plus channels.
For details, see page 31.
Audio
Select "NICAM" or "Standard."
NICAM Normally, select this.
Standard
Select this if the sound from
L* (France)
NICAM broadcasts is not
clear.
* To receive broadcasts in France, select "L."
3 Press M/m until the selected programme 2
position row moves to the desired
programme position.
The selected programme position is
inserted at the new programme position.
4
Press ENTER to confirm the setting.
5
To change the programme position of
another station, repeat from step 2.
Auto Programme Title Labelling
(TV Guide Page)
Some broadcast systems provide a Teletext
service* in which complete programmes and
their data (title, date, programme position,
recording start time, etc.) are stored day by 3
day. A TV guide page corresponds to each
day of the week. When recording a
programme, the recorder automatically takes
the programme name from the Teletext pages
and stores it as the title name. The TV guide
page numbers depend entirely on the
broadcast itself and may be subject to change.
If so, you may have to set those TV guide
page numbers manually in the TV Guide
Page menu.
4
* Not available in some areas.
1
Select "TV Guide Page" in "Basic," and
press ENTER.
The TV Guide Page menu appears.
5
z Hint
To view Teletext information on your TV screen
during a broadcast, switch to your TV's tuner by
pressing TV/DVD.
On Turns on the Auto Fine
Tuning function.
Normally, select this.
Off Allows you to adjust the
pictures manually.
work effectively, select "Off" and press ,.
Press M/m to obtain a clearer picture, and
press <.
Receivable channels
Channel coverage
E2 – E12 VHF
Italia A – H VHF
E21 – E69 UHF
S1 – S20 CATV
S21 – S41 HYPER
S01 – S05 CATV
R1 – R12 VHF
R21 – R69 UHF
S1 – S20 CATV
S21 – S41 HYPER
S01 – S05 CATV
Ireland A – J VHF
South Africa 4 – 13
VHF
B21 – B69 UHF
S1 – S20 CATV
S21 – S41 HYPER
S01 – S05 CATV
F2 – F10 VHF
F21 – F69 UHF
B – Q CATV
S21 – S41 HYPER
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Select the programme position for which
you want to set or change the TV guide
page using PROG +/– or number buttons.
• The TV guide page numbers (Example:
P301) appear automatically when the
recorder detects them.
• If no page numbers are detected (P000),
you have to set the appropriate TV
guide page number manually.
Select the TV guide page number you
want to modify, and press ENTER.
Press the number buttons or </M/m/,
to enter the TV guide page number, and
press ENTER to confirm the setting.
• If you make a mistake, re-enter the
correct number.
• To return to the original settings, press
O RETURN.
To set or change another TV guide page
number, repeat steps 3 and 4 above.
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