Philips HDRW720-17B, HDRW720 Quick start guide

If you don’t have a set-top box follow the instructions for ‘Connection without Set-Top Box’. If you have a set-top box, follow the instructions for ‘Connection without Set-Top Box’ then the instructions for ‘Connection with Set-Top Box’.

Connection without Set-Top Box

Before Connecting

Your TV should be plugged into the wall jack via the antenna cable. Unplug the antenna cable from the TV.

Connecting

Connect the antenna cable (plugged out from the

TV) to ANTENNA IN socket at the rear of the recorder.

Connect the provided antenna cable into the TV

OUTPUT socket at rear of the recorder and into the Antenna In socket of the TV.

Connect the Video (CVBS) cable (yellow) to the

VIDEO (CBVS) socket of the TV and to the OUT 2 VIDEO (CBVS) socket at rear the recorder.

Connect the S-Video cable to the S-VIDEO socket

of the TV and to the OUT 2 S-VIDEO socket at rear the recorder.

Connect the red Audio cable to the red socket of

the TV and recorder and the white Audio cable to the white socket of the TV and recorder.

Connect the power cable from the recorder to an

AC power outlet.

DVD Recorder/Hard Disk

Television

Connection with Set-Top Box

With the TV Guide on ScreenTM System, your new Philips Hard Disk & DVD Recorder can control your set-top box (satellite receiver or cable TV box) via the IR-Blaster (GLINK cable). You can now only record TV shows that are received through the cable box.

Connecting

Follow the instructions under ‘Connection without Set-Top Box’ to connect the recorder then proceed to step 1 below.

Connect the G-LINK cable (supplied) to the G-LINK

socket at the rear of the recorder.

Place the IR-Blaster transmitter in front of your set-

top box in such a way that it can acquire the signal broadcasted by the transmitter.

If not already connected, plug in the power cable of

your set-top box to an AC power outlet.

Television

DVD Recorder/Hard Disk

Cable Box

IR-Blaster

Positioning of G-LINK transmitter

Set-Top Box

IR-Blaster

Note

The IR-Blaster must be placed about one inch in front of the set-top box.

Remote Control

Description

REC/OTR

Record the current TV show and mark recordings in the TSB to be stored on HDD.

TUNER

Switch to live TV.

COLOUR BUTTONS

Have different functions (shown at bottom of screen) in different menus.

BROWSER HDD

Call up the HDD menu.

STOP

Stop playback/recording. Hold down to open and close the disc tray.

PAUSE

Pause playback.

JUMP BACK

Jump back a certain time.

Previous chapter or title. Hold down to search backwards.

STANDBY

Switch on or off.

DISC MENU

Display the DVD menu.

INFO

Display additional information.

GUIDE/TV

Call up the GUIDE Plus+® system.

LEFT , RIGHT ,

UP , DOWN , OK

Used to navigate through the menus.

PLAY

Play/resume from disc/HDD.

JUMP FWD

To jump forward a certain time.

Next Chapter or Title. Hold down to search forwards.

Finding the Viewing Channel

Press the STANDBY-ON button on the recorder.

The recorder will display ‘IS THE TV ON?’

OPEN/CLOSE TV GUIDE OK

Front Panel of Recorder

STANDBY-ON

Switch on the TV set.

Press the ‘0’ button on the TV remote control, scroll

down until you see the Menu Language menu. This is your correct viewing channel for the recorder.

Tip

If unable to ﬁnd the correct viewing channel, check your connections again or check your TV’s user manual.

HARD DISK & DVD RECORDER

Installation

Follow the on-screen instructions: Select your Menu Language.

Tip

Use the recorder’s remote control to make the selections.

Select your Audio Language.

Select your Subtitle Language.

Select your TV Shape.

Select your Country.

The recorder will now ask if you have connected

your antenna. Do so if you haven’t.

The recorder will now start automatic Channel Search.

Tip

If no channels were found, check your antenna connection and check your user manual to search for channels.

Check Date and Time and press

OK to finish.

TV Guide on ScreenTM Installation

Press OK when you see ‘Welcome to Your TV

Guide on Screen System’.

Find your IR-Blaster if you haven’t connected it

and press

Press UP or DOWN to select your

country and press OK

Key in your zip code and press OK .

OK .

Step 2: Configuring for Cable

You have indicated that you have. Now the TV on Screen System need some additional information.

Is a cable box connected to this DVD Recorder?

Yes No

Using your your DVD Recorder remote, move up or down to highlight your answer. Press

OK to choose.

Installing Set-Top Box

If you do not have a set-top box, go to step C.

Select ‘Yes’ and press OK if you have cable service.

RIGHT

LEFT

DOWN

OPEN

Tip

Selected ‘No’ if you don’t and proceed to Step C.

Select ‘Yes’ and press OK if you have a external

set-top box. Select ‘No’ for all other.

Tip

If you have selected ‘No’, proceed to Step C.

Press UP or DOWN to select the channel

on the recorder which the cable service is tuned to and press OK .

You are now prompted to connect the IR-Blaster, do

so if you haven’t.

Tip

For more information on installing additional receivers, see the user manual.

Finalize Installation

Press UP or DOWN to select the brand

of your set-top box and press OK .

Tip

If you do not see your brand, select ‘not listed’.

Read the information on screen carefully and press

OK to confirm.

Change the channel on your set-top box to 02 and

press OK .

The recorder will now attempt to change the channel

number to 09 on your set-top box. Press UP or DOWN to select ‘Yes’ if it has.

Step 2: Configuring for Cable

Testing complete. If your cable box automatically changed to and remained on channel 09, the test was successful.

Is your cable box now tuned to channel 09?

Yes No Test this code again

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Using your your DVD Recorder remote, move up or down to highlight your answer. Press

If it has not, refer to the user manual for more details

on installing your set-top box.

Check the settings on screen, if they are incorrect select

‘No, repeat setup process’. If they are correct, select ‘Yes, end setup process’ and press OK to confirm.

Press OK after you finish reading about TV Guide

on Screen complete the setup.

Switch the set-top box to the channel that transmits

the TV Guide data, leave it on overnight to load the program data. It will be available in the next 24 hours.

You must leave the recorder in Standby mode at night in

System information and OK again to

order for it to load new program listings.

OK to choose.

Important Note

Pause Live TV

When watching live TV, it is now possible to pause it, do something else then return to continue watching from where you stopped.

Press PAUSE when you are watching any live TV

program to suspend it.

Press PLAY to continue.

Tip

When you switch on the recorder, the TV program of the current channel is temporarily recorded in the Time Shift Buffer (TSB). It is from the TSB that you are watching from in Pause Live TV. All content in the TSB will be erased when the recorder is switched to Standby mode.

Press TUNER to go back to watching the live TV

program instead of the TSB.

Recording to HDD

Record Directly to HDD

Press REC/OTR to record. When the recorder

is switched to standby mode the title will be saved to the Hard Disk Drive (HDD).

Press UP or DOWN to choose the title

you want to transfer from the TSB to the HDD.

Tip

A new title is created every time you change the channel.

Press REC/OTR to highlight the title to transfer.

Tip

The title will be marked in red and transferred to the HDD.

Playback from HDD

From Titles on the HDD

Press BROWSER HDD to see what titles are

stored on the HDD.

Press UP or DOWN to select title.

Press PLAY on the title you want.

Play Recording while Recording it

Press T/C to select title or chapter.

Press PREVIOUS to go back to the part of the

recording you want to watch and the recorder will start playing from there.

Using TV Guide on Screen

TV GUIDE .

Press

SCHEDULE

LISTINGS

SORT

North Shore “Tessa” (Drama) Jason offers a housekeeping position to a crafty ex-con (Amanda Righetti) who won’t rest until she’s scored serious points, Vincent... and a better job. Brooke Burn, Krisoffer Polanda, TV14 (Stong Language, Suggestive Dialogue)

Press RIGHT or LEFT to select

‘LISTING’.

Press UP or DOWN to select the TV

channel you want.

Tip

PressYELLOW to see an overview of all the channels available and choose from there.

Press RIGHT or LEFT to choose the

show you want.

Tip

Press and hold RIGHT or LEFT to browse through. Press BACK the previous day and the next day program listings.

Once the program is highlighted, press RED to

instruct the recorder to record it.

Tip

You can store up to 6 TV shows for recording.

Press BLUE to stored a reminder on the

recorder to watch the program.

and FWD to switch between

RECORDFAVORITES INFO

Press DOWN on the category you want and

you find a list of sub-categories.

LISTINGS

Zenon: Z3 (Action) Zenon competes in a galactic contest and helps an activist friend who wants to prevent the moon from being colonized. Stuart Pankin, Lauren Maltby, Kristen Storms. NR.

8:00 10:00

Press UP or DOWN to select the sub

category you want then press OK .

Press UP , DOWN , LEFT , RIGHT

to browser through the shows in the subcategory.

Tip

If ‘No program found’ appears on the screen, it means that there is no TV shows of that category on that day.

Once the program is highlighted, press GREEN

to instruct the recorder to record it.

Press BLUE to stored a reminder on the

recorder to watch the program.

When editing your channel list in the Editor area, please do

NOT turn your host channel “OFF”. If you do, you will not

receive the automatic daily listings updates.

IMPORTANT NOTE

PROMOTIONS

SORT

FAVORITES INFO

RECORD

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Quick Start Guide

Tip

The message ‘1 program +30’ will be shown, it means that the recorder will switch to standby mode after 30 minutes of recording. Every time you press REC/OTR itional 30 minutes is added to the recording time.

Press STOP and select ‘yes’ to stop the

recording immediately.

Tip

Switch to another channel and a new title will be created for the recording of the new TV program, except when the channel is changed again in less than 1 minute.

Transfer recording from TSB to HDD

INFO to view what is in the TSB.

Press

an add-

Tip

Now you can pause and jump forward or backward of what you have already recorded without interfering with the recording.

Press

TUNER to go back to live TV.

Searching for TV Shows

Keep pressing UP until you highlight in

yellow any of the options of ‘LISTING’, ‘SORT’, ‘PROMOTIONS’, ‘SETUP’, ‘MESSAGES and ‘SCHEDULE’.

LISTINGS

Move down to select a subcaterogory for Movies. Move right for Sports, left for ALPHABETICAL

SORT

PROMOTIONS

Need help?

TV Guide on ScreenTM System

Go to www.tvguideonscreen.com

User Manual

Check the user manual of the recorder.

Online

Go to www.philips.com/support

Hotline

Call 1-888-PHILIPS (1-888-744-5477) for our operators.

Hours of Operation

Tip

For more information on the ‘SETUP’, ‘MESSAGE’ and ‘SCHEDULE’ menus please refer to the user manual.

Press RIGHT or LEFT to highlight the

‘SEARCH’ option.

Press DOWN to see the categories of ‘Movies’,

‘Sports’, ‘Children’s’, ‘Educational’, ‘News’, ‘Variety’,

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‘Series’, ‘HDTV’, ‘Keyword’ and ‘Alphabetical’.

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What’s in the Box?

You should find these items upon opening the box.

HDD

Philips Hard Disk

DVD Recorder

Audio L/R Cable

Remote Control

and Batteries

Video CVBS Cable

Mains Cable

Quick Start Guide

G-Link Cable

& Transmitter

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Antenna Cable

User Manual