Automatic tv channel search – Philips Magnavox MRV640 User Manual

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Automatic TV channel search

During installation, all available TV channels are searched for and saved. If the channel
assignments of your cable or satellite TV provider change or if you are reinstalling the DVD
recorder, e.g. after moving, you can start this procedure again. This will replace the TV channels
already saved with the new ones.

1

Turn on your TV. Select the channel number for the DVD
Recorder (Audio/Video In or channel 3 or 4).

2

Turn on the DVD Recorder by pressing STANDBY-ON

m .

3

Press SYSTEM-MENU on the remote control. The menu bar
will appear at the top of the TV screen.

4

Select '

A

' using

D or C .

5

Press

B continuously to select the line 'Installation'. (It is on

the second screen of menus). Confirm with

C .

6

Select 'Auto Ch. Programming' using

B or A .

7

Press

C . The automatic TV channel search starts. This allows

the DVD Recorder to save all available TV channels. This
procedure may take several minutes.

Installation

Auto Ch. Programming

Searching for TV channels

000 Channels found

h______________

Please wait

8

When the channel search is completed, 'Auto ch. search
complete
' will appear on the TV screen.

9

Press

SYSTEM-MENU repeatedly to remove all the menus

from the screen.

aVery few TV channels were found

b During 'Automatic channel search' the DVD Recorder detects

whether an antenna or a cable TV signal is connected to the DVD
Recorder's ANTENNA IN jack. If you have connected a cable TV
signal but found very few TV channels, you must search the channels
manually.

1

To

do

so,

select

'Cable/Antenna' instead

of

'Auto

Ch.

Programming' in step 6 and confirm with

C .

2

Select your type of connection by pressing

C repeatedly:

If you select 'Cable', channels 1-125 will be possible.
If you select 'Anten.', channels 2-69 will be possible.
'Anten.' or 'Cable' of 'Auto.' automatically detects which one you
have.

3

Confirm the setting with OK .

4

Press

SYSTEM-MENU to go to the previous menu. Press

SYSTEM-MENU repeatedly to remove all the menus.

Problem

You can read about how to search for a TV channel manually in the following section 'Adding
and deleting TV channels manually'.

Installing your DVD recorder

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