Sony SVR-HDT500 manual

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    4-265-096- 13 (1) © 2011 Sony Corporation SVR-HDT500 / SVR-HDT 1000 Hard Disk Record er Operat ing Inst ruct ion s Hookup s and S ettings Recording Playback Watching TV Programm es To find out usef ul hints, ti ps and informati on about Sony products and ser vices please v isit: www.sony-europe.com/myprodu ct/ Erasing an d Labe lling Copying to an[...]

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    2 WARNING To red uce the ri sk of fi re or electric shock, do not expose th is apparatus to rain or moi sture. To avoid el ectrical shock, do no t open the cabinet. Refer servicing to qualified personnel only. Batterie s or batteries installed apparatus shall not be exposed to excessive heat s uch as suns hine, fire or the like. Noti ce fo r cust o[...]

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    3 For more detaile d informati on about recycling o f this pr oduct or battery, please contact your local Civic Office, your household waste disposal service or the shop where you purchased the product. Precau tio ns This equipment h as been t ested and found to c omply w ith the limits se t out in the E MC Directive usin g a connec tion cable shor[...]

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    4 • D o not confine the AC adaptor i n a closed p lace su ch as a b ookshe lf or a n AV cabinet. • Do not conn ect th e AC adaptor t o a trav eler’s el ectr ic trans for mer, wh ich ma y generate h eat and caus e a malfunc tion. • D o not drop or apply sho ck. On pl aceme nt • P lace the recorder in a location with adequate ventilation to[...]

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    5 Table of Contents WARNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Guide to Parts a nd Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Hoo[...]

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    6 Copying to an Exte rnal HDD De vice Before Copying th e Recorded Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Connecting an external HDD devic e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Formatting a n external HDD dev ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Copying the Record ed Titles . . . .[...]

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    7 Guide to Part s and Con tro ls For more in form atio n, see the page s in pa rent hese s. A [ / 1 (on/stand by) Turns th e rec order on o r of f. B REC1/REC2 indicators C Power indicator Lig hts u p in whi te whe n the re cord er is turne d on. D USB jack (26, 2 8, 31) Connect a USB device to this ja ck. E RES ET Wh en the re corde r does not ope[...]

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    8 z Number 5, AUDIO, PROG +, N , and TV PROG + buttons ha ve a tactile dot. Use the tactile dot as a refer ence when operatin g the r ecorder. A % (mutin g) Turns of f the record er’s ou tput sound. If the s ound i s not t urne d of f by pres sing % (muting ), press TV % (muti ng). B [ / 1 (on/stand by) Turns th e rec order on o r of f. C Number [...]

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    9 O REPEAT (25) Repeats a title/ file. P z REC Starts recordin g a titl e. x REC STOP Stops rec ording a title. Q TV [ / 1 (on /standby ) (44) TV t (inp ut select) (44 ) TV PROG (programme) +/– (44) TV 2 (volum e) +/– (4 4) TV % (muting) (44)[...]

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    10 Hookups and Se ttings Step 1: Connec ti ng t he Aer ia l Ca ble Connect the ae rial cabl e by foll owing the steps bel ow. Do not conn ect the mai ns lead un til you have made a ll the c onnecti ons. To wat ch TV in standby mode, set “Standb y Mod e” to “M ode 2” in “ St ep 3: Easy Setup” (page 13) or use a splitte r (not suppli ed) [...]

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    11 Hookup s and Sett ings Step 2: Conne cting th e TV and Au dio Compo nent Select one o f the foll owing patt erns acc ording to th e input jack on your TV, or audio comp onent. Use a cer tified HDMI cable to enjo y high-q uality digital picture and so und thro ugh the HDMI OUT jack. To conne ct a TV To conne ct a TV t hrough an audio compon ent z[...]

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    12 To conne ct to vide o jack s Connecting to video ja cks will enable you to view pictures . A Video ou tput j ack You w ill enjo y standa rd qua lity i mages . To conne ct to au dio jac ks Connecting to audio ja cks will enable you to listen to sound. B Digita l audio outpu t jack (COAXI AL) If your audio co mpo nent has a Dolby * Digi tal de cod[...]

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    13 Hookup s and Sett ings Step 3: Easy Setup Be care ful no t to disco nnect the cabl es or exit the “Easy Setup” f unction du ring this proc edu re. 1 Insert two R6 (size AA ) batteries by matchi ng th e 3 an d # ends on th e bat teri es to th e mar king s in side the battery compa rtment. 2 Con nect the su pplie d AC ad apt or in the nu meric[...]

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    14 Connec ting t o the Networ k Use a LAN ca ble t o conn ect to t he LAN (100 ) termi nal o n the r ecord er. To set the ne twork se ttings Press SYS TEM MENU to s elec t “Other s,” “Conn ecti on,” then “Netw ork” (pag e 37), and follo w the on-s creen in structi ons to com ple te the se t up. z • T he netw ork fun ction is used f or[...]

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    15 15 Watching TV Prog rammes Watching TV Programmes Watchi ng T V 1 Turn on the re corder an d your TV. Then sw itc h the inpu t selec tor on y our TV so t hat th e si gnal from the record er ap pears o n your TV scree n. 2 Press PROG +/– to s elect the prog ramme po sitio n. You ca n also se lect t he pro gramm e posit ion usi ng the nu mbe r b[...]

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    16 To set the F avouri te Lis t You ca n quickl y displ ay the ch annel to watch i f you sto red your favou rite chann els. 1 Press SYSTEM MENU and se lect “Channel .” 2 Select “Edit Favourite Lis t” in “ Edit Chan nel.” Enter you r four -digi t pas sword us ing t he number buttons. The defau lt password is “0000. ” • To renam e t[...]

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    17 17 Watching TV Prog rammes By conn ecti ng Son y compo nent s that are compatible wit h the “ Control fo r HDMI” function with a suppl ied HDMI cab le, operation is simplif ied as below: •O n e - T o u c h P l a y Wit h one touc h of the fo llow ing but tons, the co nnect ed TV tu rns on and the i nput selector on the TV is switched to the[...]

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    18 Rec ord in g Using th e EPG (Ele ctroni c Pr ogr amme Guide) D ispla y The Electronic Programme Guid e is a guide showing th e televisio n programme sc hedule for a da y or more at a time on your tele vision . b Digital S ervice s availa bility and co ntent depe nd on the broadca ster. Press GUIDE. Examp le of EPG Di splay: A Progr amme num ber [...]

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    19 Recordi ng To se arch f or p rogr ammes (Keywo rd/ Genre) 1 Pres s / wh ile the EPG screen is disp laye d. 2 Press the yell ow but ton to sw itch betw een “K eywor d” and “G enre .” 3 Sele ct a genr e or in put a ke ywor d, a nd pres s . To i nput a ke yword , see “ Lab el ling a Fold er/T itl e/Fi le (R ename )” (page 2 9). Record i[...]

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    20 z • To record the progr amme with , selec t “Single recording” or “Seri es reco rding.” • If you pr ess REC in st ep 2, “Single recordin g” can be set. • If one part of a Split Prog ram me is set to be recorde d, the other par ts will be recorded automa tica lly. • This reco rder au tomati call y adj usts t he st art/end reco[...]

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    21 Recordi ng Checki ng/Ch angi ng/ Cancel ling Ti me r Setting s (Timer list) b When you change the EPG time r settings, disappea rs and the func tion that ad justs th e start/ end recordi ng time aut omatical ly is disable d. 1 Pres s TIMER. The “Timer list” disp lay appears. • All: Al l the ti mer se ttings (The timer settings in Seri es R[...]

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    22 Record ing a TV Progra mme While Watchi ng This sectio n introd uces the basic op eration to record a current TV programme to the hard disk ( HDD). 1 Press PROG +/– to s elect the prog ramme po sitio n. 2 Press z REC. Recording starts and stops auto matically in 120 minut es. To stop re cording Pres s x REC STOP and t hen pres s . b • A fter[...]

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    23 Recordi ng Record ing fo r Two Prog ramme s The r ecor der can re cord up to tw o programmes at once. Also , you can se t timer recordin g two programmes at the same time. Press z REC while wa tchi ng a TV prog ramme an d recor ding an other prog ramme. Recording st arts on the cur rent progra mme. z Press INFO to c heck the prog ramme numbe r/ [...]

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    24 Playback Play ing Reco rded Prog ramme s 1 Pres s TITLE LI ST. A Title name For the title set to be recor ded manually, the programme s tation name a nd recordin g date and time are displaye d (page 20). B Shows the current Drive. Press < / , to mov e to anot her D rive . C Media t ype: TV, Ra dio, M usic, Phot o or Vide o( Data) D Indica tes[...]

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    25 Play back Variou s pl aybac k optio ns *1 Recorded titles /video (data) files only. *2 Recorde d titles onl y. z To play a recorde d title in slow motion (playba ck direction on ly), press OP TIONS and selec t “Slow Forward” i n “Playb ack.” Chas e Play allows you to view t he re cord ed part of a progra mm e while the re cordin g is bei[...]

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    26 To play a sp ecific p ortion repea tedly (Rep eat A -B) 1 Pres s OPT IONS to select “Play back ” and then “R epeat A-B ” during play back . 2 Press at the star ting point ( point A) of the portio n to be pla yed re peat edly. 3 Pres s OPT IONS t o sel ect “Pla yba ck” and then “R epeat A -B.” 4 Conti nue play ing to lo cate th e [...]

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    27 Play back 2 Pres s TITLE LI ST. The “Title lis t” appea rs. Press the sam e colour button on the remote. • Red bu tton (“Home”) : Goes back to the top lay er. • Yellow button (“M edia Type ”): Switches th e list b y media type ( TV/ Radi o/ Phot o/ Music/ Vide o( Dat a)). 3 Sele ct “US B_Fro nt” or “USB _Rear, ” and pre s[...]

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    28 1 Foll ow st eps 1 t o 3 of “Pla ying photo files” on pa ge 26. 2 Select a m usic or video (d ata) file, and pre ss N . Play back sta rts . To stop play back Pres s x (stop). Variou s pl aybac k optio ns See “ V arious playb ack o ptions” on p age 25. To pla y a file repe atedl y See “P la ying rep eate dl y (R epeat )” on page 25 . [...]

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    29 Erasin g and Labe lling Erasing and La belling Erasing a Fold er/Ti tle/ File (Era se) 1 Pres s TITLE LI ST. 2 Select the folder/title /file you wan t to erase using M / m . To erase multip le fol ders/tit les/file s, press the gree n butto n (“Sele ct”). 3 Press OP TIONS to se lect “Erase ,” and pre ss . The displa y asks for conf irmat[...]

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    30 To use th e numbe r butto ns on the remote Pres s the numb er bu tt on whi le t he i nput row is hi ghl igh te d. • To switch the characters , press the number butto n repe ated ly. • T o insert a s pace, pr ess SUBTI TLE. • T o switch the ch arac ter typ es, pr ess / . b Only the charact ers disp layed on the o n-screen keyboa rd can be i[...]

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    31 Copying to an Externa l HDD Device Copying to an External HDD Device Befo re Copy ing th e Record ed T it les You can copy the reco rded ti tles to a conne cte d ext ern al de vice as a back up c opy. Connec t the external HDD de vice to the USB jack o n the re corder . b To disco nnect t he USB d evice, while the “T itle list” is displayed,[...]

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    32 Settings and Adj ustments Using th e Syst em Men u Press S YST EM MEN U when yo u need to cha nge the se tting s of th e reco rder. The de fault settings are un derlin ed. 1 Pres s SYSTEM MENU . 2 Sele ct a me nu ic on usi ng < / , , and pres s . Title lis t (page 24, 26, 29) Displays th e title s store d on the HDD or the conn ected US B dev[...]

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    33 Settings a nd Adjus tments Record er S ettin gs (Setup) TV Type Selec t the pla yback pictur e size acc ording to the type o f conn ected TV . Displa y Format Selec t the pla yback pictur e size acc ording to the type o f conn ected TV . When you se t “T V Type” t o “4:3 ” When you se t “T V Type” t o “16 :9” HDMI Resol ution Sel[...]

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    34 b If th e HD MI OU T jac k is c onnecte d to e quipm ent not co mpatible with Dolby Dig ital signa ls, the PCM sig nals w ill be auto mati call y output ev en when yo u select “O n.” Audio De scripti on AD M ixing Leve l Adjusts th e mixing le vel of th e main sound and t he au di o desc ript ion . Th e defa ult setting is “Middl e.” Lip[...]

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    35 Settings a nd Adjus tments Inst ant Rep lay Sets the interval fo r instant repl ay (“15 Se c.”/“3 0 Sec.”/ “6 0 Sec.”) . Inst ant Adva nce Sets the interval fo r instant advance (“30 Se c.”/“6 0 Sec.”/ “1 20 Sec .”). Slides how Time Sets the time each frame is displa yed (“3 Se c. ”/“5 Sec .”/“1 0 Se c.”) Time[...]

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    36 Aerial Re cept ion Setting s (Cha nnel ) Full Rescan Eras es a ll the r egis te red c hanne ls and scans the ch anne ls aga in. 1 Enter you r four -digi t pas sword us ing t he numbe r but ton s. 2 Selec t “Yes” us ing < / , , and pres s . The re cord er s tart s sc anni ng t he channe ls. 3 Selec t “Save” usi ng M / m , and pre ss . [...]

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    37 Settings a nd Adjus tments Other Se tting s (Oth ers) Syste m Messag e When the record er has f ailed to rec ord a title , an erro r me ssag e is disp laye d. System I nform ation Displays the sy stem i nformati on. Sign al In for mat ion Displays th e sign al informa tion. Disk Inform ation You can c heck us ed/ remaini ng s pace on the HDD and[...]

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    38 Soft ware Up date You ca n chec k the cur rent sof twar e versi on of the built- in digit al tuner a nd keep it up to date with t he latest soft ware. To upda te the software , enter your four -digit p assword . b Do not turn off the recorder dur ing updatin g the soft war e. Factor y Set tings You can rese t the r ecorder to all i ts fa ctory s[...]

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    39 Additional Information Additional Information Trouble shoo ting If you e xperie nce any of the followi ng difficult ies while using t he recorde r, use this troub leshoo ting gui de to hel p reme dy the problem bef ore reques ting repa irs. Shou ld any pr oble m per sist , cons ul t your ne ares t Sony dealer . The pow er does not turn on . , Ch[...]

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    40 There is no sound . , Re-con nect all connect ions sec urely. , The co nnect ing cabl e is dam aged . , The inpu t sou rce se tti ng on t he audi o compon ent or the co nne ctio n to the audio compon ent is inco rrect . , The rec order is in reverse play , fast- forw ard , s low m oti on, or paus e mo de . , If the audio signal does not come thr[...]

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    41 Additional Information The re corder does not sta rt play bac k from the be ginn ing. , Resume p lay was act iva ted (p age 24 ). The mu sic/p hoto /vide o (dat a) fil es do no t play . , The fi les ar e not rec orded i n a forma t th at the reco rder can play (page 43) . Time S hift Mode does no t work. , Set the TV’s i nput source to t he re[...]

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    42 The BRA VIA Sy nc f eatur es do not opera te. , Your TV is n ot co mpatib le with the BRAVIA Sync f eatures. , “Control for HDMI” is set to “ Off” in t he “Connect ion” se tup (pa ge 37). , The rec order is conn ected to the TV via an amplif ier. Co nnect th e record er dir ectl y to the TV. The re corder does not operat e prop erly [...]

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    43 Additional Information Specifi catio ns System Tran smission st andards: DVB-T/DVB-T2 Channe l co vera ge: UHF: E21 to E6 9 The ab ove ch annel co verag e merel y ensur es the ch annel recept io n with in thes e rang es. It doe s not guar antee t he abi lity to re ceiv e signa ls in al l circu mstan ces. The chann els that ca n be receiv ed diff[...]

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    44 • T his record er incorpora tes High-D efinition Multim edia Inte rface (HDMI™) technology. HDMI, the HDMI logo and High-Def inition Multimedi a Inter face ar e trad emarks o r register ed trademarks of HDM I Licensing LLC in the Unit ed States and other countries. • The FREEVIEW, FREEVIEW+, FREEVIEW HD and FREEVIEW+HD words are trade mark[...]

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    45 Additional Information Noti ces an d Lic ense s for Softwa re used in this Prod uct GPL/LGPL LICENSED SOFTWARE The following GPL executabl es and LGPL libraries are used in this product and ar e subject to the GPL /LGPL License Agreements included as part of this documentation: Package list: Linux Initrd Kernel uclibc toolchain binary BusyBox Sm[...]

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    46 These requirements apply to the m odified work as a whole. If identifiable sections of that work are not derived from t he Program, and can be reasonably considered inde pendent and separate works in themselves, then this License, and its terms, do not apply to thos e sections when you distri bute them as separate works. But when you distribute [...]

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    47 Additional Information 10. If you wish to incorporate parts of the Program into other free programs whose distribution conditions are different, write to the author to as k for permission. For s oftware which is copyrighted by the Free Software Foundation, write to the Free Software Foundation; we sometime s make exceptions for this. Our decisio[...]

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    48 For example, if you distribute copies of the library, whether gratis or for a f ee, you must give the r ecipients all the rights that we gave you. You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the source code. If you link other code with the library, you must provide complete objec t files to the recipien ts, so that they can relink them[...]

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    49 Additional Information These requirements apply to the m odified work as a whole. If identifiable sections of that work are not derived from t he Library, and can be reasonably cons idered independent and separate works in themselves, then this License, and its terms, do not apply to thos e sections when you distri bute them as separate works. B[...]

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    50 7. You may place library facilities that are a work based on the Library side-by-side in a single library together with other library faciliti es not covere d by this L icense, and distribut e such a combined library, provided that the separate distribution of the work bas ed on the Library and of the other libr ary facilities is otherwise permi[...]

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    51 Additional Information Permission is hereby granted t o use, copy, modify, and distribute this software (or portions thereof ) for any purpose, without fee, subject to these conditions: (1) If any part of the source code for this software is distributed, then this README file must be included, wit h this copyright and no-warranty notice unaltere[...]

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    52 Therefore, by using, distributing, or m odifying the FreeType Project, you indicate that you unders tand and accept all the terms of this l icense. 4. Contacts There are two mailing lists related to FreeType: • freetype@nongnu.org Discusses general use and appli cations of FreeType, as well as future and wanted additions to the libr ary and di[...]

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    53 Additional Information A “png_get_copyright” function is available, for conve nient use in “about” boxes and the like: printf(“%s”,png_get_copyright(NULL)); Also, the PNG log o (in PNG format, of course) is supplied in the files “pngbar.png” a nd “pngbar.jpg (88x31)” and “pngnow.png” (98x31). Libpng is OSI Certified Open [...]

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    54 Televisio n in the UK is going di gital, bri nging us all m ore cho ices and new se rvices. S tarting in l ate 2007 and ending in 2012 , televi sion services in the UK will go compl etely digita l, TV region by TV regio n. Please see the o verlea f to fin d out when your area s witches t o di gital. Digital UK is t he inde pendent, n on-prof it [...]

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    55 Additional Information If you are mis sing any channels, it may be that they are not availa ble in your area , or that your aeria l needs upgradi ng. If you h ave an y questio ns, pl ease co ntact Sony on 0844 84 66 555 or visit www.sony.co.uk /support or call Digital UK on 0845 6 50 5 0 50 or visi t www.d igita luk. co.uk †Calls charge d at B[...]

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    56 Index Wo rds in qu otati ons ap pear in the on -scr een di splay s. A “AD Mi xing Level ” 34 Aerial 10 Alternate Program mes 20 “Audio ” 34 “Audio Descr iption ” 34 Audio o utput 12 “Auto S ervice Update ” 36 “Auto S tandby ” 35 “AV Setting” 33 B Batteries 13 BRAVIA Sync 17 C “Chang e Pa sswor d” 34 “Cha nnel ” 36[...]

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    57 S Searching fast reverse/fast forward 25 locating the beginn ing of the title 25 locating the previous/ next file 25 Series Recordin g 19 “Setup” 33 “Signal Information” 37 “Slides how Ti me” 35 “Softwa re Update” 38 Split Prog rammes 18 “Stand by Mod e” 13 , 35 “Subtit le” 34 “System Information” 37 System M enu 32 ?[...]

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    © 2011 Sony Corporation 4-265-096- 13 (1) Abou t how to re- tune yo ur TV dur ing th e digit al TV swi tchover , see pa ge 54.[...]