The hard disc recorder is designed for
connection to a Bang & Olufsen television
via a 21-pin AV cable. For an overview of the
socket panel, refer to page 43.
Register all equipment connected to your tele-
vision. This is done via your television’s ‘Setup’
menu. Refer to the Guide included with your
Bang & Olufsen television to ensure proper
connection and registration of extra equipment.
To connect the hard disc recorder to your
television …
> Connect the socket marked TV on the hard disc
recorder to the socket marked V.TAPE (or V MEM)
on your television using the 21-pin AV cable.
> Connect the cable from your external aerial to
the signal input socket marked
on the rear
panel of the hard disc recorder.
> Direct the aerial signal to the television, using the
aerial cable supplied with the hard disc recorder.
> Plug one end into the aerial socket marked TV
on the hard disc recorder and the other end into
the aerial socket marked TV on the television’s
socket panel.
> Connect any extra video equipment, such as a
DVD recorder, set-top box, or video tape recorder,
to the AUX socket on the hard disc recorder
with a 21-pin AV cable.
> Connect an IR-transmitter for extra video
equipment to the DATA socket on the hard disc
recorder.
> Finally, connect the hard disc recorder and all
connected equipment to the mains. The hard
disc recorder is now in standby mode, indicated
by the red light in the display panel.
Any equipment you have connected to the AUX
socket on the hard disc recorder must be registered
in the hard disc recorder’s CONNECTIONS menu –
not the television’s! For further information about
how to register connected equipment, refer to the
chapter ‘Preference settings’ on page 38.
Set-top box connection
You can connect a set-top box to the hard disc
recorder, or to your television. Regardless of the
setup you choose, you can still make manual and
timed recordings of set-top box programmes.
If you connect a set-top box to the television: You
can not use the replay function in the hard disc
recorder while watching a set-top box programme.
For information about how to connect a set-top
box to the television, refer to the television’s own
Guide.
If you connect a set-top box to the hard disc
recorder: You can use the replay function
while watching set-top box programmes.
To connect a set-top box to the hard disc
recorder …
> Connect an IR transmitter to the DATA socket.
> Fasten the IR transmitter to the IR receiver of
the set-top box.
> To be able to use the remote control included
with your set-top box, do not cover its IR
receiver entirely.
Connect any extra video equipment, such as a
DVD recorder, set-top box, or video tape recorder,
to the AUX socket on the hard disc recorder with
a 21-pin AV cable.
Connections
