User manual AMSTRAD GT65 SERVICE MANUAL

[. . . ] You must have your Sky digital satellite system installed by a qualified satellite-TV installer. It is important that you read this booklet completely, especially the safety instructions below. If you have any doubts about the installation, operation or safety of your Sky+ box, please contact Sky or your dealer. FOR YOUR SAFETY 4 Warnings and cautions · Remember that contact with 230V AC mains can be lethal or can cause a severe electric shock. To avoid this risk: · Never remove the top cover of your Sky+ box. [. . . ] 4 Press select or play when you're ready to start the programme. choose the starting point 32 USING YOUR GT65 Picking up from where you left the last recording If you were interrupted last time you played back a recording and want to go back to it, simply press play when you're watching TV or from a TV Guide or Box Office screen. TAKING CONTROL PLAYING RECORDINGS In the Sky+ Playback screen, press play or select to carry on where you left off last time. To watch a rated programme before its normal watershed time, you need to enter your PIN. For details on using your PIN and parental control settings, see Having more control over kids' viewing. programme rating 18 15 12 to play the last recording you watched, just press play, then play again when PIN is needed before 10pm before 8pm before 8pm The playback symbol When you start playing back a recording, the Play symbol appears, showing how far playback is into the programme. Press back up to remove it before then. minutes from the start of the recording Fast Forward symbol Rewind symbol Play symbol Fast forwarding and rewinding Press fast forward or rewind to shift to a different place in the recorded programme. The fast forward/rewind symbol appears, showing the elapsed time and the shifting speed. You can choose different speeds, up to 30x, by pressing fast forward or rewind repeatedly. Likewise, to rewind at a slower pace, press the fast forward key. 33 USING YOUR GT65 fast forward and rewind at 4 different speeds Stopping playback To stop playback and go back to the channel you were watching before, press stop or the Sky key. TAKING CONTROL PLAYING RECORDINGS Playback also stops if you change channels or go into full screen listings such as TV Guide. press stop to go back to the channel you were watching press back up to stop and go to your Planner Pausing Press the pause key to freeze the screen while you're playing, fast forwarding or rewinding a programme. The Pause symbol appears onscreen. press pause to stop playback briefly Pause symbol Slow motion To play a programme in slow motion, press and hold play for two seconds. Press play again to carry on in normal time. press and hold play for slow motion 34 USING YOUR GT65 Using bookmarks for favourite parts of a programme With bookmarks, you can easily go back to certain points in a recording. Saving bookmarks TAKING CONTROL PLAYING RECORDINGS When you're watching a recorded programme and you see something you want to bookmark, press pause and then the red key. ENJOYING BOX OFFICE If you don't watch any part of the programme in this time, you won't be charged for it. Once you've played back a Box Office recording, you can watch it as many times as you like within a certain time frame. For example, you're likely to have up to 24 hours to watch a movie as many times as you like. To check the amount of time you have left to watch a recording, just highlight it in your Planner and press the information key. You can also check out the disk space used or needed for the recording. Paying for Box Office programmes Charges for Box Office programmes booked via your remote control appear on your account at the next available payment date. You're only charged for a Box Office programme if you watch any part of it. how long you have left to watch the recording disk space needed Ordering over the phone If you can't order with your remote control for any reason, you see a message onscreen. You can then order programmes over the phone by calling the number shown. Phone orders are subject to an administration charge. 39 USING YOUR GT65 HAVING MORE CONTROL OVER KIDS' VIEWING Because of the range of channels on offer, there may be a few you'd rather the kids didn't watch. With a PIN and the right settings, you can avoid many potentially unsuitable programmes being shown without your permission. TAKING CONTROL CONTROL KIDS' VIEWING For more control over who watches what in your household, start by pressing services on your remote control then select Parental Control from the Services menu. Changing your PIN When you first get your Sky+ box, your PIN is the last four digits of the number on the back of your viewing card. Change your PIN to a personal, secret number that you'll remember easily. [. . . ] Insert the correct viewing card for this Sky+ box. There is a problem with your viewing card Insert your new viewing card This viewing card is not authorised This is the wrong card for this Sky+ box. Insert the correct viewing card 60 USING YOUR GT65 Message You cannot purchase this programme at the moment This programme has already started TAKING CONTROL SUPPORTING YOU The Planner is full. You must delete an entry before another programme can be added There is insufficient credit left on your viewing card, or There is insufficient space left on your viewing card What does it mean? Most likely because of a temporary problem, you can't buy this programme now. There's not enough credit left on your viewing card account to buy this programme, or There's not enough space on your viewing card to store the information for this programme. What to do now You may be able to buy it later. Check the listings to find out when it's next on so you can buy it then. [. . . ]