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possible, several keys have different meanings in the various
modes:
- Key Normal VDR Channels Timers Edit/New Recordings Replay
-
- Up Ch up Crsr up Crsr up Crsr up Crsr up Crsr up Play
- Down Ch down Crsr down Crsr down Crsr down Crsr down Crsr down Pause
- Left Prev group - Page up Page up Decrement Page up Search back
- Right Next group - Page down Page down Increment Page down Search forward
- Ok Ch display Select Switch Edit Accept Play Progress disp.
- Menu Menu on Menu off Menu off Menu off Menu off Menu off Menu on
- Back - Menu off VDR menu VDR menu Discard VDR menu Recordings menu
- Red - Record Edit Edit ABC/abc Play/Commands(2) Jump
- Green - Language New New Ins/Ovr Rewind Skip -60s
- Yellow - Pause live Delete Delete Delete Delete Skip +60s
- Blue - Stop/Resume Mark On/Off(1) - Summary Stop
- 0..9 Ch select - Sort(3) Day(4) Numeric inp. Exec cmd(2) Editing
+ Key Normal VDR Channels Timers Edit/New Recordings Replay Audio
+
+ Up Ch up Crsr up Crsr up Crsr up Crsr up Crsr up Play Sel. track
+ Down Ch down Crsr down Crsr down Crsr down Crsr down Crsr down Pause Sel. track
+ Left Prev group - Page up Page up Decrement Page up Search back Sel. channel
+ Right Next group - Page down Page down Increment Page down Search forward Sel. channel
+ Ok Ch display Select Switch Edit Accept Play Progress disp. Switch & Close
+ Menu Menu on Menu off Menu off Menu off Menu off Menu off Menu on Menu on
+ Back - Menu off VDR menu VDR menu Discard VDR menu Recordings menu Close
+ Red - Record Edit Edit ABC/abc Play/Commands(2) Jump -
+ Green - Audio New New Ins/Ovr Rewind Skip -60s -
+ Yellow - Pause live Delete Delete Delete Delete Skip +60s -
+ Blue - Stop/Resume Mark On/Off(1) - Summary Stop -
+ 0..9 Ch select - Sort(3) Day(4) Numeric inp. Exec cmd(2) Editing -
In a numerical input field (like the response to a CAM enquiry) the keys 0..9
are used to enter the data, and the Left key can be used to delete the last
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ Version 1.2
Volume- volume down
Mute mute
+ Audio select audio track
+
Schedule \
Channels |
Timers | directly access the VDR
@@ -181,21 +183,36 @@ Version 1.2
selected for at least 3 seconds.
After switching to a different channel the channel number and name, as well
- as the current time are displayed at the top of the screen. If available, the
+ as the current time are displayed in the OSD. If available, the
'current/next' information will be displayed below this line. This display
automatically goes away after about five seconds, or if any key is pressed.
To bring up the channel display without switching channels you can press
the "Ok" button.
-* Selecting language specific audio track
+* Selecting audio tracks
+
+ If the current channel or recording provides different audio tracks (for
+ different languages or Dolby Digital), the "Green" button in the "VDR" menu can
+ be pressed to bring up the "Audio" menu. Within this menu, the "Up" and "Down"
+ keys can be used to switch between the audio tracks. If your remote control has
+ a dedicated "Audio" button, the first press of that button brings up the "Audio"
+ menu, and every further press switches to the next available audio track.
+
+ The "Left" and "Right" keys can be used to switch between "mono left", "stereo"
+ and "mono right" for channels that broadcast different audio tracks in the
+ left and right stereo channels.
+
+ The "Ok" key explicitly switches to the selected track (in case the device
+ for some reason doesn't play it) and closes the "Audio" menu.
- If the current channel provides different audio tracks (typically for
- different languages), the "Green" button in the "VDR" menu can be pressed
- to toggle between these. There can be two different audio PIDs per channel,
- assuming that typically a channel broadcasts a country specific language
- plus the movie's original soundtrack.
- Recordings made form such channels will contain both audio tracks, and when
- replaying the desired audio track can be selected the same way.
+ The "Audio" menu will automatically disappear after 5 seconds of user inactivity,
+ or if any key other than the ones described above is pressed.
+
+ Once a Dolby Digital track has been selected on any channel, further channel
+ switches will first search for a Dolby Digital track of one of the preferred
+ audio languages. If no such track can be found, a normal audio track will
+ be selected. Note that this only works if the broadcasters use actual language
+ codes in their PID data, not things like "dd" or "2ch".
* Switching through channel groups
@@ -495,14 +512,15 @@ Version 1.2
A value of '0' completely turns off scanning on both single
and multiple card systems.
- EPG bugfix level = 2 Some tv stations transmit weirdly formatted EPG data.
+ EPG bugfix level = 3 Some tv stations transmit weirdly formatted EPG data.
VDR attempts to fix these bugs up to the given level:
0 = no EPG fixing
1 = basic fixing of text location (Title, Episode and
Extended Description)
2 = removal of excess whitespace and hyphens, mapping of
wrongly used characters
- Default is '2'.
+ 3 = fix stream component descriptions
+ Default is '3'.
Note that after changing the setting of this parameter
any EPG data that has already been received will remain
in its existing format - only newly received data will
@@ -570,12 +588,28 @@ Version 1.2
Video format = 4:3 The video format (or aspect ratio) of the tv set in use
(4:3 or 16:9).
+ Use Dolby Digital = yes
+ Turns recording of the Dolby Digital audio channels on
+ or off. This may be useful if you don't have the equipment
+ to replay Dolby Digital audio and want to save disk space.
+ If turned off, Dolby Digital tracks also don't appear in the
+ "Audio" menu.
+
Update channels = 4 Controls the automatic channel update function. '0' means
no update, '1' will only update channel names, '2' will
update channel names and PIDs, '3' will perform all
updates and also add newly found channels, and '4' will
also add newly found transponders.
+ Audio languages = 0 Some tv stations broadcast various audio tracks in different
+ languages. This option allows you to define which language(s)
+ you prefer in such cases. By default, or if none of the
+ preferred languages is broadcast, the first audio track will
+ be selected when switching to such a channel. If this option
+ is set to a non-zero value, the menu page will contain that
+ many "Audio language" options which allow you to select the
+ individual preferred languages.
+
LNB:
SLOF = 11700 The switching frequency (in MHz) between low and
@@ -663,11 +697,6 @@ Version 1.2
instant recording can be modified at any time by editing
the respective timer in the "Timers" menu.
- Record Dolby Digital = yes
- Turns recording of the Dolby Digital audio channels on
- or off. This may be useful if you don't have the equipment
- to replay Dolby Digital audio and want to save disk space.
-
Max. video file size = 2000
The maximum size of a single recorded video file in MB.
The valid range is 100...2000. Default is 2000, but