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Contents
Welcome to MY SKY HDi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
MY SKY HDi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Updates to MY SKY HDi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Getting in touch with SKY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
For your safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Switching MY SKY HDi on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Changing channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Blocked channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
Changing the volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
What is the SKY Digital Guide? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Using your SKY remote control with the SKY Digital
Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Using your SKY remote control to record and watch
programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Using the i-search banner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Displaying the i-search banner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Watching a programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Instantly recording a programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Setting a reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Displaying the i-box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Viewing Closed Captions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Codes and symbols in the programme information
screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Using Live Pause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using Instant Rewind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
SKY Digital Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Finding a programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Searching by All Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Searching by Channel Genre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Searching by Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Choosing a programme to watch or set a reminder for . 17
Choosing a programme to record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
On Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Purchasing an On Demand programme . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Watching an On Demand programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SKY Box Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Purchasing a SKY Box Office programme . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Watching recordings of SKY Box Office programmes . 22
Personal Planner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Symbols in your Personal Planner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Using your SKY remote control’s colour buttons . . . . . . 25
MY SKY HDi’s disk space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Schedule changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Using Series Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Deleting a programme from your Personal Planner . . . 26
Watching a programme when you see the reminder . . 27
Reminder clashes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Recording programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using MY SKY HDi while you are recording a
programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Recording clashes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Disk space warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Manual recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Watching recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Instant playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Playback symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Playback indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
37
During playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
37
Watching recordings of restricted programmes or
blocked channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
38
Using Bookmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using a Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Active . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Using the Setup banner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Using the Setup screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Changing your Parental Control settings . . . . . . . . . . .
46
Using your PIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
46
Blocking channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Setting Viewing Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Setting Purchase Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Changing your PIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
50
Setting your SKY PIN settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
51
Changing your Personal Planner settings . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Changing your Recording settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Disk space management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
54
Instant Rewind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Add to start/end of recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
55
Front-panel recording/playback indicator . . . . . . . . . 55
Using the System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Picture Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
56
Video Output Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
High-Definition Picture Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
58
Standard-Definition Picture Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Captions & Banner Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Audio & Language Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
61
Adjusting the S/PDIF Digital Audio Delay . . . . . . . . . 62
System Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
63
Signal Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
System Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Extra information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Using the av button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Looking after your SKY Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Replacing the batteries in your remote control . . . . . .
65
MY SKY HDi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Understanding the Playback Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
67
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
68
Connections to
MY SKY HDi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Connecting to your HD TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
70
Connecting to your SD TV and video recorder . . . . 71
Optional audio connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Telephone and mains connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Solving problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Using Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
On-screen messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
General problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
74
Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
On-screen symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Customer Channel Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
High-Definition
Personal Digital Recorder
user guide
Pace plc
Victoria Road Saltaire Shipley
West Yorkshire BD18 3LF England
www.pace.com
Pace and are trade marks and/or registered trade marks of Pace plc.
502-4214400

Table of Contents

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Summary

MY SKY HDi Remote Control Functions

Basic Operation Buttons

Controls standby, AV mode, and returning to SKY.

Programme Control Buttons

Record, playback, pause, stop, rewind, fast forward.

Guide and Menu Access Buttons

Guide, Box Office, Active, Planner, Setup buttons.

Safety Precautions

Electrical Safety Warnings

Warnings regarding high-voltage parts and electrical shock.

Handling and Environmental Guidelines

Safe placement, cleaning, and operating environment for the device.

Getting Started with MY SKY HDi

Switching On and Off

How to put the device into standby and power it on.

Changing Channels

Methods for navigating between TV channels.

The SKY Digital Guide

Navigating the SKY Digital Guide

Remote Control Functions for Guide

Using specific buttons like Guide, Setup, arrows, select for navigation.

Accessing the Programme Guide

Pressing the 'guide' button on the remote control.

Recording and Playback Controls

Initiating Programme Recordings

How to start recording a programme using the 'R' button.

Playback Operations

Using rewind, pause, play, fast forward, and stop buttons.

The i-search Banner

Displaying the i-search Banner

Pressing 'i' or 'select' to show the programme information banner.

Navigating Programme Listings

Scrolling through channels and times within the banner.

Programme Interaction Features

Watching a Programme

How to select and view a programme.

Instant Recording Function

How to record a programme immediately using the 'R' button.

Setting Programme Reminders

How to set a reminder for a future programme.

Programme Information Details

Accessing the i-box

Viewing extra programme details by pressing the 'i' button.

Programme Information Symbols and Codes

General Programme Symbols

Symbols for programme times, HD, widescreen, captions, Dolby.

Using Live Pause

Pausing and Resuming Live TV

Using the pause button to freeze and unfreeze live TV.

Playback Controls During Pause

Using remote buttons to navigate paused playback.

Using Instant Rewind

Rewinding Live TV Content

Using the rewind button to go back in live TV.

Resuming Playback After Rewind

Using the play button to resume from a rewind point.

Finding Programmes in the Guide

Searching All Channels Listings

Viewing the full list of programmes across all channels.

Selecting Programmes for Viewing or Recording

Choosing a Programme to Record

Selecting a programme to record using the 'R' button.

On Demand Service Overview

Managing On Demand Purchases

SKY Box Office Service

Managing SKY Box Office Programmes

Personal Planner Overview

Planner Contents and Functionality

What the Personal Planner shows (recorded, future, reminders).

Personal Planner Items and Symbols

Personal Planner Management Features

Series Link and Programme Deletion

Recording Programmes

Initiating a Programme Recording

Using the 'R' button to record current or scheduled programmes.

Handling Recording Clashes

Disk Space Warning Message

Manual Recording Setup

Manual Recording Steps

Watching Recorded Programmes

Selecting Programmes to Watch

Using the Personal Planner to find recorded programmes.

Playback Features and Indicators

Advanced Playback and Content Restrictions

Creating and Playing Playlists

Setup Banner Functions

System Setup Screens

Parental Control Settings Management

Parental Control Features

Options include blocking channels, setting restrictions, changing PIN.

Blocking Specific Channels

Setting Viewing Restrictions

Setting Purchase Restrictions

Changing Your PIN

Recording Settings Configuration

Disk Space Management Options

System Settings and Picture Adjustments

High-Definition Picture Settings

MY SKY HDi Front Panel Overview

Understanding the Playback Indicator

MY SKY HDi Rear Panel Connections

Connecting Your MY SKY HDi Safely

Connecting to an HD Television

Connecting to SD TV and Video Recorder

Audio, Telephone, and Power Connections

Troubleshooting and Help Resources

General Troubleshooting Guide

Troubleshooting Specific Issues

Device Specifications

On-Screen Symbols Reference

Playback Symbols Explained

Troubleshooting Checklist Before Calling Support

Sky my sky hdi Specifications

General IconGeneral
BrandSky
Modelmy sky hdi
CategoryVoice Recorder
LanguageEnglish