Metz Milos 37s Operating Instructions

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Opening the menu15. Childlock
With the aid of the childlock function, you can
determine whether or not the TV set can be swit-
ched on and which stations may be selected at
which times. The childlock can be set such that:
a) it is always active,
b) one to six TV, radio or AV programmes (Prog A
... Prog F) are exempted from the locking func-
tion (permitted programmes), or
c) all programmes, or programmes which are not
locked, may be viewed during a permitted time
period (TV start – TV end).
The...

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Opening the menu15. Childlock
b) Permitted programmes:
Activate the childlock as described in step a).
Use the corresponding numeric key to select the
menu item Permitted xx progs. (xx = TV, radio
or AV). Press the OK key and, in the
setting window, enter the programme
positions with the numeric keys or use
the 
-+
key to select the desired pro-
gramme positions.
• Press the OK key to save the new
settings.
c) TV start – TV end
Activate the childlock as described in
step a). In the setting window, use...

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16. Reminder
The menu item Reminder is not available
in a 2 ** menu.
If you wish to be reminded of something while
watching TV, you can set a reminder for any des-
ired time. At this time, a window with the remin-
der appears on the screen.
Setting the reminder time
• Press the MENU key to open the TV menu.
• Press the green key  to open the Timer
menu.
• Press the numeric key 
to select Reminder.
• Press the OK key and then, in the
setting window, enter the desired time
(four digits) with the...

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17. Timer Control
The menu items On time and Off time
are not available in a 2 ** menu.
In the menu item Timer control, you can pro-
gramme a switch-on time, a switch-off time and a
sleep timer (switch off after ...).
The switch-on timeis the time at which the TV set
is to be switched on automatically. 
The switch-off timeis the time at which the TV set
is to be switched off automatically. 
The sleep timer(switch off after...) switches off the
TV set after a programmed delay (which can be
set in steps...

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17.1 Setting the Time and DateOpening the menu
Normally, the TV set will determine the current
date and time from the Teletext signals of the cur-
rently selected station (providing this station sends
Teletext).
If this is not the case, or if an incorrect date or
time is displayed, you can set the date and time
manually.
In almost all cases, you will not need to do this.
Even the changeover between winter time and
summer time is executed automatically.
Setting the time and date manually:
• Press the...

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17.2 Recording Control
MENU
Opening the menu
OK
EXIT
OK

The number of subjects and sections depends
on the selected scope of operation. Depending
on the configuration of the TV set, the various
menu items may be displayed in a different
order and numbered differently.
This menu item is not available in a 2 **
menu.
In the menu item Recording control, you can set a
lead time and an overrun time for timer recordings.
The TV set is automatically switched to the pro-
gramme position from which the...

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17.2 Recording control
Application example:
You wish to record a programme received via
DVB-T. The programme starts at 22:45 hours,
ends at 23:40 hours and is broadcast on ITV.
Set up a manual timer as described in Section
18, Special Functions 2, Timer Overview or set
a timer with the aid of the EPG as described in
Section 22.3 “Using EPG, Recording a Program-
me. The timer recording does not use VPS.
Set the lead time to 3 minutes and the overrun
time to 10 minutes.
At the programmed start time...

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18. Special Functions
Picture-in-Picture
Opening the menu
On TV sets equipped with only one tuner, the pic-
ture-in-picture (PIP) function can only be used to
display the picture from an AV device.
On TV sets with two tuners, the picture from anot-
her station or from an AV device can
be displayed.
Activating the PIP function
• The F1key is pre-programmed with
the picture-in-picture function.
• You can use the cursor control keys
to move the PIP picture on the
screen. The last position to which...

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18. Special Functions
Normal/SpeechOpening the menu
Opening the menu
Selection of Normal or Speech is des-
cribed in Section 12.1, Tone Settings.
In this menu, you can temporarily select
Normal or Speech. The selection
remains active until you switch to another
programme position, switch to standby
mode or switch the TV set off completely.
This setting has no effect of the setting
described in Section 12.1, Tone Set-
tings.Special functions 2
1Normal/Speech
9Timer-Over view
0Direct recording
F2
If you...

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depends on the selected scope of operation.
Depending on the configuration of the TV set, the
various menu items may be displayed in a diffe-
rent order and numbered differently.
Use the 
-+
key to set this menu item to Yes.
• If desired, press cursor control key  and use the
- +key to activate the reminder func-
tion. If the reminder function is active, a
reminder window is displayed on the
screen one minute before the start time
programmed for the timer.
• 
Use the numeric keysto select the pro-...