As a user of this player for few months.
THE EPG
Though it does not have a full 8 day EPG, it does display a 7 day skeleton EPG that you can use to set the timer. Thus today is Thursday, 19 March and you want to record King Kong on TV 3 at 7pm Saturday, 21 March, in the EPG select TV 3 then press the right Nav key, the date and time will scroll past at a good clip, when you see Saturday, 21 March and the time slot 1900 to 2200 is highlighted grey release the key and press the Rec key, an R will appear in the time slot, the timer now set.
To delete the reservation press Rec key again.