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Tips
Chapter 9
T
IPS
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Make sure the Updates feature is enabled as described on page 83. This feature
ensures the Program Guide will have the most up-to-date information, and can adjust
or create timers accordingly.
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Weekly, Daily, and Monday-Friday timers move only if the program is within one hour
earlier or four hours later than the original time the timer was set up. These timers will
adjust their length if their program's time block is extended and the change is reflected
in the Program Guide.
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Dish
PASS
recordings may fill the hard drive quickly. If you have other timers you
know you don't want to be recorded over, choose Protect on those important
programs.
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DVR Timers set for sporting events typically have an end late time of 60 minutes to
allow for overtime. Change this setting in Options when you set up the timer.
Q
UESTIONS
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Why is my receiver recording programs I didn’t schedule?
A Dish
PASS
Timer
may include more programs than you planned. If you’d like to refine your search,
delete the Dish
PASS
Timer and start again as described on page 58.
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Why did the receiver delete a program I recorded?
Your recording was
unprotected. When the receiver fills, it writes over the oldest unprotected recording.
You can protect your recordings as described on page 53.
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Where can I go to find out why the receiver didn’t record something I
scheduled?
Look at your Daily Schedule and refer to
Reasons Why Timers are
Skipped
on page 55.
