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Basic Operation
Time Shift Function
1. Activate Time Shift by pressing [PAUSE] in Live TV Mode, Time Shift supports with record function up to
3 hours.
2. Main Screen will be paused, a PIP of live TV shows up at the right bottom corner.
3. A counter (shows up at the top left hand corner) to live appears telling how long the main screen is
delayed from the live TV in PIP.
4. Press [PLAY] / [PAUSE] to resume the main screen.
5. While playing in time shift mode, you can press [PAUSE] again to pause the main screen.
6. Press [FF] to circulate between 2X, 4X, 8X, 16X, 32X fast forward & play mode.
7. Press [REW] to circulate between 2X, 4X, 8X, 16X, 32X fast rewind & play mode.
8. Press [F.SKIP] to skip forward 2 minutes.
9. Press [B.SKIP] to skip backward 2 minutes.
10. Press [PREV] to reach the start of time shift instantly.
11. Press [NEXT] to reach the live TV instantly.
12. Press [STOP] to stop time shift and return to live TV mode.
Note: You can’t change to watch other channels in time shift mode. So
if Time shift plus one recording are running, all upcoming recordings will
be ignored, until either Time Shift or the recording stops.
PIP Function
1. Activate PIP by pressing [P.ON/OFF] button in both Live TV mode and PVR playback mode.
2. After turning on PIP, a PIP window of live TV shows up at the right bottom corner.
3. Press
the [CH.LIST] or [FAV] or [CH+/-] or numeric buttons to change the channel in the main screen,
press the [PAGE/P.CH], use [DOWN/UP] button to change the channel in the PIP window.
4. Press the [P.SWAP] button to swap channels in the main screen and the PIP window.
Note: Priority of PIP is lower than recordings and Time Shift. If Time shift or at least one recording starts, PIP
will be turned off automatically; P.SWAP in PVR playback mode works different. Both PVR playback and PIP
will be turned off, and box will goes back to the Live TV mode, with the channel in the PIP window played.
AV Input Function
1. Switch to AV Input
Switch to AV Input by pressing the [SOURCE] button.
2.
Set AV Input Source
Press the [MENU] button, then navigate to [AV Input Source] under [MENU]
Æ
[Settings]
Æ
[Audio & Video]
Æ
[AV Input Source] . There are two options: RCA and S-Video .
Note: For RCA AV input, AV cable is required; and for S-Video AV input, standard 4-pin S-Video cable is
required.
PIP, Time Shift, EPG are not supported in AV mode.
3. Instant Recording on AV Input
(1) Switch to AV Input by pressing the [SOURCE] button;
(2) Press the [REC] button to start an instant recording;
(3) Current AV channel will be recorded instantly;
(4) During the AV Input recording, it is allowed to operate other functions (e.g. watching DTV
channels, playing PVR/Time Shift, browse EPG, operate on the Channel List and Favorite
Channel List, etc).
(5) Press the [STOP] button to stop the recording instantly, recorded clips can be viewed on the PVR
menu.
4. Scheduled Recording on AV Input
(1) Set up a timer on AV Input (Refer the Timer Setting section for instructions on setting up a timer);
(2) After the recording triggered by the timer starts, it is allowed to operate other functions (e.g.
watching DTV channels, playing PVR/Time Shift, browse EPG, operate on the Channel List and
Favorite Channel List, etc).
(3) After the recording finishes, recorded clips can be viewed on the PVR menu.