9
Recording and
Pause TV
9.1
Recording
What you need
You can record a digital TV broadcast and watch it
later.
To record a TV programme you need…
• a connected USB Hard Drive formatted on this TV
• digital TV channels installed on this TV
• to receive channel information for the on screen TV
Guide
• a reliable TV clock setting. If you reset the TV clock
manually, recordings may fail.
You cannot record when you are using Pause TV.
Some digital TV operators do not allow the recording
of channels.
For more information on installing a USB Hard Drive,
in
Help
, press the colour key
Keywords
and
look up
USB hard drive, installation
.
Note:
Recording function is only for digital TV broadcast. It
is not possible to record content from external
devices (e.g. HDMI).
Record a programme
Record now
To record the programme you are watching right now,
press
(Record) on the remote control. The
recording will start immediately.
To stop the recording, press
(Stop).
When TV Guide data is available, the programme you
are watching will be recorded from the moment you
pressed the recording key until the programme ends.
• If you receive TV guide information from the
Internet, you can adjust the end time of the recording
in the pop-up window before you confirm the
recording.
• If you receive TV guide information from the
broadcaster, the recording starts immediately. You
can adjust the end time of the recording in the list of
recordings.
Schedule a recording
You can schedule a recording of an upcoming
programme for today or a few days from today
(maximum of 8 days away).
1 -
To schedule a recording, press
TV Guide
.
On the TV guide page, select the channel and
programme you wish to record.
You can enter the channel number to jump to the
channel in the list.
Press
(Right) or
(Left) to scroll through the
programmes of a channel.
To change the date of the list,
press
OPTIONS
and select
Change day
. In the
list, select the day you want and press
OK
. If the TV
guide comes from the Internet, you can select the
date at the top of the page and press
OK
.
2 -
With the programme highlighted,
press
Record
. The TV adds some time buffer at
the end of the programme. You can add some extra
buffer if needed.
3 -
Select
Schedule
and press
OK
. The programme
is scheduled for recording. A warning will appear / will
be shown automatically when overlapping
recordings are scheduled.
If you plan to record a programme in your absence,
remember to leave the TV switched to standby and
the USB Hard Drive switched on.
List of recordings
To view the list of recordings and scheduled
recordings, press
Home
, select
Utilities
>
Recordings
and press
OK
.
In this list, you can select a recording to watch,
remove recorded programmes, adjust the end time of
an ongoing recording or check the free disk space.
Also in this list, if the TV guide comes from the
Internet, you can schedule a recording for which you
set the beginning and end time yourself, as a timed
recording not linked to a programme. To set a timed
recording, select
Schedule recording
at the top of
the page and press
OK
. Set the channel, date and
time span. To confirm the recording,
select
Schedule
and press
OK
.
Remove a scheduled recording
Select the scheduled recording,
press
Remove
and press
OK
.
Specifics
• While recording a programme, you can watch a
previously recorded programme.
• While recording, you cannot switch TV channels.
• While recording, you cannot pause the TV
broadcast.
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