Philips HDT8520, Manual

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Using your HD recorder
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In the menu that pops up, use / to
highlight your choice and press OK to
confirm.
To pause playback at any moment, press
pause
K
. To restart playback, press play .
High-speed playback
To rewind at twice the speed (x2), press
rewind during playback.
To increase the speed, press rewind
again, up to 3 times (x4, x32, x128).
To decrease the speed, press
fast forward .
To return to normal speed playback, press
play .
You can fast forward in the same way as
you rewind, just press fast forward to
increase the fast forward speed, and rewind
to decrease the fast forward speed.
Slow-motion playback
To rewind or forward in slow motion, press
pause
K
and then rewind or fast
forward to choose the speed you want
(x1/2 or x1/4).
To return to normal speed playback, press
play .
4.9 Recording programmes
4.9.1 Instant recording
To instantly start recording a programme
that you are watching, press record
l
.
A message appears confirming that the
programme is being recorded to your HD
recorder’s hard disk. The record indicator
on the front panel also lights up.
Note
Until you return to live TV viewing, you will not
be able to use any other function of your HD
recorder.
4.8.1 Instant replay
You can instantly replay what you have seen (or
missed) during the last few seconds.
Press while watching live TV.
The time-shift bar appears and you are taken
back 15 seconds, by default. To increase this
time, see the Instant Replay duration
setting on page 29.
To return to live TV, press stop
L
. In the
menu that pops up, make sure that Back to
live ... is highlighted and press stop
L
again.
Alternatively, you can press P+/- .
Note
If you have just switched to a channel and have
been watching a programme on it for less than 30
seconds (or the Instant Replay duration you set),
pressing takes you back to the time you started
watching the programme instead of 30 seconds (or
the Instant Replay duration you set.)
4.8.2 Moving through the time-shift bar
While playing back programmes temporarily
stored in the time-shift buffer:
Press / to move to back 15 seconds or
forward 30 seconds (by default). To change
this time, see the Instant Replay duration
and Commerical Skip duration settings
on page 29.
Press the yellow button to jump to the time
you started watching the programme or to
return to live TV.