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Chapter 3: Using the Recorder’s Features
Watching TV
In order to use the Digital Media Recorder’s features such as pausing live TV, the GUIDE Plus+ system’s on-screen
programming guide, and recording, you must watch TV with the Digital Media Recorder turned on and the TV tuned to
the correct Video Input Channel.
The main menu appears on the screen when you turn on the Digital Media Recorder, turn on the TV and tune it to the
correct Video Input Channel. With the Channels menu highlighted, just press OK (the Digital Media Recorder tunes to
the last station you watched and a channel banner appears).
To see the channel banner after it disappears from the screen, press INFO on the remote control. From the channel
banner, information about the channel is provided and you can change the audio setting.
When you change channels, you might notice a delay. This is perfectly normal because the programming must pass
through the Digital Media Recorder before it appears on the TV screen.
Pausing Live TV
Since your Digital Media Recorder has a hard disk drive, you can essentially pause a program that’s being broadcast
and start watching it again when it’s convenient for you. You can pause up to 45 minutes of programming.
1. The Digital Media Recorder must be on.
2. Your TV must be on and tuned to the appropriate Video Input Channel (this channel corresponds to the jacks
you’ve used to connect the Digital Media Recorder to the TV). If you need help, go to page 16 for details.
3. Tune the Digital Media Recorder to the channel that has the program you want to watch.
4. Press PAUSE.
5. When you’re ready to watch the program, press PLAY and the program starts playing from the place you left off.
While you’re watching the program, you can fast forward through commercials by pressing the ADVANCE button.
When you want to return to regular TV broadcasting time (live TV), press the LIVE button on the remote.
Notes:
If you’ve paused live TV, you must watch the program continuously — you can’t change channels and then come back
later because the hard disk drive records the signal continuously (i.e., if you pause channel 13 for 5 minutes, change to
channel 6 and watch it for 15 minutes; that is exactly what is stored on the hard disk drive — the 5 minutes of
channel 13 you paused and the 15 minutes of channel 6).
Once a program is paused, you can’t save it to the hard disk drive because it is stored in a different section of the hard
disk drive.
Features might work differently if you use a cable box for programming.
Each time you access the
Channels
menu from the main menu, the hard disk drive’s memory is reset. The memory is
the part of the hard disk drive that continously records the broadcast signal (up to 45 minutes) enabling you to pause
live TV and play it back later.
Recording
There are several ways to record programming. The quickest way is to press the RECORD button while you’re watching
a show (the recording banner appears). You don’t even need to remember to press the stop button when you’re finished
recording if you use the Express Recording feature in the recording banner.
Express Recording Feature
Each time you press the RECORD button on the remote the recording time increases by 30 minutes, up to the
maximum limit (the status is listed on the recording banner).
Stopping and/or Pausing a Recording
The programs you record are listed in the Video menu so you can play them back. To pause or stop recording, press
the STOP button on the remote control (a screen appears with the following options: No, don’t stop recording; Yes,
stop recording temporarily; Yes, stop recording). If you want to start recording this program again and want it to
appear in the Video menu as one continuous program, highlight Yes, stop recording temporarily — press the RECORD
button when you’re ready to start recording again — or No, don’t stop recording.
If you choose Yes, stop recording the part of the program you recorded will appear as one program in the Video menu.
If you start recording again, the next part of the program will appear as a separate program (or recording session).
