THOMSON Sky+HD DSI8215, User Manual

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Full contents
Back to basics 4
Your Sky+HD remote control 4
Your Sky+HD box 5
About your Sky+HD box 6
What are HD and Sky+HD? 6
What you need to enjoy Sky+HD 7
Keeping you up-to-date 7
All the features of Sky+ and more 8
Your viewing card 8
Your Sky+HD remote control and your TV 9
Getting started 10
Turning your Sky+HD box on and off 10
Changing the volume 10
Changing channels 11
About the Now, Next & Later banner 12
You’re in control with Sky Guide 13
Overview of Sky Guide options 14
Showing your Sky Guide pages in full-screen mode 15
Seeing what’s on 16
Quick glance at what’s on with Now, Next & Later 16
Complete overview of what’s on with TV Guide 17
Finding a specific channel in TV Guide 18
Seeing what’s on your favourite channels 18
Seeing what’s on the HD channels 19
Identifying HD programmes 19
Finding a specific programme 20
Going back to the channel you last viewed 21
Finding out more about a programme with the
i
button 21
Codes used in the programme information banner 22
Finding and listening to radio channels 23
Using your Planner 24
Managing your Planner 25
Setting a series link in your Planner 28
Setting reminders for programmes 30
Recording with Sky+
31
Recording without interrupting what you’re watching 31
Recording from Sky Guide listings 32
Recording from anywhere you go 32
Recording a promoted programme 32
When recordings clash 33
Avoiding recordings being deleted 34
PIN-protecting kept recordings 34
Cancelling current and future recordings 35
Deleting existing recordings 35
Keeping an eye on available disk space 36
Disk space warning 36
Recording radio channels 37
Adding extra time to the start and end of recordings 38
Pausing and rewinding live TV 39
Saving after pausing or rewinding live TV 40
Changing how far back you can rewind live TV 40
Playing back recordings 41
Choosing a recording to watch 41
Picking up from where you left the last recording 42
The Play symbol 42
Checking the remaining viewing time 42
Fast forwarding and rewinding 43
Pausing 43
Slow motion 43
Stopping playback 43
Using bookmarks for favourite parts of a programme 44