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(E) Symbio 160HD4

After you connect the Symbio AVHD recorder to your Toshiba
integrated HD television, set up the TV Guide On Screen
system, and tune the TV to a channel, the Symbio automatically
starts recording the tuned program.

The Symbio will continue

to record content up to 60 minutes behind the live broadcast.
This 60-minute recording buffer allows you to pause or reverse
any time while watching live TV, and then resume playback
from the point you paused or reversed, so you don’t miss any
portion of the program.

Note:

•

You cannot save programs recorded in the 60-minute
recording buffer.

To save a recording, see “Recording

programs” on page 12.

• If the Symbio is paused for more than 60 minutes, it will

automatically begin playback 60 minutes behind live TV.

• If the Symbio’s hard drive is full, you will not be able to pause

live TV and the TV will display the message “Error: AVHD is full”
(see page 19).

If you change the channel or input, the Symbio will stop the
buffered recording and begin again on the new channel (if it is
tuned to an ANT 1 or ANT 2 program).
For additional functions, see “Live TV and Time-Shift Control
window remote control functions,” at right.
Also see “Pausing live TV” on page 18.

Chapter 4: Using the Symbio AVHD recorder

Using the Time-Shift Control window

When you pause live TV, the buffered recording is
“time-shifted” and the Time-Shift Control window (illustrated
below) opens. This window displays the current playback
position of the program in reference to the beginning and end
of the live broadcast.

Note:

• The end point of the recording in the Time-Shift Control window will

continue to move as the live TV broadcast is recorded to the buffer.

• If the Symbio’s hard drive is full, you will not be able to pause live TV

and the TV will display the message “Error: AVHD is full” (see
page 19).

• The Time-Shift Control window closes automatically after 5 minutes

of inactivity; or you can press EXIT to close the window immediately.

You can fast forward
or skip forward in the
program until you
reach the point of the
live broadcast.
For additional
functions, see “Live
TV and Time-Shift
Control window
remote control
functions,” at right.

Controlling live TV

Live TV and Time-Shift Control window

remote control functions

Button

Function

PAUSE

Pauses playback and opens the Time-Shift
Control window.

Note:

If the Symbio is paused for more than

60 minutes, it will automatically begin
playback 60 minutes behind live TV.

REW (3x, 15x, 60x) Opens the Time-Shift Control window

and starts reversing. If you do not press
PLAY, it will continue reversing until it
reaches the beginning of the recording
buffer or recorded program, and then
resumes live TV viewing and buffering.

FF (3x, 15x, 60x)

Opens the Time-Shift Control window
and starts fast forwarding. If you do not
press PLAY,

it continues fast forwarding

until it reaches the end of the recording
buffer, and then resumes normal playback.

SKIP/SEARCH

While the Time-Shift Control window is

open, pressing SKIP/SEARCH

skips backward or forward through the
recording buffer or recorded program in
increments of the defined skip time*.
(You also can press

•

*The skip time can be set to 1, 3, 5, or 15
minutes. See “Setting the AVHD skip time”
on page 9.

EXIT

Closes the Time-Shift Control window.