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1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:45 PM Page 2 YOU’RE WATCHING THE BIG GAME IN THE DEN. SUDDENLY, YOU HAVE A DESPERATE URGE FOR A TURKEY SANDWICH. SO YOU HIT PAUSE. WALK TO THE KITCHEN. MAKE YOUR SANDWICH. GRAB A COLD ONE. WALK BACK TO THE DEN. PRESS PLAY. AND THE LIVE GAME PICKS UP RIGHT WHERE YOU LEFT OFF. WITHOUT MISSING A SINGLE, HEART-POUNDING PLAY. WELCOME TO DVR FROM COMCAST DIGITAL CABLE.
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1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:46 PM Page 4 CONTENTS CONTENTS INTRODUCING DVR 4 RECORD AND PLAY BACK PROGRAMS 20 Get More Out of Your TV 5 Save Your Recorded Programs 21 Take Control of Live Programs 6 Record a Program That You Are Watching Live 21 Record a Single Program or All Episodes of a Future Program 23 Record Two Programs at Once 25 GETTING STARTED 7 Display a List of Your Recorded Programs 26 Play Back a Recorded Program 26 Prepare Your Remote Control 8 Display a List of Progra
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1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:46 PM Page 4 5 INTRODUCING DVR INTRODUCING DVR You’ll never watch TV the same way again. Now you can: Control live programs as if they were recordings Easily record your favorite shows — at least 30 hours of programming Watch your recordings anytime you want Use the Picture-In-Picture (PIP) feature Get More out of Your TV With DVR, you can use your TV to: WATCH one live program two live programs at the same time with the PIP feature one pre-recorded progra
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1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:46 PM Page 6 7 INTRODUCING DVR GETTING STARTED Take Control of Live Programs Anytime you tune to a live program, DVR begins “buffering” it — that is, making a temporary recording of it — so you can: Pause the live program or rewind it Fast-forward through the portion you have rewound Replay live TV anytime you want Save the buffered program to the DVR’s hard drive to access it again later Buffered Programs DVR automatically buffers the last hour of the pro
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1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:46 PM Page 8 9 GETTING STARTED FIND OUT WHEN YOUR FAVORITE PROGRAMS ARE ON Prepare Your Remote Control After you’ve connected DVR to your TV, here’s how to prepare your remote control. Refer to the guide that came with your remote control to make DVR work with the make and model of your TV. Follow those instructions first, and then: CABLE Press Cable . The Cable key blinks red when you press it and the green Power indicator on the front of DVR turns on
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1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:46 PM Page 10 11 FIND OUT WHEN YOUR FAVORITE PROGRAMS ARE ON FIND OUT WHEN YOUR FAVORITE PROGRAMS ARE ON Display the Program Guide Search for a Program by Channel, Title, or Theme 1. Press Guide . The Program Guide appears and lists programs for the next 7 days. DVR automatically lists programs by channel number, but you can customize it to list programs by title or theme. 2. To close the guide, press Guide . The Program Guide closes, displaying the progr
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1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:46 PM Page 12 13 CONTROL LIVE TV AND RECORDINGS CONTROL LIVE TV AND RECORDINGS Pause a Live Program or a Recording 1. Press Pause to freeze the action. The Status Bar appears briefly in the Pause position at the bottom of the screen. For programs that you’re watching live, DVR will remain in pause mode for up to 1 hour. 2. Press Pause again or press Play to resume playing the program. Status Bar The Status Bar appears whenever you pause, rewind, or fast-
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1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:46 PM Page 14 15 CONTROL LIVE TV AND RECORDINGS CONTROL LIVE TV AND RECORDINGS Rewind or Fast-Forward a Live Program or Recording Status Bar Speed Indicator Rewind a live program or a recording to watch a portion of it again, or fast-forward through portions you don’t want to watch. You can rewind or fast-forward in any of three different speeds, as explained in the box on the next page. Fast Fwd 1. Make sure that the program or recording is not in Pause
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1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:46 PM Page 16 17 WATCH TWO PROGRAMS AT ONCE WATCH TWO PROGRAMS AT ONCE Turn PIP On and Off DVR has built-in picture-in-picture (PIP). When you turn on PIP, 25 GOLF you can watch two channels at once. One channel appears as a full-screen image. The other appears as a small image within the full-screen image. Note: If your television came with PIP functionality, you may wish to deactivate it, as the PIP images with DVR become twice as small if PIP functions
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1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:46 PM Page 18 19 WATCH TWO PROGRAMS AT ONCE WATCH TWO PROGRAMS AT ONCE The PIP Screen and the Quarter Screen Swap the Main Screen and the PIP Screen Certain DVR screens, such as the Recorded Program Options screen shown here, show a To move the full-screen program shown in the main TV screen to the PIP screen, press Swap . reduced version of the main TV screen, known as a Quarter screen — which is not to be confused with a PIP screen. Full-screen program
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1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:46 PM Page 20 21 RECORD AND PLAY BACK PROGRAMS RECORD AND PLAY BACK PROGRAMS Save Your Recorded Programs DVR can save at least 30 hours of recorded programs. To maximize your SAVE TIME storage space, keep the length of your Save Time setting to a minimum. 2 Days Whether you record a program you’re watching live, or schedule a program 7 Days to be recorded in the future, you can select how long you want the recording to be saved in three ways: 14 Days Unt
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1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:47 PM Page 22 23 RECORD AND PLAY BACK PROGRAMS RECORD AND PLAY BACK PROGRAMS Recording a Program While DVR records you are free to: If you want to record a program that you are watching and save it according to your default Save Time setting: • Continue to watch the channel while the recording is being made. REC • Pause, fast-forward, or rewind the program without affecting the recording. 1. Press Record on the remote control. The Confirm Recording screen
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1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:47 PM Page 24 25 RECORD AND PLAY BACK PROGRAMS RECORD AND PLAY BACK PROGRAMS To Record Press Result Record Two Programs at Once DVR gives you different ways to record two programs at once: All episodes The Edit Recording screen appears. • Schedule two programs to record at the same time by following either of the procedures in “Record a twice The Record options are highlighted. Single Program or All Episodes of a Future Program” on page 23 and 24. Each opt
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1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:47 PM Page 26 27 RECORD AND PLAY BACK PROGRAMS RECORD AND PLAY BACK PROGRAMS Display a List of Your Recorded Programs Display a List of Programs You Have Scheduled To Be Recorded 1. If the Recorded List screen is not displayed, press My DVR . The Recorded List screen appears. To display a list of your Recorded Programs, press My DVR . 2. Press Scheduled Recordings . The Scheduled Recordings screen appears with a list of all To exit from the Recorded List
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1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:47 PM Page 28 29 RECORD AND PLAY BACK PROGRAMS MANAGE PROGRAMS AND RECORDINGS Cancel a Recording That’s in Progress You can stop a recording in progress at any time. When you stop a recording, you can save what has been recorded or erase the entire recording. 1. If you are not watching the recording, tune to the channel that is being recorded. 2. Press Stop . The Stop Recording screen appears. 3. Press Move Up or Move Down to highlight the option you want.
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1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:47 PM Page 30 31 MANAGE PROGRAMS AND RECORDINGS MANAGE PROGRAMS AND RECORDINGS Select Programs to Be Blocked Keep Others from Watching a Program You can select programs to block by channel, rating, time of day, or any combination of these methods: You can prevent children or anyone else from watching specific programs by using the Parental Control Me Men nu u feature. Blocking programs using Parental Controls is a 3-step process. First, you must turn Paren
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1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:47 PM Page 32 33 MANAGE PROGRAMS AND RECORDINGS MANAGE PROGRAMS AND RECORDINGS 9. In the STOP column, change the time shown to the time you want the block to end by following Recorded Program Options Recording Options Screen this process: "Soul Food" A. Press Move Left or Move Right to highlight the one you want to change (hours, minutes, Recorded: Fri 6/13 7:00pm 1hr 0min and A.M. or P.M.). Save: Until erased After you block a recording, the Closed Lo
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1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:47 PM Page 34 35 MANAGE PROGRAMS AND RECORDINGS MANAGE PROGRAMS AND RECORDINGS View a Blocked Recorded Program Maximize Your Storage Space 1. Press My DVR to view your Recorded List. DVR can save at least 30 hours of recorded programs, depending on the programming source, but it is not intended as a long-term storage device. To make the most efficient use of your storage space, 2. Highlight the Program Title you wish to watch. follow these guidelines: 3.
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1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:47 PM Page 36 37 MANAGE PROGRAMS AND RECORDINGS MANAGE PROGRAMS AND RECORDINGS Change the Default Save Time Setting for Future Recordings Change the Save Time of a Recording You Have Saved The DVR default Save Time setting is set to automatically save each recording for 14 days. DVR then After recording a program, you can change how long DVR will save the recording: erases the recording to make space for other programs you want to record. You can change th
