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DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDING
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DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDING
Digital Video Recording (DVR) – Single Tuner (Optional Feature)
Imagine…coming home to your own personal library of television programs, movies and sports that you can watch
whenever it’s convenient for you. Its TV for your schedule.
Pause live television! Rewind and replay programs so you don’t miss a beat.
Record up to 40 hours* of your favorite programs and view them as many times as you want, whenever you want.
You can even record High Definition TV**. All without rentals, tapes or returns.
DVR has made recording and watching your favorite programs easier than ever. Powered by i-Guide, now you can
record your favorite programs and watch them at your convenience. You have your own personal video library,
stored on your digital set-top box.You can even pause, fast forward and rewind Live TV to playback the scenes
you’ve missed. In fact, your DVR is one of the first available that can actually record and play High Definition
programming!**
Control Live TV
Using your DVR with i-Guide, you can control Live TV. Anytime you tune to a channel, the DVR begins making a
temporary recording of whatever you’re watching. So you can PAUSE if the phone rings, REWIND the scene you
missed and FAST FORWARD to skip what you don’t want to watch.Your DVR will record up to one hour of live TV
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The live TV recording is not a permanent recording, unless you actually record it to the DVRs hard drive. For live TV
recordings, the temporary recording (buffer) will be erased if any of the following occur:
You turn off the DVR.
You change the channel.
You begin recording the program you are watching or another program to the DVR.
You watch more than one hour. After one hour, the DVR removes the earlier minutes of the
recording, so that the most recent hour is kept in the temporary storage.
Playback Controls
You can play back your video reordings using the buttons on your remote, using the Video Control Buttons
Note: Some remotes are equipped with an Instant Replay and Live buttons.
*Recording capacity varies.
**Recording and playback of High Definition programs requires DVR connection to High Definition television.
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Recording buffer (temporary storage) will record as long as you stay tuned to the same channel.
These buttons function like VCR
controls. Plus, you have new DVR
control features, like Instant Replay.