Teac HDRM Digital Recorder, Pause Live Television TIME-SHIFTING, Forward and Rewind Television

THE DIGITAL RECORDER

PAUSE LIVE TELEVISION (TIME-SHIFTING)

Imagine watching television and the phone rings. Simply press the key (or the key) to pause the picture. Once you have finished your telephone conversation, you may watch the program from where you left off.

Pressing firmly on the joystick executes the key function. You will immediately notice the information bar across the bottom of the screen with the II (pause) symbol appearing to the left.

To start watching the picture, press the key (or press the key again.) The television picture you are watching is in a delayed form. This type of feature is commonly known as ‘time- shifting’ or sometimes ‘time-slipping’.

The time-shift buffer (the amount of space to pause live television) varies depending upon the size of the hard-drive that is installed. The set-top box automatically reserves and manages the hard-drive space required for this feature. The time-shift buffer may be deleted cleared anytime by accessing the Menu->Preferences->Digital Recorder menu. This is described in more detail later.

The time-shifting feature will continue to operate if left on unattended. The set-top box has an automatic time-shifting shutdown to preserve the longevity of the hard-drive.

To exit time-shift mode and return to normal television viewing, press the key.

FORWARD AND REWIND TELEVISION

Whilst you are watching live television, you may rewind the picture immediately. Use key once. The picture will now rewind at a standard play speed (x1). Press again and the rewind speed will increase to x3.

Further faster speeds are also possible such as x10, x30, x100 and x600.

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