Comcast 1676-DVR SA, R20 manual Rewind or Fast-Forward a Live Program or Recording, Use Slow Motion

1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:46 PM Page 14

CONTROL LIVE TV AND RECORDINGS

Rewind or Fast-Forward a Live Program or Recording

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.

1.Make sure that the program or recording is not in Pause mode. If it is paused, press Play .

2.Rewind or fast-forward the live program or recording by following the instructions below.

To Press Result

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Status Bar Speed Indicator

Fast Fwd

A green arrow ( or ) indicates how fast you are advancing or rewinding a program. Each time you increase the speed, another arrow appears.

Rewind

Rewind

Note: When you rewind a live program or recording to the point where you first tuned to it, the recording automatically begins replaying at normal speed.

Action reverses and the Status Bar appears in the Rewind position at the bottom of the screen. The pointer on the Status Bar moves to the left as you rewind

the program.

Speed up: Press Rewind one or two more times to incrementally increase the speed. Press it again and

the program resumes playing at normal speed.

When you reach the portion of the program you wish to watch

at normal speed, press Play . The Status Bar indicates the Play position and the program plays at normal speed.

Rewind or fast-forward in any of three speeds:

•Press once and increase the speed to approximately 4 times the normal play speed.

•Press twice and increase the speed to approximately 10 times the normal play speed.

•Press three times and increase the speed to approximately 32 times the normal play speed.

Use Slow Motion

To	Press	Result
Fast-forward		Action speeds up and the Status Bar appears
		in the Fast-forward position at the bottom of the
		screen. The pointer on the Status Bar moves to the
		right as you fast-forward the program.
		Speed up: Press Fast-forward		one or two more times
		to incrementally increase the speed. Press it again and
		the program resumes playing at normal speed.
		When you reach the portion of the program you wish to watch
		at normal speed, press Play		. The Status Bar indicates
		the Play position and the program plays at normal speed.
		Live TV: When you reach the end of the buffered
		program and catch up with the live broadcast, the
		Status Bar briefly indicates Live and the program
		automatically begins playing at normal speed.
		Recordings: When you reach the end of a recording,
		the Playback Status screen appears to give you the
		option to erase the recording. If you do not wish to view it
		again, you may erase it to allow space for your future
		recordings. To exit from this screen and return to live TV,
		press Last	or press Channel Up		+
					CH

or Channel Down CH- .

1.While watching live TV or playing a recording at normal speed, press Play once. The action is shown in slow motion.

2.To resume play in normal speed, press Play again.

Watch Action Frame by Frame

Analyze sports events and other programs by watching the action frame by frame — one second at a time.

1.Press Pause . The action pauses.

2.Press Fast-forward or Rewind to make action move one frame at a time.

3.To resume play at normal speed, press Play .

Catch Up with a Live TV Program

When you pause or rewind a live program, the program continues to be broadcast and stored in the buffer. You can continue watching the buffered program (delayed from the live broadcast), or you can catch up with the live broadcast by pressing Live LIVE .

Note: The Live key is inactive when you are playing back a recording.