Chapter 3

Using the System

Using More DVR Features

Tip: Auto recording is what happens automatically while you’re watching a program. You use this feature when watching a program by pressing one or more of the buttons on your remote control like PAUSE,

BACK, SKIP BACK, FORWARD and SKIP FWD.

Most satellite TV programs and films are copyrighted. In some cases, copyright law may apply to private, in-home recording.

Your DVR receiver’s features let you decide how to watch TV. You can pause, reverse, or skip back through a program. Then you can return to watching, fast forward, or skip ahead through the program. Also, you can record and play back programs and events with full, digital audio and video quality, without a VCR.

Auto Recording

If you get a phone call while watching a live program or event, you can pause the program, answer the phone, return to watching the program, and not miss any of the action.

You can pause, reverse, or skip back through a live program or event. Then you can return to watching, fast forward, or skip ahead through the program.

You can also use slow-motion forward and backward, and frame-by-frame advance and reverse while using the DVR receiver’s auto-recording feature.

For more information, please see Using Auto Recording.

Quick Recording

You can record a program that is on now or a program on in the future to watch later, or you can keep your recording.

You can pause, return to watching, fast reverse, skip back, fast forward, or skip ahead through a recorded program.

You can also use slow-motion forward and backward, and frame-by-frame advance and reverse while using the DVR receiver’s auto recording feature.

You can play back a program you already recorded and record one or even two new programs at the same time.

Using Auto Recording

Turn the DVR receiver on and tune it to a channel. Then you can use the remote control’s DVR and related buttons.

Note: When you press any one of these buttons, you’ll see a small indicator on the TV screen.

Press the PAUSE button to pause the program. Press this button again to resume watching the program from where it was paused.

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