Chapter 3
Using the System
Tip: If you want to archive a recorded event to save it for a long time, you can move it from the DVR receiver’s hard drive to a VCR tape.
Quick Recording
•Quick recording works only when you set it up.
•The receiver must have enough room to record on your DVR hard drive:
–When you make a
–If the receiver needs room to record a newer event, it’ll record over the oldest existing “unprotected” recorded event(s) to make room.
–If the receiver is out of room, and you don’t let it record over any existing recorded events, it won’t be able to record any new events.
–To free up remaining space on the DVR receiver, you can erase events by opening the Events Information menu and selecting the Erase option. You can erase events recorded from either of the receiver’s satellite TV tuners.
Copy Recordings to Videotape
You may want to keep a videotape copy of a recording you made on the DVR receiver. Or, if the DVR hard drive is out of room to save new recordings, maybe you’ll want to move older recordings to a videotape to store them.
Many satellite TV programs and films are copyrighted. In some cases, copyright law may apply to private,
You will not be able to play back events with full, digital audio and video quality from a videotape.
1.Connect the receiver’s back panel TV1 audio/video outputs to the VCR’s audio/video inputs.
2.Put a new or fully rewound tape into the VCR.
3.Turn the VCR power on.
4.Press the DISH Network remote control’s DVR button. This opens the DVR Events menu.
5.Select an event on the DVR Events menu. This opens an information screen for that event.
6.Start the VCR recording onto the tape.
7.On the event’s information screen, select the Start option. The receiver begins to play back the program or event.
8.When the playback is done, stop the VCR recording.
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