Chapter 9
Timers and Recordings
TIMERS AND RECORDINGS
A timer is your instruction telling the satellite receiver the programs you want to view in the future. For most Digital Video Recorder (DVR) timers, you select a specific program on a specific channel, and tell the satellite receiver how often you want to record that program.
DVR recordings are listed in the My Recordings screen, which you can find quickly by pressing the remote control’s DVR button twice.
Timer Types
There are three types of timers:
•DVR—Records an event onto your receiver’s hard drive for later viewing.
•Auto Tune—Automatically changes the channel for live viewing of the event.
•Reminder—Creates an on-screen reminder when the event is about to air.
•Ext—Automatically changes the channel for live viewing of the event and sends commands to an external device connected to your RCA-type outputs. This option does not display unless you enable it in EXT Setup. See Using Record Link on page 57 for more information on enabling this feature.
Timer Frequency
Deciding how often you want to watch a program will help you make the best choice:
•All Episodes—Records each time that program is on that channel.
•New Episodes—Records current season programs each time they occur on that channel.
•Once—Records a program or event once (good for movies, sporting events, etc.).
•Weekly—Records a program once a week, at that time, on that channel.
•Daily—Records a program once a day, at that time, on that channel.
•Mon-Fri—Records a program once a day, Monday through Friday, at the selected time, on that channel.
•DishPASS—Records programs on all channels (by default) or a specific channel, based on your specific criteria. See page 67 for details.
Timer Priorities
Priorities are used by the receiver to know which program you would prefer to record, if multiple timers are scheduled to start at the same time. For example, having six programs scheduled to record at the same time cannot be done on a dual-tuner receiver; therefore, the receiver will record only the two programs with the highest priorities.
•All timers have a priority that you can change at any time.
•The larger the number, the lower priority (for example, priority 1 is higher than priorities 2, 3, and 4).
•You can override a specific timer's priority with a one-time skip or by restoring it. Select a timer in the Daily Schedule, then you'll have an option to Skip or Restore for that timer (see page 65).
