User and
Installation Guide
EVENT TIMERS
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 | You try to set up an | You must enter the system | To be able to set up an event timer for the event, first enter the | 
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 | event timer, but the | password before you can create an | system password. | 
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 | recorder displays an | event timer for a locked event. | 
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 | ERROR message noting | 
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 | that the event is locked. | 
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 | You try to set up an | You must order a pay per view | To be able to set up an event timer for the event, first order it. | 
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 | event timer, but the | event before you can create an | 
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 | recorder displays an | event timer for it. | 
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 | ERROR message noting | 
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 | that the event is a pay | 
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 | per view event. | 
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 | You try to set up an | You have already set up the | To be able to set up a new event timer, delete one of the event | 
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 | event timer, but the | maximum number of event timers. | timers you previously set up. | 
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 | recorder displays an | 
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 | ERROR message giving | 
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 | you the option to delete | 
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 | a previously set up | 
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 | event timer. | 
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 | You set up an event | You may have set up a Reminder | Remember that a Reminder Event Timer only reminds you that | 
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 | timer, but your recorder | Event Timer but what you should | the event is about to start. An  | 
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 | does not tune to the | have set up is an  | you and tunes the recorder to the channel of the event. | 
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 | channel of the event, or | Timer or a VCR Event Timer. | A VCR Event Timer does all of the above and starts recording. | 
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 | does not record the | 
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 | event. | 
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 | You set up an event | You may have set up a timer with | Remember that a Once event timer executes only one time. A | 
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 | timer for an event that is | an inappropriate frequency. | 
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 | repeated (such as a | 
 | same channel at the same time. A Daily event timer does the | 
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 | same, Monday through Sunday. A Weekly event timer executes | 
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 | program), but the timer | 
 | once a week on the same channel at the same time. | 
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 | does not execute for a | 
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 | showing of the event. | 
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 | You set up an event | The event time may have changed | If the recorder is ON and detects an event timer conflict, it will | 
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 | timer, but the timer does | so that the event timer conflicted | display the Event Timer Scheduling Conflict menu. You must | 
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 | not execute at all. | with another event timer. | delete one of the conflicting event timers. | 
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 | The event time may have changed | No event timer will execute if the event time changes by more | 
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 | You set up a Once event | The event time changed. | A Once event timer always executes at the actual time of the | 
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 | timer, but the timer | 
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 | executes at a different | 
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 | time. | 
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 | You stop the execution | Stopping the event timer applies | To stop all executions of a repeated event timer, you must delete | 
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 | of an event timer for one | only to the current showing of the | the event timer. Note that a Once event timer is automatically | 
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 | showing of an event that | event. | deleted when it executes. | 
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 | is repeated (such as a | 
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 | regularly scheduled | 
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 | program), but the timer | 
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 | executes for the next | 
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 | showing. | 
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 | You set up an event | There may have been a power | During recording (including ITR and EVENT TIMERS), if there | 
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 | timer, but your recorder | outage during recording. | is an interruption in the power supply (as caused by power | 
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 | stopped recording before | 
 | outages), recording will stop and will not resume automatically. | 
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 | the event finished. | 
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