Note

Until you return to live TV viewing, you will not be able to use any other function of your HD recorder.

4.8.1Instant replay

You can instantly replay what you have seen (or missed) during the last few seconds.

Press while watching live TV.

The time-shift bar appears and you are taken back 15 seconds, by default.To increase this time, see the Instant Replay duration setting on page 29.

To return to live TV, press stop L. In the menu that pops up, make sure that Back to live ... is highlighted and press stop L again. Alternatively, you can press P+/-.

Note

If you have just switched to a channel and have been watching a programme on it for less than 30 seconds (or the Instant Replay duration you set), pressing takes you back to the time you started watching the programme instead of 30 seconds (or the Instant Replay duration you set.)

4.8.2Moving through the time-shift bar

While playing back programmes temporarily stored in the time-shift buffer:

Press / to move to back 15 seconds or forward 30 seconds (by default).To change this time, see the Instant Replay duration and Commerical Skip duration settings on page 29.

Press the yellow button to jump to the time you started watching the programme or to return to live TV.

In the menu that pops up, use / to highlight your choice and press OK to confirm.

To pause playback at any moment, press pause K.To restart playback, press play .

High-speed playback

To rewind at twice the speed (x2), press rewind during playback.

To increase the speed, press rewind again, up to 3 times (x4, x32, x128).

To decrease the speed, press fast forward .

To return to normal speed playback, press play .

You can fast forward in the same way as you rewind, just press fast forward to increase the fast forward speed, and rewind

to decrease the fast forward speed.

Slow-motion playback

To rewind or forward in slow motion, press pause K and then rewind or fast forward to choose the speed you want (x1/2 or x1/4).

To return to normal speed playback, press play .

4.9Recording programmes

4.9.1Instant recording

To instantly start recording a programme that you are watching, press record l. A message appears confirming that the programme is being recorded to your HD recorder’s hard disk.The record indicator on the front panel also lights up.

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