Chapter 3
Using the Recorder’s Features
•Watching TV
•Pausing TV
•Recording
•Playing content you’ve recorded
•The GUIDE Plus+ System
•Playback
•GUIDE Plus+ System
Extra Info
The following list is provided to give you an idea of what you can do with the Digital Media Recorder, and when.
What you can do
Pause Live TV
Play discs (audio CDs; DVD discs; Video CDS, CDs with mp3 files, CDs with JPEG files).
Record Live TV
Play programs that you recorded to the hard disk drive
Play music or pictures that you’ve placed on the hard disk drive
Record a program to the hard disk drive while you’re playing a disc
Record a program to the hard disk drive while you watch another program (dependent upon connection of 2 Way Splitter and the ability to split the signal that provides programming to your TV)
Record a program to the hard disk drive while you play another program from the hard disk drive
What you can’t do
Record a program while you’re pausing live TV*
Save a program to the hard disk drive once you’ve paused it.
Record copyrighted, production DVD movies to the hard disk drive
Simultaneously record programs/content to the Digital Media Recorder’s hard disk drive from two channels or sources
Watch, playback, record, or pause TV while you’re copying JPEG files or music (mp3 files) to the hard disk drive (the length of time that it takes to transfer this kind of content varies).
* Applicable only if you’re recording a different program than the one you’re watching.
Graphics contained within this User’s Guide are for representation only. Some of the menu screens, buttons, and display messages might be different in your product than they appear in this book. The
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