Setting the VCR Timer To Record Future Programs

The VCR Timer sets your VCR Commander Service to record programs at specific days and times. Use your remote control to set the channel, day, start time, and stop time of the programs you want to record. You can set up to eight timers, including the timers set from the on-screen guide.

Important: Do not overlap program times when setting up the VCR timer. A program that you set to record will not begin recording until the previous VCR timer event has stopped.

1.Turn on the power to your set-top.

2.Press SETTINGS twice while viewing a full-screen TV program.

3.Press S or T to scroll to the Timer: VCR New option, and then press

SELECT.

Cancelling a Future Recording

You can clear (or delete) a scheduled VCR

Timer program from the VCR Timer.

1.Turn on the power to your set-top.

2.Press SETTINGS twice while viewing a full-screen TV program.

3.Press S or T to scroll to the Timer: VCR preference number for the VCR Timer program you want to clear, and then press SELECT.

4.Follow the on-screen instructions to set the recording time. Refer to the user’s guide that was provided by your cable service provider for detailed instruc- tions to set the VCR Timer. Contact your cable service provider if you do not have a copy of this guide.

5.Press to accept the timer settings.

6.Put a blank tape in your VCR, and then set the Input option you selected on your VCR.

7.Turn off the VCR.

8.Press SELECT to set the timer, and then press EXIT to return to the TV program.

4.Press to clear (cancel) the timer, and then press EXIT to return to the TV program.

Note: The program name appears in the current CHAN column.

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