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Take Control of Live Programs

Anytime you tune to a live program, the Explorer DVR begins buffering the program — that is, making a temporary recording of it — so that you can . . .

Pause the live program or rewind it

Fast-forward through the portion you have rewound

Instantly replay live TV anytime you want

Save the buffered program to the Explorer DVR by recording it

Buffered Programs

The channel buffer automatically buffers the last hour of the channel that you are watching and continues to buffer it until you . . .

Watch the channel for longer than an hour

After an hour, the Explorer DVR removes the earlier minutes of the program from its buffer so that only the last hour is kept in the buffer.

Tune to another progam

When you change channels, the Explorer DVR begins to buffer the program you have just tuned to. It removes the program you were watching from the buffer.

Turn off the Explorer DVR

When you turn off the Explorer DVR, it erases everything from its buffer.

Have the Explorer DVR record the program

When you press Record, the Explorer DVR records the portion of the live program it has buffered, and begins recording the rest of the live program as it is broadcast.

When recording, the red Record light turns on.

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