Setting the Daily/Weekly Timer

Changing/Checking/ Clearing Timer Settings

Notes on Using the Timer

To set the timer for every day or for the same day(s) every week:

1 In step 4 (page 38), move the highlight down repeatedly to select

one of the DAY options, which are displayed in the following sequence:

Current Date DAILY MON-FRI EVERY SAT ...

EVERY MON EVERY SUN 1 Month Later (Cycles backward) Current Date

2 Set the start time, stop time, and channel, then select OK to save your settings.

To change, check, or clear timer settings:

1 Bring up the Timer Setup screen, as described on page 38.

2 Check your settings.

If you don’t want to make any changes, select OK.

If you want to change or clear settings, select the numbered button of the timer setting you want to change.

3 Change or clear the setting as follows:

To change the setting, highlight the item you want to change. Then reset the item by moving the joystick up or down (SAT- A2) or press up or down arrow buttons (SAT-B2).

To clear the setting, select CLEAR.

4 Select OK to save your settings.

After the timer is set, the TIMER indicator on the front panel lights, indicating that the timer has been set.

To use the timer to record a PPV program, you must first purchase it in advance of its showing. See “Ordering Pay-Per-View Programs” on page 31.

If locks and limits are set (and the system is locked), check to make sure they do not conflict with the program you’re trying to record.

About 60 seconds before the timer automatically tunes to the specified channel, a message appears. To cancel the timer setting and continue watching the current program, press the EXIT button.

If you set overlapping (conflicting) timer settings, the DSS receiver handles these timer settings as follows:

If you set two timer settings to start at the same time, the timer setting that’s listed first has priority over any other conflicting timer settings. Conflicting timer settings are automatically cleared from the Timer Setup screen when the first timer setting is activated.

If you set a second timer setting to start before the first timer setting is set to stop, the second timer setting will start before the first timer setting stops.

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