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On the recorded programme list, a purely green $ indicates the recording has been wholly descrambled; on the other hand, a yellowish green $ indicates it has been partially descrambled, and a purely yellow $ indicates it has not been descrambled at all.

Refer to § 7.1.5 for how to record a pay service programme.

7.4Copying a recording

You can copy a recording file in whole or in part during a playback by performing the following steps:

1.Start playback of a recording you want.

2.Move to a scene from which you want to start copy by

holding down the or button.

3.Press the button, then it will be copied in a new file which is named after the original recording with a suffix of ‘COPY’ and a number.

4.To stop copy, press the button.

NOTE

You can make a copy of a long recording more quickly by start-

ing to play the original recording, then pressing button until the speed has increased to six times, then pressing the button. The copy will be done at six times normal speed.

7.5MP3 playback

You can enjoy music or audio books in MP3 format with the digital receiver. For how to transfer MP3 files to the digital receiver from your computer, refer to § 7.6.

To play a MP3 file, perform the following steps:

1.Press the button and then the or button to display the MP3 list.

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TF 500 PVRC specifications

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