Topfield TF 5800 PVR user manual Pausing TV

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2.3.2 Pausing TV

Rewinding is useful to see something again, but if you don’t want to miss something, press the button instead. You’ll see a pause symbol appear at the top right of the display, and a counter showing you how far behind live TV you are.

When you want to carry on watching, just press Pause again, or press Play, and you can carry on from where you left.

You’re now watching time-shifted TV, and you can use the fast forward and rewind buttons, just as we described above. Press the Stop button at any time, or use Fast Forward, to return to live TV.

Why not press Pause when your favourite programme starts, then go and put the kettle on? When you’ve made your drink, press Play to start watching, and then Fast Forward through the ad breaks, until you’ve caught up with live TV again.

Note that time shifting is not possible if your box is watch- ing a third channel while recording two others at the same time, since that would require a third recording to be made.

Now that you know how to watch TV, and use the PVR to time shift live TV, turn to the next chapter, where we’ll explain how you can schedule and play back recordings of programmes.