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3.5Adjusting the on-screen display

You can adjust the transparency level of the on-screen display. Select the System Setting menu and set the OSD Transparency option as you desire. Its available range is 0 to 50 percent.

You can adjust the display time of the information box. For the information box, see § 5.2.3. To adjust its display time, select the System Setting menu and set the Info Box Display Time option as you desire. Its available range is 1 to 30 seconds. If you set this option to No Info Box, the information box will not be displayed when you switch services. However, pressing

the button will display the information box. If you set this option to Never Hide, the information box will always be displayed.

In addition, you can raise or lower the position of the informa- tion box. Select the System Setting menu and set the Info Box Position option as you desire. Its available range is 10 to +3 lines. The higher you set the option, the lower the information box will be positioned.

3.6To turn on the time shift feature

Time shift means that the most recent hour of the television ser- vice you are watching gets saved temporarily on the hard disk of the digital receiver. When this feature is enabled, you can reverse and pause live television as if playing back a recording. To enable this feature, select the System Setting menu and then set the Time Shifting option to Enable. See § 5.5 for how to use this feature.

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Topfield TF 7710 HD PVR, TF 7700 HD PVR manual Adjusting the on-screen display, To turn on the time shift feature

TF 7710 HD PVR, TF 7700 HD PVR specifications

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