Toshiba 160HD4 Controlling live TV, Using the Time-Shift Control window, Button Function

Chapter 4: Using the Symbio AVHD recorder

Controlling live TV

After you connect the Symbio AVHD recorder to your Toshiba integrated HD television, set up the TV Guide On Screen system, and tune the TV to a channel, the Symbio automatically starts recording the tuned program. The Symbio will continue to record content up to 60 minutes behind the live broadcast. This 60-minute recording buffer allows you to pause or reverse any time while watching live TV, and then resume playback from the point you paused or reversed, so you don’t miss any portion of the program.

Note:

¥You cannot save programs recorded in the 60-minute recording buffer. To save a recording, see ÒRecording programsÓ on page 12.

¥If the Symbio is paused for more than 60 minutes, it will automatically begin playback 60 minutes behind live TV.

¥If the SymbioÕs hard drive is full, you will not be able to pause live TV and the TV will display the message ÒError: AVHD is fullÓ (see page 19).

If you change the channel or input, the Symbio will stop the buffered recording and begin again on the new channel (if it is tuned to an ANT 1 or ANT 2 program).

For additional functions, see “Live TV and Time-Shift Control window remote control functions,” at right.

Also see “Pausing live TV” on page 18.

Using the Time-Shift Control window

When you pause live TV, the buffered recording is

“time-shifted” and the Time-Shift Control window (illustrated below) opens. This window displays the current playback position of the program in reference to the beginning and end of the live broadcast.

Note:

¥The end point of the recording in the Time-Shift Control window will continue to move as the live TV broadcast is recorded to the buffer.

¥If the SymbioÕs hard drive is full, you will not be able to pause live TV and the TV will display the message ÒError: AVHD is fullÓ (see page 19).

¥The Time-Shift Control window closes automatically after 5 minutes of inactivity; or you can press EXIT to close the window immediately.

You can fast forward or skip forward in the program until you reach the point of the live broadcast.

For additional functions, see “Live TV and Time-Shift Control window remote control functions,” at right.

	Live TV and Time-Shift Control window
	remote control functions
Button	Function
PAUSE	Pauses playback and opens the Time-Shift
	Control window.
	Note: If the Symbio is paused for more than
	60 minutes, it will automatically begin
	playback 60 minutes behind live TV.

REW (3x, 15x, 60x) Opens the Time-Shift Control window and starts reversing. If you do not press PLAY, it will continue reversing until it reaches the beginning of the recording buffer or recorded program, and then resumes live TV viewing and buffering.

FF(3x, 15x, 60x) Opens the Time-Shift Control window and starts fast forwarding. If you do not press PLAY, it continues fast forwarding until it reaches the end of the recording buffer, and then resumes normal playback.

SKIP/SEARCH	While the Time-Shift Control window is
SSor TT	open, pressing SKIP/SEARCH SSor TT
	skips backward or forward through the
	recording buffer or recorded program in
	increments of the defined skip time*.
	(You also can press x or •.)
	*The skip time can be set to 1, 3, 5, or 15
	minutes. See ÒSetting the AVHD skip timeÓ
	on page 9.
EXIT	Closes the Time-Shift Control window.
PLAY	Opens the Time-Shift Control window
	and begins normal playback from the
	point you time-shifted the program.
LIVE	Closes the Time-Shift Control window
	and returns TV viewing to the live
	broadcast, while continuing to record to
	the buffer.

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