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Chapter 3
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Using the System
3. Select an event timer you want to delete. A check mark shows up in the
box next to the event timer. For example, here we selected a DVR event
timer.
4. Select any other timer(s) you w ant to delete.
5. Select the
Delete option to delete the timer(s) you selected.
Pay Per View Programs and Locked Programs
• You must buy a pay per view progr am before you can set an automatic event
timer for it. You c an’t set a manual event timer f or a pay per view program.
You can’t edit an ev ent timer for a pay per view program.
• When you’ve locke d the r eceiver, you must enter the password before you
can set an automatic event timer for a locked program. You can set a manual
event timer for a locked program and not enter the password. If you do set a
timer like this, when the timer works the r eceiver may display only an error
message or a password entry m enu. If you’ve set a DVR Event Ti mer or a
VCR Event Timer, the recording will show only the e rror message or
password menu.
• If you use a DVR Event Time r to re cord a locked program, you must e nter
the pa ssword to play back the program. If you r ecord a block of two or more
programs and just one of them is locked, you must enter the password to
play back a ny of them. For example, if you se t an event timer to record a
block of three programs and one of them is an adult movie, you m ust enter
the password to watch any of the three progra ms.
Power Off and Event Timers
• If the rece iver is off when a DVR Event Timer, Auto-Tune Event Timer,or
VCR Event Timer works, the r eceiver will tur n on. When the program ends,
the receiver will turn off unless you press any r emote control or front panel
buttons while the timer is in oper ation.
• If the rece iver is off when a Reminder Event Timer st arts, the receiver will
turn on and stay on.
How Many Event Timers You Can Se t
You can set a limited num ber of event timers. If you try to set more , the
receiver displays a menu where you can delete an existing timer. If you
don’t delete a n existing timer, you won’t be able to set any new ones.
Control a VCR
Note: R emember, you can use the DishDVR features to record a program
without aVCR!
•TouseVCR Event Timers, you must connect the receiver’s ba ck panel
audio/vide o outputs to the audio/video inputs on the VC R. S ee page 29
for the r ecommended connection to a VCR.
Tip: You must
buyaPayPer
View event
before you can
set an
automatic
event timer for
it. And you
cannot set a
man ual event
timer for any
Pay Per View
event.