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Control Live TV and Recordings
With the DVR, you control how you watch a program because, in many ways,
you can treat live programs like they are recordings. The DVR lets you control
how you watch a program in all of the following ways:
• Pause a live program or a recording
• Replay the last 8 seconds of a live program or a recording using instant replay
• Rewind a live program or a recording to watch a portion of it again
• Fast-forward through portions of a live program that you have rewound,
or through portions of a recording that you don’t want to watch
• Slow the action of a live program or a recording to watch more closely
• Watch action frame by frame in forward or reverse
• Catch up with a live program to see what is currently being broadcast
Tip: To find a key on the remote, open the foldout on the back cover of this guide
to see the illustration of the remote.
Pause a Live Program or a Recording
1. Press Pause . The action freezes and the Status Bar appears briefly in
the Pause position at the bottom of the screen. For programs that you are
watching live, the DVR remains in pause for up to 1 hour.
2. Press Pause
again or press Play to resume playing the program.
Status Bar
The Status Bar appears whenever you pause, rewind, or fast-forward a live or
recorded program.
Tip: Some TV programs display “scrolling” information across the bottom of the
TV screen (for example, news and sports “tickers”). The DVR on-screen status bar
and other graphics may cover up information scrolling on-screen. Pressing Exit
removes the status bar and any on-screen DVR graphics or banners.
For a live program, red indicates
missed programming (from the time
the program began until the time you
tuned to the program).
For a recording, red indicates
the portion of programming that
was not recorded.
Pause
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This area represents
the current viewing
status (paused in
this case).
The name of the
program appears
beneath the bar.
The yellow pointer
indicates where you
are in the program.
For a live program,
the time of the
broadcast displays.
For a recording,
the program length
displays.
Green indicates
the portion of the
program that the
DVR has buffered
or saved.
For a live
program, yellow
indicates the portion
of the program not
yet broadcast.
Control Live TV and Recordings