Chapter 4: Using the System Features 39
Setting the Daily/Weekly
Timer
To set the timer for every day or for the same day(s) every week:
1 In step 4 (page 38), move the highlight down repeatedly to select
one of the DAY options, which are displayed in the following
sequence:
Current Date DAILY MON-FRI EVERY SAT ...
EVERY MON
EVERY SUN 1 Month Later (Cycles backward) Current Date
2 Set the start time, stop time, and channel, then select OK to save
your settings.
Changing/Checking/
Clearing Timer Settings
To change, check, or clear timer settings:
1 Bring up the Timer Setup screen, as described on page 38.
2 Check your settings.
If you don’t want to make any changes, select OK.
If you want to change or clear settings, select the numbered
button of the timer setting you want to change.
3 Change or clear the setting as follows:
To change the setting, highlight the item you want to change.
Then reset the item by moving the joystick up or down (SAT-
A2) or press up or down arrow buttons (SAT-B2).
To clear the setting, select CLEAR.
4 Select OK to save your settings.
Notes on Using
the Timer
After the timer is set, the TIMER indicator on the front panel lights,
indicating that the timer has been set.
To use the timer to record a PPV program, you must first purchase
it in advance of its showing. See “Ordering Pay-Per-View
Programs” on page 31.
If locks and limits are set (and the system is locked), check to make
sure they do not conflict with the program you’re trying to record.
About 60 seconds before the timer automatically tunes to the
specified channel, a message appears. To cancel the timer setting
and continue watching the current program, press the EXIT button.
If you set overlapping (conflicting) timer settings, the DSS receiver
handles these timer settings as follows:
If you set two timer settings to start at the same time, the timer
setting that’s listed first has priority over any other conflicting
timer settings. Conflicting timer settings are automatically
cleared from the Timer Setup screen when the first timer
setting is activated.
If you set a second timer setting to start before the first timer
setting is set to stop, the second timer setting will start before
the first timer setting stops.