Topfield TF 5800 PVR DVR User Manual


 
3.2 Instant recording 29
the programme, or for the next fifteen minutes. No problem!
After starting the recording, just press the Record button again,
and a menu will be displayed on the screen, like this:
Use the up and down keys on
the remote to select one of the
options. With the first one, the
length, you can use the left and
right keys to increase or decrease
the recording time.
Often though, it’s more convenient to say which programme
you want recorded, and that’s what the next two options let
you do. The first tells the PVR to stop at the end of the current
programme, and the second tells it to stop after the following
programme, so if you know that your favourite show is on in a
few minutes, you can start an instant record, and tell the PVR
to stop at the end of your favourite show.
Remember that the recording will be automatically named
based on the programme that’s being watched when you first
press Record. So, if you’re watching the news, and realise
that you want to record the drama that’s on next, you can tell
your PVR to stop recording after the drama has ended, but the
recording will have the name of the news programme.
Below the options for when to stop recording, you’ll also see
another option, to pause the recording. You might want to use
this, for example, if there’s a news bulletin in the middle of a
film you’re recording. Just press the Record button, select the
Pause option and press OK. Then, when the news bulletin fin-