676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:45 PM Page 1 BECAUSE EVERY HOME DESERVES A WELL-TRAINED TV DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER USER GUIDE
1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:45 PM Page 2 YOU’RE WATCHING THE BIG GAME IN THE DEN. SUDDENLY, YOU HAVE A DESPERATE URGE FOR A TURKEY SANDWICH. SO YOU HIT PAUSE. WALK TO THE KITCHEN. MAKE YOUR SANDWICH. GRAB A COLD ONE. WALK BACK TO THE DEN. PRESS PLAY. AND THE LIVE GAME PICKS UP RIGHT WHERE YOU LEFT OFF. WITHOUT MISSING A SINGLE, HEART-POUNDING PLAY. WELCOME TO DVR FROM COMCAST DIGITAL CABLE.
1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:46 PM Page 4 CONTENTS CONTENTS INTRODUCING DVR 4 RECORD AND PLAY BACK PROGRAMS 20 Get More Out of Your TV 5 Save Your Recorded Programs 21 Take Control of Live Programs 6 Record a Program That You Are Watching Live 21 Record a Single Program or All Episodes of a Future Program 23 Record Two Programs at Once 25 Display a List of Your Recorded Programs 26 GETTING STARTED 7 Prepare Your Remote Control 8 Play Back a Recorded Program 26 Manage Yo
1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:46 PM Page 4 INTRODUCING DVR INTRODUCING DVR You’ll never watch TV the same way again.
1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:46 PM Page 6 INTRODUCING DVR GETTING STARTED Take Control of Live Programs Anytime you tune to a live program, DVR begins “buffering” it — that is, making a temporary recording of it — so you can: Pause the live program or rewind it Fast-forward through the portion you have rewound Replay live TV anytime you want Save the buffered program to the DVR’s hard drive to access it again later Buffered Programs DVR automatically buffers the last hour of the program that
1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:46 PM Page 8 GETTING STARTED FIND OUT WHEN YOUR FAVORITE PROGRAMS ARE ON Prepare Your Remote Control After you’ve connected DVR to your TV, here’s how to prepare your remote control. Refer to the guide that came with your remote control to make DVR work with the make and model of your TV. Follow those instructions first, and then: CABLE Press Cable .
1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:46 PM Page 10 FIND OUT WHEN YOUR FAVORITE PROGRAMS ARE ON FIND OUT WHEN YOUR FAVORITE PROGRAMS ARE ON Display the Program Guide Search for a Program by Channel, Title, or Theme 1. Press Guide DVR automatically lists programs by channel number, but you can customize it to list programs by title or theme. . The Program Guide appears and lists programs for the next 7 days. 2. To close the guide, press Guide highlighted in the Program Guide. .
1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:46 PM Page 12 CONTROL LIVE TV AND RECORDINGS CONTROL LIVE TV AND RECORDINGS Pause a Live Program or a Recording 1. Press Pause to freeze the action. The Status Bar appears briefly in the Pause position at the bottom of the screen. For programs that you’re watching live, DVR will remain in pause mode for up to 1 hour. 2. Press Pause again or press Play to resume playing the program.
1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:46 PM Page 14 CONTROL LIVE TV AND RECORDINGS CONTROL LIVE TV AND RECORDINGS Rewind or Fast-Forward a Live Program or Recording Status Bar Speed Indicator Rewind a live program or a recording to watch a portion of it again, or fast-forward through portions you don’t want to watch. You can rewind or fast-forward in any of three different speeds, as explained in the box on the next page. 1. Make sure that the program or recording is not in Pause mode.
1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:46 PM Page 16 WATCH TWO PROGRAMS AT ONCE WATCH TWO PROGRAMS AT ONCE 17 Turn PIP On and Off DVR has built-in picture-in-picture (PIP). When you turn on PIP, you can watch two channels at once. One channel appears as a full-screen image. The other appears as a small image within the full-screen image.
1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:46 PM Page 18 WATCH TWO PROGRAMS AT ONCE WATCH TWO PROGRAMS AT ONCE The PIP Screen and the Quarter Screen Swap the Main Screen and the PIP Screen To move the full-screen program shown in the main TV screen to the PIP screen, press Swap . Certain DVR screens, such as the Recorded Program Options screen shown here, show a reduced version of the main TV screen, known as a Quarter screen — which is not to be confused with a PIP screen.
1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:46 PM Page 20 RECORD AND PLAY BACK PROGRAMS RECORD AND PLAY BACK PROGRAMS 21 Save Your Recorded Programs DVR can save at least 30 hours of recorded programs. To maximize your storage space, keep the length of your Save Time setting to a minimum. Whether you record a program you’re watching live, or schedule a program to be recorded in the future, you can select how long you want the recording to be saved in three ways: • Use the default Save Time setting.
1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:47 PM Page 22 RECORD AND PLAY BACK PROGRAMS RECORD AND PLAY BACK PROGRAMS While DVR records you are free to: Recording a Program If you want to record a program that you are watching and save it according to your default Save Time setting: • Continue to watch the channel while the recording is being made. • Pause, fast-forward, or rewind the program without affecting the recording. REC 1. Press Record on the remote control.
1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:47 PM Page 24 RECORD AND PLAY BACK PROGRAMS To Record Press RECORD AND PLAY BACK PROGRAMS Record Two Programs at Once Result DVR gives you different ways to record two programs at once: All episodes The Edit Recording screen appears. • Schedule two programs to record at the same time by following either of the procedures in “Record a Single Program or All Episodes of a Future Program” on page 23 and 24. twice The Record options are highlighted.
1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:47 PM Page 26 RECORD AND PLAY BACK PROGRAMS RECORD AND PLAY BACK PROGRAMS Display a List of Your Recorded Programs To display a list of your Recorded Programs, press My DVR 27 Display a List of Programs You Have Scheduled To Be Recorded 1. If the Recorded List screen is not displayed, press My DVR . To exit from the Recorded List screen and display full-screen TV, press My DVR or press Exit . . The Recorded List screen appears. 2. Press Scheduled Recordings .
76-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:47 PM Page 28 RECORD AND PLAY BACK PROGRAMS MANAGE PROGRAMS AND RECORDINGS Cancel a Recording That’s in Progress You can stop a recording in progress at any time. When you stop a recording, you can save what has been recorded or erase the entire recording. 1. If you are not watching the recording, tune to the channel that is being recorded. 2. Press Stop . The Stop Recording screen appears. 3. Press Move Up 4.
1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:47 PM Page 30 MANAGE PROGRAMS AND RECORDINGS MANAGE PROGRAMS AND RECORDINGS Keep Others from Watching a Program Select Programs to Be Blocked You can prevent children or anyone else from watching specific programs by using the Parental Control feature. Blocking programs using Parental Controls is a 3-step process. First, you must turn Parental Control on; second, you must enable your PIN; and third, you must select programs to be blocked.
1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:47 PM Page 32 MANAGE PROGRAMS AND RECORDINGS 9. In the STOP column, change the time shown to the time you want the block to end by following this process: MANAGE PROGRAMS AND RECORDINGS Recording Options Screen 33 Recorded Program Options "Soul Food" A. Press Move Left and A.M. or P.M.). or Move Right to highlight the one you want to change (hours, minutes, B. Press Move Up or Move Down to change each setting.
1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:47 PM Page 34 MANAGE PROGRAMS AND RECORDINGS MANAGE PROGRAMS AND RECORDINGS View a Blocked Recorded Program Maximize Your Storage Space 1. Press My DVR DVR can save at least 30 hours of recorded programs, depending on the programming source, but it is not intended as a long-term storage device. To make the most efficient use of your storage space, follow these guidelines: to view your Recorded List. 2. Highlight the Program Title you wish to watch. 3.
1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:47 PM Page 36 MANAGE PROGRAMS AND RECORDINGS MANAGE PROGRAMS AND RECORDINGS Change the Default Save Time Setting for Future Recordings Change the Save Time of a Recording You Have Saved The DVR default Save Time setting is set to automatically save each recording for 14 days. DVR then erases the recording to make space for other programs you want to record. You can change the default setting from 14 days to 1, 2, or 7 days — or to “Until erased.
1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:47 PM Page 38 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Questions about DVR Questions about Watching Two Programs at Once What happens if DVR temporarily loses power? If a program is being recorded in the PIP screen and I turn off the PIP feature, will the recording continue? All recordings that were saved prior to the power loss are preserved, as well as future recording schedules.
1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:47 PM Page 40 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS INDEX 41 Can I record ON DEMAND programs? B E P ON DEMAND programs cannot be recorded by DVR. But keep in mind that you can watch ON DEMAND programs as often as you want over a specified period and start them any time you choose.
1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:47 PM Page 42 COMCAST REMOTE CONTROL QUICK REFERENCE INDEX Q Quarter screen and the PIP screen, 19 definition of, 10 keys used to control, 19 R Recorded programs copying to VCR tape, 35 displaying list of, 26 erasing, 37 playing, 26 playing blocked recordings, 33 pausing, 13 rewinding, 14 scheduled, 27 Recording a live program, 21 a program, 23 all episodes of a program, 23 and changing channels, 25 and fast-forwarding, 14 and pausing, 13 and playing, 22, 23 and re
1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:47 PM Page 44 For more information, call 1.888.COMCAST or click www.comcast.com For use with the Scientific-Atlanta DVR box.
