User`s guide

If the DVR has reached its storage capacity, you must make space to record other
programs. To make more space on the DVR:
1. Erase recordings that you no longer want, or copy recordings you want to keep to a
VCR tape and then erase them from the DVR. For details, see “Erase a Program” on
page 22 or “Copy a Recording to a VCR Tape” on page 25.
2. Turn Auto Erase on. Your oldest recordings are erased automatically if space is
needed. For details, see “Automatically Erasing Oldest Recordings” on page 24. If
a show starts at 7:58 rather than 8:00, the start time for that program can be
modified in record LIST.
Questions About Watching, Recording and Playing Back
HD Programs
Are local TV stations broadcasting in high-definition (HD)?
Many local TV stations are transmitting digital signals. However, transmitting a digital
signal does not mean transmitting an HD signal. Most stations, however, that are
broadcasting in digital are offering HD programs from their parent stations, such as
CBS, ABC, NBC, Fox, TNT or PBS.
What are the differences between standard-definition TVs (SDTV) and
high-definition TVs (HDTV)?
• HDTVs can be 1/3 wider than traditional TVs, although some HDTVs have a
traditional (4:3 aspect ratio) setting.
• HDTVs use a much finer resolution to create the TV picture — 1125 lines for HD
as compared with 525 lines used in an SDTV. This means that the resolution for
HDTVs can be up to 1920 x 1080 pixels as compared with 720 x 480 for SDTVs.
• In the United States, high-definition is always broadcast with digital signals.
Standard-definition is currently broadcast in both digital and analog. (However, high-
definition and digital standard-definition do not use the same digital signal.)
• Generally, all HD-ready monitors or integrated HDTV sets are capable of
supporting a standard-definition 480i or 480p signal. Not all HDTV monitors support
both 720p and 1080i high-definition signals. For instance, some plasma displays
support only 720p.
I have a wide-screen HDTV and am tuned to a channel that is listed as
an HD channel, but the picture is not displayed in a wide-screen format.
What’s wrong?
The program may not be an HD program. Not all stations broadcast HD programs.
Because non-HD programs do not use a wide format, the picture does not fill the width of
the screen. To fill the space, the digital receiver automatically places bars on the sides of
non-HD programs. You can change this display to one that removes the bars and fills the
screen with the picture.
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