Operation Manual

4 Preference Settings

4.6 Options for recording 43

4.6 Options for recording

To set the options for recording,

select the Settings > Recording

menu. You should see a screen

like the left ﬁgure.

To enable the time-shift function, you should set the Time Shift-

ing option to anything other than Disable. The available range

for this option is 30 minutes to 5 hours. You will have the latest

of the current programme as long as the duration speciﬁed at

this option.

You can record a programme into both an external and the

built-in hard drive. If you want to record a programme into

an external hard drive, set Recording Drive option to External;

otherwise, set this option to Internal. If you set the Time Shift

Storage option to Enable, the time-shifted programme will be

saved in the TimeShift folder of the hard drive.

You can set the duration of the timer recording. Set the Timer

Recording Duration option as you desire. Its available range is

10 minutes to 3 hours.

Time padding is the feature of adding extra recording time to

the beginning or end of a programme, so that you do not miss

any part of the programme. Set the Time Padding of Timer

Recording option as you desire. You can adjust the duration of

the instant recording. Set the Instant Recording Duration op-

tion as you desire. Its available range is 30 minutes to 5 hours.