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D V R G u i d e D u a l T u n e r H D - C a p ab l e D V R Y o u g o g e t t h e p o p c o r n . Y o ur sh o w w a i t s f o r y o u . MO-A25.2-2-DVR-10.indd 1 12/7/09 4:59 PM[...]
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2 US IN G Y OU R RE MOTE C ONTR OL Men u : Ent er or exit the on -screen guide menu s. Inf o : Vi ew a descript ion of the highlighted p rogram. Guid e : Sh or tcut to pro gram listings by time. E xit : Retur n to watching T V. Ex its on-s creen guide menus. Your remote may vary slightly from the on e pictured here, but basi c functio ns shou ld re[...]
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3 INT ROD UCI NG DVR S ERV IC E WIT H COM CAST D IGI T A L CAB LE Y o u’ll n ever w atc h you r favo ri te T V s how s t he s am e way ag ai n Wit h DV R ( D igital V ideo R ecord er) ser vi ce from C omca st Digit al Cabl e, it’s easy to recor d your favorite sh ows — just highlight a progr am in your on-s creen progra m guide and press r ec[...]
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4 ST AR T CONT ROLL ING L IV E T V Wit h DV R, you c an cont rol your T V in ways y ou never imagined. Pause live T V when your b est fr iend calls, view an inst ant replay, or rewind your favori te scenes over a nd over again — all with a push o f a few but tons on your remote c ontrol. Bu f fe re d pr og ra ms Depe nding on the DV R box yo u ha[...]
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5 Sk ip Fo r wa rd o r Sk ip B ac k in a p rog r am Y ou can use the Pa ge but tons on you r remote for another function — skipping ah ead or back i n 5 minute inter vals. T his f eature also is enabled when controlli ng T V in real time, up to the point of the live broadcast. • Whilewatchingapr ogramprevio uslyreco rdedon?[...]
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6 REC ORD IN G PROG R AM S Depe nding on the DV R mo del you have, most D VR s can rec ord up to 1 20 ho urs of st andard- defi nition programming or u p to 26 hour s of high-de finitio n programming. S torage spac e varies ba sed on the t y pe of channel ( digit al, HD ) you are re cording. Re cor d w hil e wa tch in g T V 1 . Simpl y press R ec[...]
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7 Re cor d a se ri es p ro gr am 1 . Pre ss on your remote to v iew the T V List ings. 2. Highlight th e T V seri es you want to re cord and pre ss Rec ord t wice to mo dif y your set tings or p ress on your remote and selec t the Re cord ic on from th e Program I nformati on screen. 3. Sele ct the S et up a seri es recording icon to sp ecif y your[...]
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8 PL A Y BACK REC ORD ED PR OGR A MS Y our DV R s aves your recor dings and allows you to v iew them when ever you want. You can watch and r ecord program s at the same time o r watch only a po rt ion of your epis ode and vi ew again later . With p rogram notice s and optio ns to guide you thro ugh the step s, playing and rec ording progr ams is ve[...]
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9 MA NAGI NG PRO GR A MS A ND RE COR DIN GS T o ma ximize your storage s pace, DV R is set to auto matically er ase progr ams when spa ce is needed, beginning wit h the oldes t recording s first . However , you ca n delete progr ams manually or mo dif y the delete prior it y to save “U ntil I Delet e. ” De le te a nd mo di f y r ec or di ng s [...]
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1 0 SCH ED ULI NG CO NFL ICT S AN D NOTI CES Any t ime you schedule mo re than t wo reco rdings for the s ame time, you will see a S cheduling Co nflic t mess age that allows you t o select t he program yo u want to reco rd. DV R automati cally prio ritizes your schedule d recordings s o you can ea sily selec t the progra m you wish to rec ord in [...]
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1 1 Se ri es r ec or di ng c on flic t s When yo u tr y to schedule a n ew series re cording at the s ame time as previo usly schedule d series re cordings, you w ill see a Ser ies Co nflic t screen. T he screen auto matically hide s your highest- prior it y program. I t shows you t he confl ict s the new reco rding has with t he lowest-prio rit[...]
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1 2 AD DITI ON AL U SE R SE T TIN GS Once yo ur DV R box is conne cted to your T V , pres s Cab le on your remote co ntrol to ensure t hat the remote is in cable mo de. Y ou c an verif y this by pres sing the Power key to s ee if the DV R tur ns on and of f. Im po r t an t sa fet y i ns t ru ct io ns The D VR b ox has an inter nal hard disk dri ve.[...]
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1 3 FRE QUE NTL Y A SK ED Q UE STI ON S Qu es t io ns a bou t you r di gi ta l ca bl e box w it h bu il t-in DV R Wh er e ca n I fi nd d et ai ls o n in st al li ng my DV R? Go to t he DV R Self-I nst all Guide on co mcas t.com. The guid e cont ains document ation on h ow to conne ct your DV R to a st andard or high- defi nition telev ision. Wh a[...]
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1 4 Qu es t io ns a bou t ma na gi ng yo ur r ec or di ng s How l ong c a n I keep m y re cor d ing s? Y ou c an keep them a s long as you wa nt. Jus t remember , the rec ording space is limite d, so you may need to erase s ome reco rded progr ams from time to t ime in order to make ro om for new ones . How w il l I kn ow wh en I ’m alm ost o ut [...]
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1 5 DVR Q UIC K ST AR T GUI DE This guide w ill help you beco me familiar with the m any features your C omc ast DV R ser vi ce has to of fer . We kno w you’ re excited to b egin using your Co mcast s er vice, so here are s ome quick tips t o get you st ar ted. DVR fe at ur es • Co ntrolL iveT V / R ecord edPlayback — P ause , Rew[...]
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Ca nc el or m od if y a re co rd in g 1 . S elect t he icon f rom the Quick M enu, or on your remote and sel ect S cheduled Re cordings. 2. Cho ose the pro gram you wish t o update by pres sing on your remote. 3. Sele ct the R ecord ic on to modif y or c ancel your s ett ings. 4. Save your re cording set t ings. Mo di f y t he S er ie s Pri or it y[...]