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THE DIGITAL RECORDER
PAUSE LIVE TELEVISION (TIME-SHIFTING)
Imagine watching television and the phone rings. Simply press the
pause the picture. Once you have finished your telephone conversation, you may watch the program
from where you left off.
Pressing firmly on the joystick executes the
will immediately notice the information bar across the bottom of
the screen with the II (pause) symbol appearing to the left.
To start watching the picture, press the
key again.) The television picture you are watching is in a
delayed form. This type of feature is commonly known as 'time-
shifting' or sometimes 'time-slipping'.
The time-shift buffer (the amount of space to pause live television) varies depending upon the size of
the hard-drive that is installed. The set-top box automatically reserves and manages the hard-drive
space required for this feature.
the Menu->Preferences->Digital Recorder menu. This is described in more detail later.
The time-shifting feature will continue to operate if left on unattended. The set-top box has an
automatic time-shifting shutdown to preserve the longevity of the hard-drive.
To exit time-shift mode and return to normal television viewing, press the
FORWARD AND REWIND TELEVISION
Whilst you are watching live television, you may rewind the
picture immediately.
Use
rewind at a standard play speed (x1). Press again and the
rewind speed will increase to x3.
Further faster speeds are also possible such as x10, x30, x100
and x600.
key function. You
key (or press the
The time-shift buffer may be deleted cleared anytime by accessing
key once.
The picture will now
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key (or the
key) to
key.
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