Chapter 5: Special Function; Pvr - TCL 40S4800FS Operation Manual

Chapter 5

PVR

PVR (Personal Video Recorder) allows you to record
your favourite TV programmes. The time shift function
is integrated with the PVR function, and it allows you
to pause, fast forward and rewind live TV, so you don't
have to miss any part of your favourite programmes.
Before you use PVR, connect a USB drive to the TV
first.
Note: The feature is available only in selected products
and, due to specific TV network limitations and country
technical requirements, might not be available in
product or place of installation. Feature might also be
blocked by TV network due to copyright protection (HD
content, recording protection). Please use OPTION on
the remote control to check if the feature is available in
your product.
1. Press OPTION on the remote control and select
PVR.
2. Press OK to enter. The recording automatically
starts.
- A mini panel (for you to control recording) appears
at the bottom of the screen at first. While recording,
the panel also indicates the recording progress and
the percentage of free memory on the USB drive.
It disappears seconds after the recording starts. To
bring it up again, press OK or the red button.
- During the recording, you can turn off the TV, and
the recording goes on in the standby mode. The
indicator on the TV flashes.
- The record file is put into a PVR folder in Multimedia
> My Movie and named after the channel number.
3. To stop the recording, press ◄/► to highlight Stop
and press OK to confirm. A dialog box appears in
upper middle of screen. Press ◄/► to select YES
and press OK to stop recording; in normal operation,
the recording will stop automatically when the
recording duration expires.
4. To watch the recorded programme, press USB or go
to > System > Multimedia, select My Browser
Smart TV
> -MTSPVR, and then select the related record file.
Press OK to play. (It is the same if you record a
digital radio programme).
Time Shift
While you are recording, you can view the recording
from the start, from a specific time point, or from time
point A to time point B. You can also fast forward or
rewind the recording, or play the recording in slow
motion.
Special Function
1. Press OPTION on the remote control and select
PVR.
2. Press OK to enter.
- A mini panel appears at the bottom of the screen.
Press OK or the red button to show or hide the
panel.
3. Press ◄/► to select Play and then press OK to play
the recording from where it starts and enter the time
shift mode, and the original recording goes on in the
background.
4. Press:
- ◄/► to select Play and then press OK to set a time
shift start point. And Play changes to Play A. To set
a time shift stop point, press ◄/► to select Play A
and then press OK. And Play A changes to Play A-B.
Press ◄/► to select Play A-B and then press OK
to play the recording from where the time shift start
point to the stop point.
- ◄/► to select SlowMotion and then press OK to
play the recording in slow speed.
- ◄/► to select TimePlay and then press OK. A
dialog box appears in upper middle of screen. Press
▲/▼ to select a specific time point from where to
play the recording and press OK.
5. Press ◄/► to select Stop and press OK to exit time
shift.
Notes:
- The PVR function is only available for digital non-
encrypted channels.
- Before you connect the USB drive to the TV, make
sure you have backed up the data in the drive
to avoid the loss of your important data due to
unforeseen malfunction.
- We recommend that you use a USB drive with at
least 1GB free space and a disk speed faster than
5.0MB/sec.
- The bigger the USB drive's free memory is for the
PVR function, the longer the recording length will be.
- If you want to change channel or signal source
during recording, store the recording data first.
- The TV cannot play files normally if the parameters
of the file exceed the limitations of the system, the
file format is not supported, the file is damaged, or
the file cannot be decoded.
- Do not disconnect the USB drive when the system
is reading a file or transmitting data, otherwise the
system or the drive may be damaged.
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