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Digital Video Recorder
Explorer
• Record and store from 30 to 50 hours of programs
• Record your favorite programs when you're away
• Record one program and watch another
• Watch two programs at the same time with the Picture-in-Picture
feature on any TV you have
• Record two live programs while watching a third program you
recorded earlier
• Use instant replay anytime you want
• Pause live TV for up to 1 hour without missing a minute
for the
Picture-in-Picture Control
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Home Entertainment Server
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- Page 1 User’s Guide for the Digital Video Recorder Picture-in-Picture Control with Explorer 8000 Home Entertainment Server ® ™ • Record and store from 30 to 50 hours of programs • Record your favorite programs when you’re away • Record one program and watch another •...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Contents Contents Introducing the Home Entertainment Server Get More Out of Your TV Take Control of Live Programs Get Started Prepare the Remote Control to Work with Your TV and Home Entertainment Server Find Out When Your Favorite Programs Are On Display the Program Guide Select a Program from the Program Guide Search for a Program by Channel, Title, or Theme... - Page 3 Contents Manage Programs and Recordings Keep Others From Watching a Program Keep Others From Watching a Recording Maximize Your Storage Space Copy Recordings to a VCR Tape Change the Default Save Time Setting for Future Recordings Change the Save Time of a Recording You Have Saved Erase a Recording Find Answers to Frequently Asked Questions Questions About the Home Entertainment Server...
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Page 4: Introducing The Home Entertainment Server
Introducing the Home Entertainment Server Introducing the Home Entertainment Server ® ™ The Explorer 8000 Home Entertainment Server changes how you watch TV: • Control live programs just like they are recordings • Create your personal video library by recording and storing from 30 to 50 hours of programs •... -
Page 5: Take Control Of Live Programs
Introducing the Home Entertainment Server Take Control of Live Programs Anytime you tune to a live program, the Entertainment Server begins buffering it – that is, making a temporary recording of it – so that you can . . . •... -
Page 6: Get Started
Get Started Get Started Getting started is easy. After you’ve connected the Entertainment Server to your TV, VCR, or other audio-video equipment, you only need to prepare the remote control as described here. Note: To connect the Entertainment Server, follow the instructions in the connec- tion guides on the Explorer eClub Web site. - Page 7 Get Started Protect Your Recordings To extend the life of the Entertainment Server and to save money on your electric bill, turn Off the Entertainment Server each night before going to bed. When the Entertainment Server is powered Off (and plugged into an active outlet), all scheduled recordings will be performed automatically –...
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Page 8: Find Out When Your Favorite Programs Are On
Find Out When Your Favorite Programs Are On Find Out When Your Favorite Programs Are On From the Program Guide, you can search for programs by channel number, program title, theme, or broadcast date. After you find a program, you can tune to it directly from the guide. -
Page 9: Search For A Program By Channel, Title, Or Theme
Find Out When Your Favorite Programs Are On Search for a Program by Channel, Title, or Theme The Entertainment Server automatically lists programs by channel number, but you can change this and list programs by title or theme. Press Guide . -
Page 10: Search For A Program By Date
Find Out When Your Favorite Programs Are On Search for a Program by Date Press Guide . The Program Guide appears and lists the next 7 days of programs. Press Date . The Browse By area of the Program Guide displays the next 7 dates. -
Page 11: Control Live Tv And Recordings
Control Live TV and Recordings Control Live TV and Recordings With the Entertainment Server, you control how you watch a program because, in many ways, you can treat live programs like they are recordings. The Entertainment Server lets you control how you watch a program in all of the following ways: •... -
Page 12: Use Instant Replay
Control Live TV and Recordings Use Instant Replay Press Instant Replay to watch the last 8 seconds of a live program or a recording again. Note: The first time you press Instant Replay , the Entertainment Server replays the last 8 seconds of a live program or a recording. Every additional press jumps back 8 more seconds. - Page 13 Control Live TV and Recordings Press Result Fast-forward Action speeds up and the Status Bar appears in the Fast-forward position at the bottom of the screen. The pointer on the Status Bar moves to the right as you fast-forward the program. Speed up: Press Fast-forward one or two more times to incrementally increase the...
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Page 14: Use Slow Motion
Control Live TV and Recordings Use Slow Motion While watching live TV or while playing a recording at normal speed, press Play once. The action slows. To resume play in normal speed, press Play again. Watch Action Frame by Frame Analyze sports events and other programs by watching the action frame by frame. -
Page 15: Watch Two Programs At Once
Watch Two Programs At Once Watch Two Programs At Once Watch a soccer game and a basketball game at the same time by using the PIP feature. The Entertainment Server gives you the ability to use PIP even if your TV doesn’t have PIP. -
Page 16: Change The Channel Of The Pip Screen
Watch Two Programs At Once Change the Channel of the PIP Screen If the PIP feature is not on, turn it on. (See the previous page, “Turn PIP On and Off,” for details.) Press PIP Channel Up or PIP Channel Down to change the PIP channel. -
Page 17: Swap The Main Screen And The Pip Screen
Watch Two Programs At Once Swap the Main Screen and the PIP Screen To move the full-screen program shown in the main TV screen to the PIP screen, press Swap Full-screen program in main TV screen PIP screen Recordings and the PIP Screen If you are . - Page 18 Watch Two Programs At Once The PIP Screen and the Quarter Screen The PIP screen and the Quarter screen look alike, but they are different. The Quarter screen is actually the main TV screen, but it has been reduced, as shown here, to fit within Entertainment Server screens such as the Recorded Program Options screen.
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Page 19: Record And Play Back Programs
Record and Play Back Programs Record and Play Back Programs Record programs and watch them whenever you want by referring to the topics in this section: • Record a program that you are watching live • Record a single program or all episodes of a future program •... -
Page 20: Record A Program That You Are Watching Live
Record and Play Back Programs Record a Program That You Are Watching Live To record a program that Save Time Setting you are watching live, SAVE TIME make sure that you tune When the Entertainment Server 2 Days leaves the factory, its default to the channel when the 7 Days Save Time setting is set at 14... - Page 21 Record and Play Back Programs Recording Without the Default Save Time Setting If you want to record a program that you are watching and save it for a length of time other than your default Save Time setting, follow these steps. Press Record .
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Page 22: Record A Single Program Or All Episodes Of A Future Program
Record and Play Back Programs Record a Single Program or All Episodes of a Future Program To record programs when you are away or to schedule future recordings, start the recording from the Program Guide. If the Program Guide is not shown, press Guide . - Page 23 Record and Play Back Programs Important: Whenever you set up the Entertainment Server to record all episodes of a program, it records indefinitely until you cancel the recordings or run out of storage space. For details on making the most of your storage space, see “Maximize Your Storage Space”...
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Page 24: Record Two Programs At Once
Record and Play Back Programs Record Two Programs at Once The Entertainment Server gives you different ways to record two programs at once: • Schedule two programs to record at the same time by following either of the procedures in “Record a Single Program or All Episodes of a Future Program” on page 19. -
Page 25: Display A List Of Your Recorded Programs
Record and Play Back Programs Display a List of Your Recorded Programs To display a list of your recorded programs, press List To exit from the Recorded List screen and display full-screen TV, press List again or press Exit Recorded List Screen Recorded List "The Jungle Book"... -
Page 26: Display A List Of Programs You Have Scheduled
Record and Play Back Programs Display a List of Programs You Have Scheduled To Be Recorded in the Future If the Recorded List screen is not displayed, press List The Recorded List screen appears. Press Scheduled Recordings . The Scheduled Recordings screen appears with a list of all the programs you have scheduled to record. -
Page 27: Cancel A Recording That Is In Progress
Record and Play Back Programs Cancel a Recording That Is in Progress You can stop a recording in progress at any time. When you stop a recording, you can save what has been recorded or erase the entire recording. If you are not watching the recording, tune to the channel that is being recorded. -
Page 28: Manage Programs And Recordings
Manage Programs and Recordings Manage Programs and Recordings You can manage programs and recordings in the following ways: • Keep others from watching a program or recording (Parental Controls) • Maximize your storage space • Copy recordings to a VCR tape •... - Page 29 Manage Programs and Recordings Press Select . A PIN Entry screen appears. Press the number keys to enter your 4-digit Personal Identification Number (PIN). A menu for the option you selected in step 2 appears. Press Move Up or Move Down to highlight the channel, rating, or date you want to block.
- Page 30 Manage Programs and Recordings Removing Blocking From Programs To remove blocking from programming, follow the same steps in the previous procedure, “Selecting Programs To Be Blocked.” The process you follow to remove blocking is essentially the same as the process for selecting programs to be blocked.
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Page 31: Keep Others From Watching A Recording
Manage Programs and Recordings Keep Others From Watching a Recording You can keep others from watching a recording by using the Block feature. When using this feature, keep in mind that you can block only recordings that you are not watching. This feature is useful if children also use the Entertainment Server and you do not want them to watch certain recordings. - Page 32 Manage Programs and Recordings Playing Back Blocked Recordings You can watch a blocked program using either of the two methods described here. (For details on how to use the Parental Control feature to block programs and recordings, see “Turning Parental Control On and Off” on page 27.) When you select “Play [title of program],”...
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Page 33: Maximize Your Storage Space
Manage Programs and Recordings Maximize Your Storage Space The Entertainment Server can save from 30 to 50 hours of recordings, depending on the programming source; it is not intended as a long-term storage device. To make the most efficient use of your storage space, follow these guidelines: •... -
Page 34: Change The Default Save Time Setting For Future Recordings
Manage Programs and Recordings Change the Default Save Time Setting for Future Recordings When the Entertainment Server leaves the factory, its default Save Time setting is set at 14 days. Using this setting, the Entertainment Server automatically saves each recording for 14 days. At the end of 14 days, the Entertainment Server erases the recording to make space for other programs you want to record. -
Page 35: Change The Save Time Of A Recording You Have Saved
Manage Programs and Recordings Change the Save Time of a Recording You Have Saved After recording a program, you can change how long the Entertainment Server will save the recording. If the Recorded List screen is not displayed, SAVE TIME press List . -
Page 36: Find Answers To Frequently Asked Questions
Find Answers to Frequently Asked Questions Find Answers to Frequently Asked Questions If you have questions or encounter difficulties controlling live TV, recording programs, playing recordings, or displaying the PIP screen, this section may provide the information you need. If not, see the next section, “Get More Information or Assistance.”... -
Page 37: Questions About Watching Two Programs At Once
Find Answers to Frequently Asked Questions Can I pause, rewind, or fast-forward a program shown in the upper right corner of Entertainment Server screens? Yes. The small screen shown in the upper right corner of Entertainment Server screens (the Quarter screen) is actually the main TV screen. It is reduced to fit within Entertainment Server screens. - Page 38 Find Answers to Frequently Asked Questions Can I record two programs at the same time and watch a live program on another channel? No. If you are recording two programs and try tuning to another channel, the Entertainment Server displays the message shown here. But you can watch either of the two channels you are recording or you can play back a recording and watch it.
- Page 39 Find Answers to Frequently Asked Questions Can I record video-on-demand (VOD) programs? Can I record high-definition (HDTV) programs? No. At this time, the Entertainment Server cannot record HDTV programs. Why did the Entertainment Server record only part of a program? If the beginning of the program is missing, you may have started recording the program after it began.
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Page 40: Get More Information Or Assistance
To best answer your question, your cable service provider may ask you for the following information: • Product name and number: Explorer 8000 Home Entertainment Server • Serial number: To find this number, look on the back of the Entertainment... - Page 41 Get More Information or Assistance To Join the Explorer eClub To join the Explorer eClub, you need the serial number of your Entertainment Server and your email address. To find the serial number, look on the back of the Entertainment Server for a label that is similar to the following example.
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Page 42: Index
Index Index Default Save Time setting explanation of, 17 recording with, 17 Blocked programs or channels, Displaying recording, 25, 27 Browse By options, 6 Blocking programming, 25 channel banner, 12 Blocking programs, methods of, 25 list of recordings, 22 Browse By feature, description of, 6 list of scheduled recordings, 23 Buffer, explanation of, 2 Parental Control setting, 27... - Page 43 Index Pausing live programs, 8 Information area on Entertainment PIP screen, 33 Server Quarter screen, 15, 33 screens, inside of back cover recordings, 8 Installation, instructions for, 37 Pay-per-view events, recording, 21 Instant replay, 9 Picture-in-Picture feature. See PIP feature; PIP screen PIN Entry screen, 25, 27, 28, 29 Keys.
- Page 44 Index Programs pay-per-view events, 21, 35 blocking with Parental Control, 25 programs that continue past fast-forwarding, 10 scheduled times, 35 pausing, 8 two programs at once, 21 recording, 19 two programs at once and watching a live program, 35 removing blocking from, 27 video on demand, 36 rewinding, 9 while away, 19...
- Page 45 Index Remote control keys Cable, 3 Save Latest options, 20 Channel Down, 13 Save Time setting, changing, 31 Channel Up, 13 Saving recordings Exit, inside of back cover and storage space, 16 Fast-forward, 10 methods of, 16 Guide, 5, 6, 7 permanently.
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Page 46: Quick Tips
Quick Tips Press to display the last channel you were last watching. Press once while watching live TV or a recording to see it in slow motion. Press to exit to full-screen TV. This is useful if you are displaying an Entertainment Server screen, such as the Program Guide, and want to watch the program in full-screen TV. - Page 47 See all of your favorite programs When you’re watching a favorite program and the phone rings, the Entertainment Server lets you pause the program and rewind it to play the part you missed. You can also fast- forward through portions you don’t Pause want to watch.
- Page 48 ® AllTouch AT8400 Remote Control Use the main keys to control the program shown in the main TV screen or quarter screen and to make selections in Entertainment Server screens like the Program Guide and the Recorded List screen. Use the dedicated Picture-in-Picture keys (shown in blue) to control the Picture-in-Picture feature.
- Page 49 With the Explorer 8000 Home Entertainment Server record your favorite programs you can play back your recordings and then whenever you want. The built-in digital video recorder and Picture-in-Picture feature give you complete control, convenience, choice when watching TV. © 2003 by Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. All rights reserved. Scientific-Atlanta, the Scientific-Atlanta logo, Explorer and AllTouch are registered trademarks of Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.