Managing Your Recordings (Optional Feature) - Motorola DCT2500 User's Reference Manual

Q. Can I increase the Rewind and Fast Forward speed?
A. Yes! Your DVR will control rewind and fast forward at four speeds. Just press the REW or FF buttons up to four
times. The on-screen indicator will tell you at what speed you are controlling playback.
Q. Can I set the DVR to skip commercials as it is recording?
A. No. You can only fast forward through commercials if you're watching a previously recorded program.
Q. Can I "bookmark" a program I have recorded?
A. Yes! When you stop playback of a recorded program, it is still saved in My Recordings. To go back and resume
play, select the program and you can either play from where you left off or restart the program from the beginning
using the Action Icons from the program information screen.
Q. On occasion, a recording starts a minute or two after the program has begun. Why?
A. The DVR timer is synchronized with the program guide. If a broadcaster starts the program a minute earlier than
the program guide's scheduled time, the DVR will miss that first minute. You can program your DVR to start early or
end late by adjusting your Recording Options.
Q. Only part of my program recorded. Why?
A. If the beginning of the program did not record, you may have turned to it after the program began. If the end
of the program did not record, the DVR may have reached its storage capacity before it was able to record the
entire program.
Q. Do Parental Locks work with DVR?
A. Yes! Parental Locks restrict viewing of recorded programs. If you schedule a recording for a program you have
Locked, the program will be recorded, however audio is muted and no video will appear while the program is
recording. A restricted notice will appear allowing you to enter your PIN to view the program during recording. Once
the program is recorded, you can access it from your list of Recorded Programs. Just enter your PIN to view it.
Note: You can also set Parental Locks on pre-recorded programs. Use the LOCK button or Action Icon after you
have selected the program from My Recordings.

Managing Your Recordings (Optional Feature)

Q. How many hours of programming can I store on my DVR?
A. Recording capacity depends on the video format that is being recorded. Your DVR can record up to 25 hours of
analog, between 30 and 60 hours of digital programming, or up to 12 hours of High Definition programming. See
the "Managing Your Personal Video Library" section in this manual for more information.
Q. How long can I keep My Recordings?
A. You can keep them as long as you want. Just remember, the recording space is limited, so you may need to delete
some recorded programs from time to time in order to make room for new ones.
Q. How will I know when I'm almost out of recording space?
A. An on-screen message will appear advising you when recording space is low (80% full) or full.
Note: If you are recording a program and run out of recording space, the recording will stop. You can always see how
much recording space is available from My Recordings. You can also manually delete recordings and set your DVR
to automatically delete recorded programs when space is needed.
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Q. Does the DVR automatically delete programs when the record space is full?
A. Only if you set it up that way. The DVR will automatically delete programs if you tell it to do so by marking the
programs to be deleted when space is needed. When the record space is full, the oldest recordings will be deleted
first. If you do not want the DVR to automatically delete certain recordings, you can mark them so that they are only
deleted by you.