Timers And Recordings - Dish Network Hopper Sling User Manual

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Chapter 9

Timers and Recordings

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A timer is your instruction telling the satellite TV system the programs you want to watch in
the future. For most Digital Video Recorder (DVR) timers, you select a specific program on
a specific channel, and tell the system how often you want to record that program.
DVR recordings are listed in the My Recordings screen, which you can find quickly by
pressing the DVR button on your DISH remote control.
Timer Types
There are two types of event timers:
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Timer Frequency
Deciding how often you want to watch a program will help you make the best choice:
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Seek & Record™—to record programs on all channels (by default) or a specific channel,
based on your own specified criteria. See page 72 for more details.
Timer Priorities
Priorities are used by the receiver to know which program you would prefer to record, if
multiple timers are scheduled to start at the same time. For example, having seven
programs scheduled to record at the same time cannot be done on a triple-tuner receiver;
therefore, the receiver will record only the three programs with the highest priority timers.
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DVR—to record an event onto your system's hard-disk drive for later viewing.
Auto Tune—to automatically change the channel for live viewing of the event.
New and Reruns—to record every time that program is shown on that channel.
Only New—to record the current season's programs each time they occur on that
channel. This is the initial default for recurring DVR timers, unless you change it.
Once—to record a program or event once (good for movies, sporting events, etc.).
Weekly—to record a program once a week, at the same time, on the same channel
(good for episodic programs shown on the same night each week).
Daily—to record a program once a day, at the same time, on the same channel (good
for daily news programs).
Mon-Fri—to record a program once a day, Monday through Friday, at the selected
time, on the same channel (good for weekday-only talk shows).
All timers have an associated numerical priority that you can change at any time.
The larger the number, the lower the priority (for example, priority 1 is higher than
priorities 2, 3, and 4).
You can override a specific timer's priority with a one-time skip or by restoring it. Press
the remote control DVR button three times and select a timer in the Daily Schedule.
Then you'll have an option to Skip or Restore (if it's skipped) that timer. See page 71.