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THE DVR AND YOUR MULTI-ROOM DVR SYSTEM

With the Multi-Room DVR system, you can record your favorite

programs on the 8300 DVR server, and then use your other

non-DVR Scientific Atlanta digital set-tops (client set-tops) to play back

and control recordings stored on the Multi-Room DVR server.

Notes:

• Multi-Room DVR service is subject to availability in your area. For

more information, contact your service provider.

• The Multi-Room DVR feature is only available on the 8300 Multi-

Room DVR models. As a future enhancement, the Explorer 3250HD

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client set-top will be able to play back HD recordings.

• Not all Scientific Atlanta digital set-tops can be used as clients. For

more information, contact your service provider.

This section describes how you can set up your Multi-Room DVR

system to restrict or block the viewing of certain programs and

recordings to specific set-tops. If you do not plan to block programming

or recordings, you may skip this section.

USING PARENTAL CONTROLS ON THE CLIENT SET-TOPS

If you block a recording on the Multi-Room DVR server, you must activate Parental

Controls in each room to keep other client set-tops from watching that recording.

Each set-top (server and client) has its own independent Parental Control setting.

You must set it the way you want it to work in every room by following two steps.

1. Press to open Quick Settings.

2. Turn Parental Controls ON or OFF.

3. Block programming by channel, rating, or time within General Settings.

Some important points to remember about Parental Controls:

• For existing recordings on the Multi-Room DVR server, any recording (after it is

recorded) can be manually blocked by choosing the Block option when selecting

it from the Recorded List. Regardless of what blocking is set on the server, each

client blocks content according to its own Parental Control settings. On each

client, all ratings and channels blocked in General Settings will remain blocked

until you turn Parental Controls off.

• For future scheduled recordings, any rating, channel, or time slot can be set for

blocking within General Settings on the Multi-Room DVR server. These blocking

settings do not automatically carry over to the client set-top even if the Parental

Controls are activated on the client set-top. The client set-top must block the

same future programming (by channel, rating, or time) within its General

Settings so the blocking takes effect.

• Unblocking a recording on one client set-top will not unblock the same recording

on other client set-tops or on the Multi-Room DVR server.

Use one of the following steps to quickly activate Parental Controls on either the

Multi-Room DVR server or on the client set-top.

• Press the front panel Power button, or press

and then on the remote to

power off the set-top. The next time the client set-top is powered on, all the

blocking you set up will take effect.

• Turn on the Parental Controls in the Quick Settings menu (see page 7).

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