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Q. Can I erase part of a recording?

A. No. The DVR erases the entire recording.

Q. What happens if a sports event that I scheduled to record goes into overtime?

A. The DVR cannot determine whether a live program will end at its scheduled

time. If there is a chance that the event you are recording may continue past its

scheduled time, you can allow for this uncertainty by extending the stop time on

the Confirm Recording screen.

Q. Do my Parental Controls in the Program Guide carry over to DVR recordings?

A. Yes. If you block programs by channel or rating in the General Settings menu,

recordings of these programs also are blocked. They will be recorded, but to play

them back, you must enter your 4-digit PIN. For details, see “Watch Blocked

Recordings” on page 9.

Q. Do my Parental Controls on my multi-room DVR carry over to multi-room

clients?

A. No. Regardless of what blocking is set on the server (multi-room DVR), each

client blocks content according to its own Parental Control settings.

Q. A program I recorded on the DVR displays “Blocked Title” instead of the

actual program title. Why?

A. The General Setting Block: Titles is set to hidden, and the program was blocked

by Parental Controls. For details, see “Hiding and Viewing Blocked Program

Titles” on page 7.

Q. At the end of the program playback, the DVR started playing the recording

again from the beginning. Why?

A. To prevent screen burn in, the DVR prevents graphics and a still image from

being displayed for too long. The Playback Status screen displays when a

recording ends. If this screen is shown for 5 minutes, the DVR begins playing the

recording again from the beginning.

Q. When the DVR is turned Off, will the programs that I have scheduled to

record still be recorded?

A. Yes. When the DVR is powered Off (but is still plugged into an active outlet), all

scheduled recordings are performed automatically – and your recordings are

protected. To turn off your DVR, simply press

and then on your remote,

or press Power on the front panel of the DVR. The Power light turns off; but,

because the DVR is still plugged in to an active outlet, your scheduled recordings

still occur.

Q. I watched two 30-minute programs on the same channel, but when I pressed

Record, the DVR recorded only the most recent program. Why didn’t it record

both programs since it buffered both programs?

A. It recorded the most recent program because it was the live program at the time

that you pressed Record. The DVR does buffer all programs on a channel for up to

one hour. However, when you are watching live programming, the DVR assumes

that you want to record a specific program, not a specific channel. For that reason,

the DVR records only the program that is currently being broadcast at the time

that you press Record.

For example, let’s say that you tune to a channel for 45 minutes and during that

time watch a 30-minute “Friends” episode, and then you watch the first 15 minutes

of “Seinfeld.” You can rewind to the beginning of “Friends,” but if you press Record,

the DVR records only “Seinfeld.” The DVR records only “Seinfeld” because

“Seinfeld” is the live program at the time you pressed Record.

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