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TV to watch, well, you were out of luck. That’s about to change. Welcome to Multi-Room DVR, our new DVR that gives you the power to control what, when and where you enjoy your programs. Take that, TV.
Table of Contents. 4 Meet your remote. 15 Manage. Edit your scheduled recordings. 5 Getting started. Modify a series recording. Record a program. Edit a recording in progress. Watch a recorded program. DVR folders. Delete a program. DVR on the go. Check recording space. 6 Program guide 101.
Meet your remote. Multi-Room DVR Take a look at the buttons that will help you to master “Arrows” and “Page” “Settings” shows or let you browse your changes your settings. on-screen options. “Guide” shows your “Select” performs program guide. selected actions.
Getting started. Ready to start using Multi-Room DVR now? Here are easy instructions on how to record, watch and delete programs. Recording a program. When you’re watching a program you want to record, press REC. In Recording Options, highlight “Record” and press SEL to instantly start recording.
Program guide 101. Finding the programs that interest you is easy. Press GUIDE on your remote to access the guide. You can navigate it in three ways: Use the ARROWS to move through the program listings one at a time: up/down/left/right. • Use PAGE to scroll a whole page up or down.
Control. You can control your TV in ways you never imagined, all with the push of a few buttons. Playback controls. Status bar. This bar appears at the bottom of the TV whenever you pause, rewind, or fast forward a program. It gives you details about the progress of the program you’re watching.
Parental Controls. Your kids might not like it, but you will. You easily get to decide what’s appropriate for them and what isn’t. Parental Controls is a valuable feature that lets you manage your kids’ viewing choices. Block certain channels, titles or programs by their ratings, or hide adult titles so they won’t appear in the program guide.
Default settings. Your Multi-Room DVR comes with preset preferences that can easily be changed. Until you do, all of your recordings will use the following: “Keep” refers to managing storage space and is set for “14 days” , unless you’re recording a series. A series is •...
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Set your preferences. Press DVR or go to Channel 1001 to get the Recorded List. Use the ARROWS to highlight “Preferences” on the right-hand menu and press SEL. A list of options will appear that can be customized. “Sort List by Most Recently Recorded”: Easily find the episode or series you want by sorting your recorded list •...
Record. Go ahead and record up to 15 programs at once while you watch anything you want. No other TV provider lets you do that. Record a program that you’re watching. If you like what you’re watching, it’s easy to start recording it. Press REC to get to Recording Options. Use the ARROWS to highlight “Record”...
Record a series that you’re watching. Press REC to get to Recording Options. Use the ARROWS to highlight “Record” and press SEL. Select “Series” then press SEL. Use the ARROWS to highlight “Record” and press SEL. ” , By choosing “Record you instantly begin recording the episode using default settings or your personal preferences. If you want to customize this recording, you are given the choice to change the recording options for this recording only.
Watch. Ready to watch the program or series you’ve recorded? Find your recordings. All of your recorded programs and programs that are currently recording are in the Recorded List. To access it, press DVR or go to Channel 1001. If you have a DVR digital cable box, when you press DVR, you’ll get only programs recorded on that particular digital cable box.
There’s nothing worse than losing your place. With Bookmarking, you won’t have that heartache anymore. Let’s say you were interrupted while watching a program you recorded. Multi-Room DVR lets you resume right where you left off because a bookmark was created for you.
Manage. Changed your mind? No sweat. Modify your preferences at any time and edit or cancel a program or series. Plus, free up your recording space by organizing your library that holds up to 300 hours of SD and 75 hours of HD. Edit your scheduled recordings.
“Stop Recording” or “Edit Record Time” and press SEL. DVR folders. When you record 2 or more programs of the same name, Multi-Room DVR creates a folder and groups the recordings together on the Recorded List. The number to the right of the folder name shows how many episodes are in that folder.
Check your recording space. Press DVR or go to Channel 1001 to get the Recorded List. Highlight “Clean-up My DVR” from the right-hand menu and press SEL. At the top of the” Clean-up My DVR” screen, you’ll see the percentage of space currently being used. Cancel a program scheduled to record.
Once a folder has been deleted, its content will no longer be available. Standard DVR service requires an 8300 DVR box for each TV at an add’l monthly charge. Multi-Room DVR requires at least one non-DVR digital cable box. Not avail in all areas. See optimum.com/multiroomdvr for details. Terms & conditions apply. To view Optimum TV on iPad, iPod touch, iPhone, Kindle Fire, Android device or laptop requires Optimum TV w/cable box or CableCARD, Optimum-authorized modem and wireless home router.
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